Francisco Fullana - Bach's Long Shadow - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Maksimal brings together three major works by Daniel Temkin, music shaped by vivid physical images and a search for the forces that connect experience, memory, and place. At it's center is the violin concerto Maksimal, written for and performed here by Francisco Fullana with Ryan McAdams and the Maksimal Ensemble. Bright, agile, and rhythmically charged, the three movements balance solo virtuosity with quicksilver ensemble dialogue, nodding to Baroque concerto principles while stretching them into larger, continuous arcs. Dreamed Landscapes turns to the piano, with Ryan MacEvoy McCullough tracing three impressionistic studies inspired by galaxies, glaciers, and canyon horizons. Rather than literal depiction, the music focuses on colour, resonance, and the inner sensation of inhabiting these spaces. Completing the program is Ocean's Call, performed by the Aizuri Quartet, a work inspired by California's Pacific coast. From misty harmonics and brittle wind textures to expansive, storm-driven waves, the piece unfolds as a meditation on nature's power and calm. Recorded across Houston and New York, Maksimal is Temkin's second solo album on Orchid Classics a focused, immersive portrait of a composer drawn to sound as landscape, motion, and shared human experience.

Spanish violinist Francisco Fullana returns to Orchid Classics with a recital of Spanish music for violin and piano. Described as 'an amazing talent' by Gustavo Dudamel, Fullana has a natural affinity with this repertoire, which includes dazzling virtuoso pieces by the great violinist-composer Pablo Sarasate, as well as the evocative 'Sonata Española' by Joaquín Turina. The recital also features works by several composers from the Catalan region Enrique Granados, Eduardo Toldrà and Joan Manén, all of whom subtly combine characteristic Catalan folk styles with harmonic influences from France.

Killah Priest - HEAVY MENTAL (CD-Digipack) I ENTER THE CHAMBER OF Killah Priest'S HEAVY MENTAL. This album moves like a sacred text wrapped in street prophecy, dense bars, esoteric visions, and a voice that sounds carved from stone tablets. Beats loom heavy and deliberate, giving the lyrics space to echo, challenge, and haunt. Heavy Mental is not background music. It is a transmission. Tracks such as InchWisdom BodyInch and InchMystic CityInch drift deep into metaphysical territory, pulling from religion, history, and inner vision, turning rap into ritual. InchB.I.B.L.E.Inch stands as a cornerstone, scripture fl ipped and reinterpreted through lived experience, one of the album's most quoted and studied moments. Whether you spin it on vinyl for that ritual warmth, drop the CD for crystal focus, or snap the music cassette for raw, analog grit, this is a cornerstone of hip hop that rewards deep listening.