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Kemal Belevi’s works for the guitar, either solo or in combination, as heard on this album, exude the colour and allure of the eastern Mediterranean. Without alluding to any specific tunes, he evokes Cypriot folk music in Cypriana, while the linked Four Sketches show his variety in the work’s bracing modernity. |
Artist: Silvia Grasso, Livio Grasso|
Art Hirahara is a jazz pianist/keyboardist with multiple albums as a leader and side musician. Hirahara’s piano and compositional sound are an amalgamation of the varied musical influences he has studied and the wide range of leaders he has worked for. |
Artist: Art Hirahara|
What makes the new recordings of the Janoska Ensemble so special? Their sensitivity to subcutaneous atmospheres, the ability to transcend conventional articulatory conciseness and, last but not least, the way they deliberately turn a blind eye to genres and styles. |
Artist: Janoska Ensemble|
Cellist Jan Vogler’s new album, a collaborative project from the Moritzburg Festival, features chamber music of Antonin Dvořák. He enlists the talents of several younger colleagues who have promising careers in their own right. The centerpiece selections are the Op. 87 Piano Quartet and Op. 90 “Dumky” Trio with three shorter works interspersed. |
Artist: Jan Vogler, Moritzburg Festival Ensemble|
The survey by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet of Haydn’s piano sonatas reaches its conclusion with this eleventh volume. As in previous releases, the acclaimed pianist has mixed repertoire from different periods of Haydn’s career to create a recital of interest in its own right. |
Artist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet|
Saxophonist and clarinettist John Surman is often characterized as a quintessentially English improviser and composer, and hints of folk music and a pastoral ambience are attributes of his music on well-loved albums like “The Road to Saint Ives” or “Saltash Bells.” |
Artist: John Surman|
Plus qu'à la concentration phénoménale du timbre de Heifetz, qui tiendrait encore tête au pire des MP3, le passage virtuose au 24-96 kHz levait le voile sur l'invraisemblable vivacité de l'articulation et sur les myriades de variations dynamiques infinitésimales à l'œuvre dans chaque phrasé. |
Artist: Jascha Heifetz|
Artist: VA Following the much appreciated Volume 1, this is another compilation from 2xHD’s artists interpreting a selection of great ballads. |
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A compilation of 90 minutes of great ballads – many from the American songbook - sung by 2xHD’s best female jazz singers. For a bonus zing, an interpretation of John Lennon’s Oh, My Love by multi-instrumentalist Robert Len was included. This album is the perfect introduction to 2xHDs female jazz catalog. |
Artist: VA|
Artist: VA A collection of over 106 minutes of classic jazz containing exclusive performances of Jazz Greats Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn, João Gilberto, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchesra and Larry Young |
