Best known for his film scores, particularly those associated with Studio Ghibli, Joe Hisaishi has continued to pursue a career as both a composer and conductor, revealing a more abstract side of his musical language. Released in 2026, Symphony No. 3 (“Metaphysica”) & Harp Concerto brings together two orchestral works that shed light on this lesser-known aspect of his writing. Conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hisaishi is joined by harpist Emmanuel Ceysson for the world-premiere recording of the Harp Concerto, composed specifically for him.
Created in 2021 to mark the 50th anniversary of the New Japan Philharmonic, Symphony No. 3 is a large-scale work in three movements (“Existence,” “Where Are We Going?,” and “Substance”)…
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Prolific musical collaborator and tireless rhythm generator 
By the early 1980s, the electric organ had started to infiltrate the iconic hotel bands that defined the Addis Ababa music scene of the previous decade. And so keys player, arranger and producer 
It’s Lyal Strickland’s unpolished voice that makes the first impression. Immediately, it’s clear he is not your dressed-up singer-songwriter making a slick record. His songs come from the soil that he tills as a part-time farmer, from the babble of small-town drinking holes, from the sweat and pain of hard work, life’s defeats, and hard-earned small victories. His gutsy songs earn him the title Shooter of Truth, and this is Strickland’s return to recording after a ten-year absence.
South London-based multidisciplinary artist 
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…includes two exclusive bonus tracks.
A project built around lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Bobby Townson and his sister, singer and miscellaneous instrumentalist Emma Townson, who also does the band’s artwork, 
Some music carries its architecture within it; other music waits for a building to reveal the full shape of its thought. In the Basilica di San Marco, every note enters a space crowded with memory, where gold mosaics hold the afterimage of vanished liturgies. 
Saxophone phenom 
Flutist and singer Elena Pinderhughes conjures deep, soulful jazz textures on her debut album, 2026’s I Hope You Can Feel It Too. A Bay Area native, Pinderhughes is best known for her contributions to trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah’s albums, having been introduced on 2015’s Stretch Music. She has also worked with a cross-genre mix of artists, from jazz legend Herbie Hancock to rappers Future and Metro Boomin to contemporary luminaries like Esperanza Spalding and Robert Glasper. She brings all of this experience to bear here, embracing a harmonically nuanced crossover sound that touches upon electronic fusion, global rhythms, and alt-R&B. Throughout, her flute is often dipped in a sonic effects shimmer, and on cuts like…
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…includes three brand-new songs.
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