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Die! Die! Die!
Charm. Offensive. [ Banished From the Universe / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Drenched in the storied history and traditions of post-punk, noise pop, shoegaze, lo-fi, and punk rock, Charm. Offensive. is the sound of a thousand different nights played out in dingy bars, ramshackle DIY venues, and decaying concert halls around... |
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Die! Die! Die!
I See Misery b/w 450 (7") [ Die! Die! Die! / 7in - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Post-punk power trio Die! Die! Die! return with a killer new single, 'I Seek Misery' backed with '450'. The single is the second release from the band since they reformed their classic line-up of guitarist/vocalist Andrew Wilson, drummer Michael... |
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Die! Die! Die!
S W I M (LP) [ MTCO / LP - released 15/Jan/2021 ] SWIM is an 11 track opus formed from the wall-sweat of Europe's best clubs, scratched off the tour van floor and from down the back of the couch-surfed accom. Produced by the band and Chris Townend (Portishead, D12, Violent Femmes) from The Lab in... |
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Die! Die! Die!
This Is Not An Island Anymore [ Die! Die! Die! / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Die! Die! Die! have always blended the perfect concoction of powerful and infectious post-punk, noise pop, shoegaze, lo-fi and punk rock. This signature sound is prevalent on their new album. The first single taken from the album 'Losing Sight,... |
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Die! Die! Die!
This Is Not An Island Anymore (Lmited Edition LP) [ Die! Die! Die! / LP - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Die! Die! Die! have always blended the perfect concoction of powerful and infectious post-punk, noise pop, shoegaze, lo-fi and punk rock. This signature sound is prevalent on their new album. The first single taken from the album 'Losing Sight,... |
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Die! Die! Die!
This Is Not An Island Anymore (LP) [ Die! Die! Die! / LP - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Die! Die! Die! have always blended the perfect concoction of powerful and infectious post-punk, noise pop, shoegaze, lo-fi and punk rock. This signature sound is prevalent on their new album. The first single taken from the album 'Losing Sight,... |
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Die! Die! Die!
What Did You Expect [ Banished From the Universe / CD - released 11/Dec/2015 ] A wired and frenzied collection of wrought glares and sonic punches in the face is what you can expect from Die! Die! Die!'s new EP 'What Did You Expect.' Recorded and mixed by Rory Attwell (Yuck, Male Bonding, Palma Violets) at Lightship95... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 and 25 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "Bis has given all performers excellent surround sound that is wide, deep, and comforting to the ear. A most definite recommendation." (AudAud.com) |
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CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Weihnachtsgeschichte [The Christmas Story] / Alpine Christmas Songs Tolzer Boys Choir, Die Hammerauer Musikanten, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden / Collegium Pro Musica Innsbruck [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] Original recordings from 1985 & 1989 |
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Die Zorros
Future [ Voodoo Rhythm / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
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JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA
Kalliwoda: Violin Concertinos & Overtures Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Kalliwoda was perhaps the most important mediator between classicism and romanticism, and our new series featuring his overtures and violin concertos firmly substantiates this judgment. Kalliwoda was interested in composing works tailored to the... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin I Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Die Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens, Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Violin music isn't what one normally associates with Franz Schubert, but he did in fact receive his first violin lessons as a young boy from his father. At the age of 11 he was accepted as a member of the choir of the imperial court chapel, and as... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
L'après midi des flûtes Die 14 Berliner Flötisten [ MDG / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] It is surely one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written for the flute: Claude Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. The musicians, all of them soloists from the best Berlin orchestras, begin their program dedicated to famous... |
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KURT WEILL
Symphony Nos 1 & 2 / Quodlibet Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Antony Beaumont (cond) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] 'This disc is marked by a sense of urgency and top quality playing.. The performers give a freshly inspiring account of this rarely heard but wonderfully entertaining work.' The Times |
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STRAVINSKY
l'Histoire du soldat (Suite) / Concerto in E-flat 'Dumbarton Oaks' / Concerto en D [Concerto in D] / Suites for small orchestra Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Paavo Jarvi [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "...and this PentaTone release is probably among the five best-sounding high-resolution discs encountered thus far....The new PentaTone is definite Want List material." ---Andrew Quint, Fanfare |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Masonic Works, Cantatas & Funeral Music Die Kölner Akademie Choir and Orchestra / Michael Alexander Willens John Heuzenroeder, tenor; Mario Borgioni, bass Alexander Puliaev, fortepiano; Will [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Following their 11-disc cycle of Mozart's piano concertos recorded with Ronald Brautigam, Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens in 2017 released a disc with two of Mozart's best-loved serenades: the Posthorn Serenade and Eine kleine... |
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JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / etc Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] CPO continue their exploration of little-known composers and present two symphonies by the Bohemian composer Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, an insider's tip to those who follow the generation between Beethoven and Schumann/Mendelssohn. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Marches & Serenades Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Willenshave previously recorded Mozart's complete piano concertos with Ronald Brautigam, earning praise for their fresh and colourful contributions to the series. The team now releases the first of four projected disc... |
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HAYDN / GEILSDORF / BEETHOVEN / GRELL / KIENZI / SCHUBERT / etc
