Posts Tagged: Decca

Erland Cooper ~ Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence

Erland Cooper has already received a great amount of publicity for the backstory around his latest album. Our fear is that the backstory will obscure the fact that this is a rather excellent work. Carve the Runes Then Be Content With

Erland Cooper ~ Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence

Erland Cooper has already received a great amount of publicity for the backstory around his latest album. Our fear is that the backstory will obscure the fact that this is a rather excellent work. Carve the Runes Then Be Content With

Max Richter ~ In a Landscape

Max Richter would not mind at all if you curled up with a good book while listening to his music.  His new album is intended to be a bookend to The Blue Notebooks, one of the artist’s earliest and best loved

Max Richter ~ In a Landscape

Max Richter would not mind at all if you curled up with a good book while listening to his music.  His new album is intended to be a bookend to The Blue Notebooks, one of the artist’s earliest and best loved

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Orchestral Works

Gabríel Ólafs may be only 25, but he’s been playing piano for twenty years.   Over the past five years, he’s released albums for solo piano, piano and cello, and piano and small ensemble, but Orchestral Works ups the ante

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Orchestral Works

Gabríel Ólafs may be only 25, but he’s been playing piano for twenty years.   Over the past five years, he’s released albums for solo piano, piano and cello, and piano and small ensemble, but Orchestral Works ups the ante

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Solon Islandus

What’s the next step for an artist after becoming a teenaged global phenomenon?  For Gabríel Ólafs, the answer is to become a grown-up global phenomenon.  This was also the path taken by Ólafur Arnalds, and we suspect his younger Icelandic

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Solon Islandus

What’s the next step for an artist after becoming a teenaged global phenomenon?  For Gabríel Ólafs, the answer is to become a grown-up global phenomenon.  This was also the path taken by Ólafur Arnalds, and we suspect his younger Icelandic

The Universal Music Group Celebrates World Sleep Day

World Sleep Day 2022 takes place Friday, March 18.  To celebrate the occasion, the Universal Music Group (Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Mercury KX) has put together an amazing array of 30 tracks on 10 EPs, all centered around the theme of

The Universal Music Group Celebrates World Sleep Day

World Sleep Day 2022 takes place Friday, March 18.  To celebrate the occasion, the Universal Music Group (Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Mercury KX) has put together an amazing array of 30 tracks on 10 EPs, all centered around the theme of

ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.

ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.

ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

Modern composition is arguably the most upscale of our categories, and often includes music composed for film, dance and theatre.  The genre lends itself well to conceptual projects and is strong enough to incorporate a great deal of experimentalism without

ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

Modern composition is arguably the most upscale of our categories, and often includes music composed for film, dance and theatre.  The genre lends itself well to conceptual projects and is strong enough to incorporate a great deal of experimentalism without

Max Richter ~ Voices

Max Richter‘s Voices is the perfect album for this weekend, indeed for this time in human history: a heartfelt reflection on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Today is the 4th of July in the United States, a day when Americans celebrate

Max Richter ~ Voices

Max Richter‘s Voices is the perfect album for this weekend, indeed for this time in human history: a heartfelt reflection on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Today is the 4th of July in the United States, a day when Americans celebrate