Guardian Music — On the centenary of the great countertenor's birth, his grandson recalls how he came to know and love his musicTall and athletically built, debonair and with a thick goatee that he accessorised with a pipe, Alfred Deller cut a distinctive figure. Bor... more info

Guardian Music — Invernizzi/Johannsen/Oro/Brutscher/Abete/Academia Mortis Regalis/De Marchi(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi - Two CDs)In 1709, Antonio Caldara succeeded Handel as maestro di cappella to Cardinal Ruspoli in Rome. The two composers had probably met the previous... more info

Perez Hilton — YaY!! Go gurl!! Cyndi Lauper is returning to Bones to play her lovably kooky Avalon Harmonia! The zany psychic really livens up the place, don't ya think??? Well executive producer Stephen Nathan definitely agrees with us! Setting Cyndi in one of ... more info

Guardian Music — Matthias Goerne/Christoph Eschenbach(Harmonia Mundi)This is the sixth release in Matthias Goerne's Schubert series for Harmonia Mundi, and the second in which he has been accompanied by Christoph Eschenbach. There may be some logic to pairing Schuber... more info

Guardian Music — Nuria Rial (soprano), La Floridiana/Paraschivescu(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Marianna Martines, one of the most celebrated Viennese performers and composers of her day, died 200 years ago, an anniversary that offers an opportunity to reassess her output... more info

Guardian Music — Rial/Kammerorchester Basel/Schröder(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Telemann wrote some 50 operas, of which all but one (a little comedy called Pimpinone) have languished in obscurity since his death in 1767. This disc attempts a reappraisal of the rest of ... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Lewis is internationally recognised as one of the finest and most sought after concert pianists of his generation. His recent survey of Beethoven's piano masterpieces including complete Beethoven Sonata and Concerto cycles, both in concert and ... more info

Guardian Music — English Baroque Soloists/ Gardiner; Soloists, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik/ Rademann (SDG; Harmonia Mundi)Two members of the extensive Bach clan: the first Johann Sebastian's distant elder relative whose music he venerated, the other his... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Hans-Joachim Rödelius, born October 26, 1934 in Berlin) is a German experimental, ambient and electronic musician. He is best known as a co-founder of the krautrock groups Cluster and Harmonia and his work in the ambient jazz... more info

DrownedInSound — In a nutshell, this record sounds like Can, Neu!, or Harmonia with the acid-freak ranting replaced by a torchsinger (which is a good nutshell to be in). Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info