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  • Studer Tape Deck

    '50s technological revolution of sound recording elevated Sinatra's voice

    The ‘50s were a time of modification for every industry, including the music recording and production. Rock'n'roll and...
  • Max Richter

    Max Richter's modern upgrade of The Four Seasons

    Vivaldi's The Four Seasons could be rightfully called the most noted work of classical music.  Contemporary composer Max...
  • The Shape of Water LP

    The Shape of Water bringing Alexandre Desplat his second Oscar trophy

    Romantic fantasy film looks at the relationship between a mute woman who works at a government survey facility in...
  • La Camargo by Nicolas Lancret

    Bourrée: French folk dance from the Bach suite inspired prog-rock flute and the work of Sir Paul McCartney

    Bourrée is a French folk dance typically danced with quick, skipping steps. The dancers sometimes wear wooden clogs to...
  • Maurice André

    First solo trumpet piece in history belongs to German multi-instrumentalist

    The Concerto in D major for trumpet, violins, and basso continuo, is a shiny eight-minute work composed by Georg Philipp...
  • Winterton, Norfolk: Sandhills on the Coast by James Stark

    The Third Norfolk Rhapsody, lost a hundred years ago, was reconstructed recently

    Vaughan Williams composed three Norfolk Rhapsodies in 1905 and 1906, shaping them on folk melodies he had gathered...
  • 1972 Catalog

    Stereo sound ignored commercially for a quarter of a century after its discovery

    Stereo is the reproduction of sound using two separate audio channels in a way that creates the feeling of sound heard...
  • Jane Eyre

    Paul Reade: the man behind the fresh sound of Jane Eyre

    Paul Reade was an English composer of last century. He worked on the BBC TV in the '60s, becoming the pianist and...
  • Aeriality LP

    The sounds of scenic Iceland in the Aeriality orchestral piece

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir is an Icelandic composer whose music is now often played around Europe and the US, captivating the...

  • Beethoven's Romances uncover his staggering violin skills

    Beethoven was a very skillful violinist. Although not a proficient musician, he possessed a deep passion for and...
  • Led Zeppelin LP

    Dazed and Confused: evolution through Led Zeppelin live shows

    Dazed and Confused is the folk-song written by Jake Holmes in 1967.  The song was recorded for his debut album and...
  • The Concert by Theodoor Rombouts

    Josquin des Prez: pioneer in the Franco-Flemish School of music

    Josquin des Prez was the leading architect of the point of imitation style, in which a motif introduced in one voice is...

  • Brandenburg Concerto dedicated to the king's brother was never played at Brandenburg court

    The Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach are considered an example from the new era of masterful collaboration...
  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Reverie: cello reimagining of Claude Debussy by Julian Lloyd Webber

    Reverie is one of the first works written by Debussy for piano. Even at this early stage of his career, with the style...

  • The timeless sadness of Shigeru Umebayashi

    One of the most distinguished and fruitful composers of our time, Shigeru Umebayashi is credited with more than 50 films...
  • Playa de Valencia by Joaquin Sorolla

    Chick Corea's Spanish pulse in the masterful jazz standard

    The son of a trumpeter, the genius pianist Chick Corea is referenced as one of the lead specialists in the fusion of...
  • Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball by Pieter Claesz

    Albinoni's famous Adagio is unusually solemn and offbeat because it wasn't, in fact, written by Tomaso Albinoni

    Adagio in G Minor, attributed to 18th-century Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni, is widely familiar through its often use...
  • Park Jiha

    Modern jazz meets traditional Korean music in Park Jiha's Communion

    Both somehow minimalist and carrying the richness of jazz improvisation, Park Jiha's debut album Communion borders on...
  • Long Crendon by Robert Gallon

    Peaceful sound for troubling times in The Lark Ascending

    Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending is a contemplative and tender tone poem composed as a reaction to George...
  • Louis and His Family Portrayed as Roman Gods by Jean Nocret

    What kind of music did Louis XIV like?

    Robert de Visée’s music remains among some of the best examples of French Baroque guitar music to this day. Visée's...

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