Jazz fests and top venues everywhere were after Esther during her '70 rebirth on the Kudu label. Bob James, Bernard Purdie and Steve Gadd are among those backing her on this 1974 LP; the bonus Mr. Bojangles joins I Feel the Same; Such a Night; Living Alone; Disposable Society; Doing Our Thing, and more!

With a reputation for deconstructing popular songs and the avant-garde, it seems natural for the bad boys of jazz, The Bad Plus, to record their version of Stravinsky’s controversial masterpiece The Rite of Spring. This new recording captures The Bad Plus’ unique version of the piece that they debuted on tour in 2011 in a multi-media program entitled “On Sacred Ground: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.” The show received critical acclaim at every stop with the New York Times calling their interpretation “electrifying,” and the Boston Globe describing it as “exhilarating...dramatic, dynamic.”

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Gabriel Kahane brings his diverse and extraordinary musical vision to THE AMBASSADOR. From Die Hard to the architecture of Richard Neutra, from Blade Runner to the fiction of James M. Cain, from fires, riots and earthquakes to so many who look to Southern California as a panacea, THE AMBASSADOR draws it's inspiration from a multitude of sources to tell intimate, human stories against the backdrop of Los Angeles architecture and popular culture. THE AMBASSADOR explores different narrative approaches for each song. The album was co-produced by Kahane and long-time collaborators Casey Foubert (Sufjan Stevens) Matt Johnson (St. Vincent) and Rob Moose (Bon Iver), and features guest vocalists Shara Worden and Aoife O'Donovan.

Artie's string-laden charts and innovative clarinet work helped him create many of the most striking swing sides of all. Here are Begin the Beguine; Traffic Jam; Goodnight Angel; All the Things You Are; Star Dust; Frenesi; Any Old Time; the Man I Love; Nightmare, and more essentials!

GOULD PLAYS BEETHOVEN: 32 VARI

GOULD PLAYS BEETHOVEN: 5 PIANO

Composed by multi-award-winning artist Michel Legrand and written by American poets Alan & Marilyn Bergman, this album is made up of a cycle of songs. It tells the story of a woman’s life from birth to death, passing by all of its highlights: childhood, adolescence, first love, and motherhood. Composed and written in the 70’s, the project was never completed. Thanks to Natalie's input, Michel Legrand rewrote the score and Alan & Marilyn Bergman rewrote the lyrics especially for her in order to give a second life to this project. This masterpiece was recorded last September in London at the Air Studio with the London Studio Orchestra, conducted by Michel Legrand.

Over the last three or four years, Yo-Yo Ma has been exploring the peaks of the cello repertory in a quickly growing series of LPs. Those disks, in turn, have helped establish him not only as one of the finest cellists of his generation... The Kabalevsky...boasts a melancholy central Largo with the kind of long, arching cello line that allows Mr. Ma to display his rich sound.

-- Allian Kozinn, The New York Times [1/1/1984]

Tracks:
1. Shooting Star – Owl City
2. Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever) – The Ready
3. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) – Sam and the Womp
4. Watch Your Back – Zeazy Z
5. Dollaz (Gotta Get It) ((Bad Ass Remix)) – The Fresh Force Four
6. Shine Supernova – Cody Simpson
7. What Matters Most – Delta Rae
8. George Valentin – Brussels Philharmonic - The Orchestra Of Flanders
9. Escape from Planet Earth Overture – Aaron Zigman
10. Tornado / Shanker Battles the Aliens – Aaron Zigman
11. Escape from Planet Earth Variation – Aaron Zigman
12. Shanker Targets Planet Baab / Gary and Aliens escape – Aaron Zigman Escape from Planet Earth

"These six overtures were recorded in a single day, November 22, 1958, at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. Intended originally by RCA Victor to be the stereophonic successor to Toscanini's recordings of five of the six, Reiner in this recording held to tempos in many cases a few seconds faster than Toscanini's; yet, notwithstanding, he managed to inject an element of geniality into the music absent in Toscanini's vivid thrust and forward drive. No one, however, could make The Barber of Seville Overture scintillate the way Toscanini did, be it with the New York Philharmonic or the NBC Symphony , but Reiner does bring a liquidity to the score that is quite refreshing. Reiner's The Thieving Magpie Overture and II Signor Bruschino Overture are even more successful, with sharp detail, bravura, and panache, totally exhilarating in their sparkling frothiness. Conversely, there is a decided lushness in the opening of The Silken Ladder Overture and in Reiner's approach to the Cinderella Overture that may not appeal to those who want the refined polish Karajan brought to the former or the tauter rhythms and dry finesse Abbado brought to the latter; but Reiner could, for all his discipline and precision, be a musical sybarite at times and he obviously relished this music. As if to make up for it, his opening to the William Tell Overture is more reserved, lacking the immediate plunge into darkness and mystery that characterized Toscanini's way with this music or the dramatic intensity of Leonard Bernstein in what is my preferred recording of it (but, actually, Reiner is only toying with the listener, holding back so he can finish in a flourish of brass that generates terrific excitement. The original recordings were magnificent sonically and that warmth, lushness, clarity, and vigor have been quite successfully transferred to the new format."

-- Jon Tuska, Fanfare [9/1990] Reviewing RCA 60387

Following Kent Nagano’s acclaimed recording of Bruckner’s original version of the Fourth Symphony, comes the release of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E Major with the Bavarian State Orchestra.

The Seventh Symphony is without a doubt one of the composer’s most popular works; unlike many of his other scores, Bruckner didn’t revise the piece at a later date. It is one of the most moving pieces of funeral music of the 19th century, if not in the entire history of music.

Ozawa's Carmina Burana confirms Orff’s own view of the music: 'The simpler and more significant the utterance, the more direct and striking is the effect.' The performance is thoroughly idiomatic, while the preference for slower tempi in many sections emphasises the detail and colour of the scoring, features which are aided by a recording which has transferred well from its analogue original. With full documentation, including texts and translations, this disc is a real bargain.

Performance: 5 (out of 5); Sound: 5 (out of 5)

-- Terry Barfoot, BBC Music Magazine

Brian Tyler Charlie's Angels Original Soundtrack Charlie's Angels reboot. The album features new songs by Ariana Grande (who is also producing the record), Normani, Nicki Minaj, Anitta, M-22, Arlissa & Kiana Led�, Danielle Bradbery & others, as well as a remix of Donna Summer's Bad Girls and a remix of Jack Elliott & Allyn Ferguson's Charlie's Angels theme. A new track How It's Done by Kash Doll, Kim Petras, ALMA & Stefflon

Kissin, one of the most well known and best selling pianist performs one of the piano's most popular works, Mussorgsky's Picture at an Exhibition.

GET SHORTYOriginal Television SoundtrackMusic by Grammy Award Winner Antonio Sánchez (Birdman)Epix' best series is a charming, addictive adaptation of the Elmore Leonard’s 1990 New York Times bestselling novel, and 1995 filmTRACKLIST1. Beginning​​​​​​​2. Owen Runs3. Sealed Fate4. Breezy5. Second Thoughts6. Just Hanging 17. Break In8. Pensive9. Watching Us10. Final Steps11. Loose to Fast12. Bad Omen13. Unsettling14. 7 Steps15. Pensive 216. Just Hanging 217. 6:8 Medium18. Hold On19. Desert Highway20. No Way21. Just Hanging 322. Intense23. They're Coming24. Move25. Remembering26. A to B27. Condo Love28. Bad Ways29. Unsettling 230. Be Careful31. Granular32. A to C33. Not So Easy34. Unsettling 335. Car Ride36. A to D37. A to E38. Big Deal