A STYLISH 8CD BOXSET, FEATURING 14 GROUNDBREAKING CRIME JAZZ SCORES, FROM THE ICONIC 50 S & 60 S AMERICAN DETECTIVE SERIES. REMASTERED & COLLECTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR ENTIRITY. WITH SOME SCORES ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! RELEASED IN A LUXURY CLAMSHELL, 8CD CARD WALLETS & A STUNNING 80 PAGE PERFECT BOUND COLOUR BOOKLET Crime jazz captured the mood not only of our post-war cities, but of a character as distinctly American as the cowboy that soulful, solitary seeker of justice, the private eye. This Unique and rare collection showcases some of the finest music and memorable U.S TV shows of a generation… The 1950 s a new style of musical score was introduced to film soundtracks & T.V… Previously, film music meant sweeping orchestral themes or traditional Broadway-style musicals. With the growing popularity of bebop and hard bop as the sound of urban cool, studios began latching onto the now beat as a way to make their movies seem gritty.

Collection includes 11 studio albums and 4 live albums by American blues-rock guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa.

Introducing "#1s - Rock & Roll," the first installment in the highly-anticipated '#1s' series. Dive deep into the golden age of music with this compilation of chart-topping sensations from the Rock & Roll. This disc collection captures the spirit, innovation, and charm of a transformative decade. Expect to be transported back in time with iconic tracks that still resonate today.

Ondine continues its exciting releases focusing on 20th century masterpieces together with conductor Hannu Lintu and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This release is dedicated to the orchestral works by the pioneer of Italian modernism Luciano Berio. Berio’s 5-movement Sinfonia, is undoubtedly his most well-known work, written for the New York Philharmonic and dedicated to Leonard Bernstein. It has become one of the key works and principle musical manifestations of the 1960s bringing together collage technique and modernism.

The early Sixties and the years leading up to them was the era of the instrumental and the numbers on offer were as different as the instruments they each showcased. This superb 3 disc compilation features guitar-based rock from the Shadows, rhythm and blues from Booker T. & the M.G.s, the drum-led adventures of Sandy Nelson and the clarinet-led jazz of Acker Bilk …and that's only the first four tracks!

This live concert film captures a post-Chinese Democracy era Guns N' Roses performing in late 2012 at The Joint in Las Vegas' Hard Rock Casino. GN'R namesake Axl Rose leads a revamped version of the band (including former Replacements member Tommy Stinson on bass and longtime Guns collaborator Dizzy Reed on keyboards) through almost three hours of material. The massive set list includes a number of classic tunes from Appetite for Destruction, several Chinese Democracy cuts, and covers of Pink Floyd, Neil Young, and the Who.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Fritz Reiner, delivers a transcendent rendition of Richard Strauss’s masterpieces, “Also sprach Zarathustra” and “Don Juan.” This recording captures the grandeur and profound depth of Strauss’s compositions, with the orchestra’s performance exuding both technical precision and emotive power.

Erstmals präsentiert die erfolgreiche CD-Serie die größten und bekanntesten Rocksongs der ehemaligen DDR.
Auf 3CDs im eleganten Digipack bietet diese Zusammenstellung erstmals einen übergreifenden Gesamtüberblick aller wesentlichen Hits. Dabei sind: City - Am Fenster, Puhdys - Wenn ein Mensch lebt und Alt wie ein Baum, Silly - Mont Klamott und Bataillon D´Amour, Karat - Der Blaue Planet und Über Sieben Brücken Musst Du Gehen, Renft - Wer die Rose ehrt und Neumis Rock Circus - Der Clown. Das beste des damaligen Plattenlabels "Amiga" gibt es nur auf Hit Giganten - Best Of Ostrock.

C.P.E. Bach eclipsed his legendary father s fame to become the mid-18th century s leading German composer. This wide-ranging collection of symphonies, concertos and vocal works by the great forerunner of Haydn and Mozart is performed by authoritative interpreters including Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert. The evident delight of the musicians in this music makes for rewarding listening … Impressive and fascinating.

Corazón is Carlos Santana's first album for a major label since 2002's Shaman. It marks his reunion with executive producer Clive Davis, who masterminded 1999's multi-platinum Supernatural. Billed by RCA as his "first Latin album," Corazón is the studio counterpart to the guitarist's HBO Latino concert special that featured his band performing with a host of Latin music superstars in his native Mexico. The singing was (as it is here) mostly in Spanish. For the most part, Santana actually sounds hungry again. His studio band is filled with killers, including drummer Dennis Chambers, timbalero Karl Perazza, and conguero Raul Rekow. Opener "Saideira" features his trademark tone in a passionate, stinging, gritty exchange with vocalist Samuel Rosa, from the Brazilian rock and reggae band Skank. Jittering, insistent horns and layers of percussion push both men to escalate the battle. Juanes lends his soulful croon to first single "La Flaca." It's got an anthemic hook with layers of backing vocals framing Santana's tight and tasty solos.

The forgotten superheroes of 20th-century black music, the leather-lunged blues shouters, dominated the US nightclub stages and R&B charts for half-a-dozen years or so following World War II, before being side-lined by the bourgeoning rock n roll storm in the early 1950s. Still considered a force with which to be reckoned in the US music industry of the mid-fifties, and still at the height of their vocal prowess, many of the biggest stars were granted one or two final shots to save their flagging recording careers during rock n roll s heyday - their Last Shout.

All newly discovered Mike Millard tapes in spectacular quality.
All tracks recorded live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles,CA, 1978:June 3rd (Discs 1-2)June 5th (Discs 3-4) June 7th (Discs 5-6) Comes with 40-page full colour booklet and free bonus CD from the concert on June 1st. That is all what's left for posterity before the batteries of his Revox ran out of life.Must-have item. Truly superb quality of outstanding performances.

"The Endless River represents a return to the creative principles that informed the writing process that produced Pink Floyd classics like Echoes, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Animals.

Beethovens String Quartets are the undisputed sine qua non of the string quartet genre, with all other works in this form, as well as the ensembles themselves who must inevitably perform and record them, measured against this body of work and its associated recordings. The Philharmonia Quartet of Berlin, four members of the BPO, has been termed a ""top-flight-ensemble"" by the Chicago Tribune, possessing a heart melting sound (Boston Globe). An ensemble of thirty years standing, the PQB has established itself as a highly regarded, standard-setting body, and one in great demand worldwide.

Unlike almost any of their peers, Pink Floyd played to both sides of the aisle: they were rooted in the blues but their heart belonged to the future, a dichotomy that made them a quintessentially modern 20th century band. That blues influence, quickly sublimated and only surfacing on the occasional Gilmour guitar solo, was the foundation for the band's very name, as the group decided to splice the names of two old bluesmen – Pink Anderson and Floyd Council – as a tribute to the American music they loved so. These members of the early Floyd – guitarist/singer Syd Barrett, bassist Roger Waters, keyboardist Rick Wright, and drummer Nick Mason – were all architecture students at London Polytechnic, with the exception of Barrett, who was an art student and a friend of Waters since childhood. This version of the band started gigging regularly in 1965, with Barrett becoming the group's lead singer quite quickly. During this time, the group relied on blues and R&B covers, not unlike many of their British peers, but they wound up extending the time of their sets through extended instrumental jams, planting the seeds of space rock that would come to fruition not much later. During 1966, the group's increasingly adventurous sets became something of a sensation in the London underground, leading to a contract with EMI early in 1967.