Alpha is the second studio album by British rock band Asia, released in 1983. It was certified platinum in the United States, eventually selling close to two million copies. Released one year before the departure of guitarist Steve Howe, Alpha was the last album with the band's original line-up until 2008's Phoenix, after the original members reunited in 2006, and the last album with Howe until Aqua in 1992. Alpha was written by the songwriting tandem of John Wetton and Geoff Downes, with the exception of "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes", which was written by Wetton alone. Alpha was recorded during the spring of 1983 at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec and Manta Sound in Toronto.

Even though Angela Hewitt's repertoire is quite extensive and diverse, encompassing the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern eras, her true specialty is the music of J.S. Bach, which she has recorded almost exclusively for Hyperion since the 1980s. With this recording of The Art of Fugue, Hewitt completes her long-running series of piano renditions of the solo keyboard works, and while not everyone is convinced that Bach composed this study of fugal techniques for the keyboard, Hewitt's performance is credible and satisfying. She controls the often unwieldy counterpoint by regarding the lines as if they were vocal parts, and her phrases are shaped by natural breathing points, as well as the different emotional qualities she brings to each fugue and canon. The Art of Fugue can be daunting for both performer and listener because its persistent tonality of D minor and monothematic material can be quite tedious in the wrong hands.

Best Of Hypnosis is a spectacularly retro-futuristic, historically monumental, and masterfully synchronized double-disc compilation celebrating the foundational discography of the legendary Italian spacesynth project Hypnosis (originally spelled Hipnosis), issued in 2014 by the premier European dance preservation label ZYX Music. Spanning nearly two hours of driving cosmic energy across 21 tracks, this high-fidelity document serves as an essential monument to the golden age of analog synthesizer music. Spearheaded by the visionary Italian producer Stefano Cundari alongside keyboard maestro Anfrando Maiola, Hypnosis completely redefined the electronic dance landscape by merging the uptempo, syncopated rhythms of Italo-disco with soaring, science-fiction soundscapes, vocoder patterns, and stellar melodic structures.

14 tracks previously never released on one album of FOREIGNER's best and most timeless ballads. Embracing over thirty years of award winning creativity, "I Want To Know What Love Is – The Ballads" is available in two different editions: as Standard Edition and 2CD Special Edition. Foreigner is an English-American rock band, originally formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran English musician and ex–Spooky Tooth member Mick Jones, and fellow Briton and ex–King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm. Jones came up with the band's name as he, McDonald and Dennis Elliott were British, while Gramm, Al Greenwood and Ed Gagliardi were American. Their biggest hit single, "I Want to Know What Love Is", topped the United Kingdom and United States charts among others. They are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records, including 37.5 million records in the US.

Le Mutant is a spectacularly theatrical, deeply cinematic, and masterfully complex avant-progressive rock concept album by the highly enigmatic French multi-instrumental project Trust, released in 2014 by the independent label Great Barrier Records. Spanning just over 35 minutes across nine brilliantly intertwined compositions, this high-fidelity studio document stands as a remarkable monument of modern French underground prog, completely disconnected from the famous hard-rock band of the same name. Instead, this Trust delivers a deeply artistic, keyboard-driven sonic canvas heavily inspired by the classic 1970s theatrical mastery of icons like Ange, Mona Lisa, and Genesis, while injecting a modern, angular Avant-Prog edge. The music seamlessly pairs lush symphonic organ swells and vintage synthesizer tapestries with intricate, weaving guitar geometries and dramatic, poetic French vocal delivery. Every track pushes forward a sweeping narrative architecture, highlighted by the driving opening movement of Les Blés, the dark, brooding syncopation of Plus Rien Ne Bouge, and the expansive, climate-shifting avant-rock complexity of Le Mammouth and the towering title track finale Le Mutant. Exceptionally preserved in pristine lossless audio quality with complete booklet retail artwork scans, this rare independent archive stands as an absolute mandatory cornerstone and a prized collector's holy grail for global purists of modern European progressive rock evolution, Zeuhl-adjacent theatricality, and elite symphonic art rock lore.