Oh, wie schön ist deine Welt - Music for Male Voice Choir Die Meistersinger, Klaus Breuninger [ Hanssler / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] Sacred romantic sacred music for male choir |
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SCHUMANN
Complete Part Songs for Male Voices Die Singphoniker [ CPO / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] This new CPO release of Schumann presents the Complete Part Songs for Male Voices, performed by CPO's Male Voice Choir Singphoniker. |
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JOHANN WILHELM WILMS
Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Born in the vicinity of Cologne, only two years after and some sixty km distant from Beethoven, Johann Wilhelm Wilms was once a musical force to be reckoned with. In Amsterdam, where he lived from the age of 19, his music was actually performed more... |
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JOHANN MATTHESON
Christmas Oratorio Nicki Kennedy, Anna Crookes (sopranos), Ursula Eittinger (mezzo), Andreas Post (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass-baritone) / Die Kölner Akademie [ CPO / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] For a long time Johann Mattheson was relatively unknown among composers of the 18th Century. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Brautigam and Willens are alive to Beethoven's every indication on the page..Original, stylish and authoritative, this concerto set is a worthy and thought-provoking contribution to the recordings marking the Beethoven year" Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 "Pasticcio Concertos" Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Brautigam's interpretations are individual without being wayward or eccentric, for he ignores the accepted norms of performance and starts from the score itself...on the basis of this first installment I would urge anyone to invest in this new... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 16 / Rondo in D Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "The series's central sources of strength remains Ronald Brautigam's muscular yet sensitively nuanced command of of Mozartian discourse in every aspect: for instance, his straightfoward accounts of both concerto Andantes both show strong personal ins |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos 18 & 22 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Feb/2014 ] "While Brautigam and Willens have sometims tended to favour tempos distinctly on the fast side, that isn't the case here: these are finely-judged performances throughout, in which every detail counts. Brautigam contributes an impressive cadenza to K |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 19 & 23 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] Ronald Brautigam has been described as 'an absolutely instinctive Mozartian… with melodic playing of consummate beauty' (International Record Review), supported by the period orchestra Die Kölner Akademie in a partnership which more than one reviewer... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Apr/2013 ] "Brautigam's performance is certainly refreshing...swiftness is a feature of all the performances here...His articulation is a model of clarity, his passagework powerfully directed." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 5 & 6 / Three Concertos K 107 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] On the final stretch of their series of Mozart's piano concertos, Ronald Brautigam, Michael Willens and Die Kölner Akademie are working their way backwards through the composer's catalogue. Here, on the penultimate disc, they have reached the... |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos 8, 11 & 13 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] This is the ninth instalment in Ronald Brautigam's series of the complete piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. As on previous discs, Brautigam - whose 'muscular yet sensitively nuanced command of Mozartian discourse' (BBC Music Magazine) - is... |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 12 / Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in A Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "What's impressive about [Brautigam's] playing is not just its sprightliness, but also its expressive character...If you prefer your Mozart played on period instruments, you're unlikely to find better performances than these." (BBC Music) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 14 & 21 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, with Carolyn Sampson (soprano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "[This issue] proves every bit as immediate and lively in musical approach as its predecessors. Brautigam, bearing out his reputation as a musical and intellectual powerhouse, animates every note and phrase marking" (BBC Music) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 26 "Coronation" Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kolner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] Ronald Brautigam returns with the third instalment in his series of Mozart's piano concertos and is joined again by Die Kölner Akademie conducted by Michael Alexander Willens. The present disc includes Piano Concerto No.26 in D major, K 537,... |
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HAYDN / HUMMEL / TORELLI / NERUDA
Trumpet Concertos Alison Balsom (trumpet / director) / Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] "Trumpeter Alison Balsom's bold and brilliant playing engenders a fresh-eared listening of the warhorse Haydn and Hummel concertos." (10 sound 10 performance ClassicsToday) |
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Die Antwoord
$0$ [ Interscope Records U.S.A. / CD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] |
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Die Antwoord
Donker Mag [ CD - released 30/May/2014 ] The South African rap duo Die Antwoord - Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er's - release their third studio album and follow-up to 2012′s Ten$ion. Donker Mag features their 2013 single "Cookie Thumper", along with some of the most Die Antwoord-sounding song... |
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Die Antwoord
Donker Mag [ 2 LP - released 30/May/2014 ] The South African rap duo Die Antwoord - Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er's - release their third studio album and follow-up to 2012′s Ten$ion. Donker Mag features their 2013 single "Cookie Thumper", along with some of the most Die Antwoord-sounding song... |
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Die Antwoord
Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid [ CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] Mount Ninji serves as Die Antwoord's fourth overall following 2014's 'Donker Mag'. It spans 16 tracks and, according to a press release, features contributions from "The Black Goat and God." A statement further describes it as "so epic and sometimes... |
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Die Antwoord
Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid [ 2 LP - released 25/Nov/2016 ] Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket including digital download. |