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Artist: Niu Niu Second DECCA recording for rising star Chinese pianist, Niu Niu - who, as a nine year-old, was the youngest pianist ever to sign to EMI Classics. Led by rare and thrilling repertoire - showcasing the truly extraordinary Frans Liszt solo piano transcription of Beethoven's epic Fifth Symphony. |
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Artist: John Lennon One of the greatest figures in popular music during the '60s, followed by a highly adventurous and eclectic solo career. |
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Artist: Monty Alexander Monty Alexander's virtuosity was apparent from an early age, learning to play by ear at four. Seventy years on, Alexander's talents have continued to grow and evolve, resulting in three of the most inspiring recordings in the Chesky catalog - The Good Life: The Music of Tony Bennett, Calypso Blues: The Music of Nat King Cole |
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Artist: Dominic Miller Miller’s ECM debut has an international feel: the Latin influence of his heritage strong in such pieces as “Baden”, an early 20th-century Parisian air on “Le Pont” and the evocation of Celtic tunes on “Valium”. Miller has long been known as Sting’s right-hand man on guitar and a hushed instrumental take on “Fields of Gold” appears here. |
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Despite his youth, Ilya Gringolts can already look back on sixteen extraordinarily successful years in his violinist career. His inquisitiveness regarding new musical challenges has shown him to be an outstanding musical personality. |
Artist: Ilya Gringolts / Nicola Guerini|
Artist: Ornette Coleman Miles Davis had publicly called him a madman. Leonard Bernstein found him, for his part, completely awesome. Few were those that didn’t have a definitive opinion on Ornette Coleman. Some kind of outlaw who preferred playing his own compositions rather than jazz classics, the American saxophonist also developed harmolodic |
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Artist: The Beatles This 16-LP vinyl box set containing all 12 Beatles studio albums. |
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Artist: John Coltrane |
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Sun Bear Concerts - documenting five complete solo performances by Keith Jarrett in Japan - counts as a milestone achievement in the history of jazz recording. As Down Beat wrote, on the occasion of the original release, Jarrett’s improvisations are “the inventions of a giant... |
Artist: Keith Jarrett|
John Lennon’s Gimme Some Truth, an extensive 4-disc compilation album, was released in 2010. This version actually celebrates Lennon’s 80th birthday (he was born on the 9th October 1940) and it’s more sober than the one from ten years ago. |
Artist: John Lennon