Bach has these really nice passages where it's just about progression. It's not even about where the main theme is coming from; it's like it's about the passage of time…” Listen now to Chiahu Lee's arrangement of #JSBach's “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV 140: https://listn.fm/cantataremixed
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Métier Records proudly presents an outstanding new contemporary release: the complete acknowledged output for solo piano by Romanian composer Horaţiu Rădulescu, performed by @ianpace.bsky.social, a world-renowned interpreter of new music. 🎧 Listen now ▶️ https://listn.fm/radulescu/
Conceived as part of Savaşkan’s epic cycle, Many Stares through Semi-Nocturnal Zeiss-Blink, Eleven Conditions of Responsibility embodies his compositional approach, observing different angles of a model comprising five circles. Enjoy the first single "Anacrusis (II)": https://sbrew.link/DVOz9ZhN
Out today: Métier Records is proud to release #CliffEdge by composer David Wallace! The performers include Heather Roche (bass clarinet), Chenyin Li (piano), Jean Kelly (harp), James Widden (violin/viola), Jonathan Parkin (clarinet), and more! 🎶 Add it to your library today! 🎧➡️ listn.fm/cliffedge
Métier announces the October world premiere recording of Sinan C. Savaşkan’s captivating Concerto for Chamber Orchestra and Electronics, “Eleven Conditions of Responsibility”, written for and performed by the Octandre Ensemble. 🎧 Enjoy the first single tomorrow: listn.fm/elevenconditions
Now why was it that I can't get excited about 'normal' concert venues...
This Friday, Divine Art is proud to present the second single from Esther Rayo & Peter Grünberg's upcoming album, Sacred Joy: “El santo niño”! 🎧 Pre-save now ➡️ listn.fm/sacredjoy This traditional Puerto Rican Christmas song is from a repertoire close to Rayo's own artistic identity.
Great @theartsdesk.bsky.social reviews for Rob Hao & Antony Gray’s Poulenc Music for Two Pianos and Conspirare’s Joby Talbot: Piedra de sol from @grahamrickson.bsky.social & @bernardhughes.bsky.social!
Pigeons, pennies and Piaf: @grahamrickson.bsky.social picks his classical CD choices of the moment, with Sebastian Scotney and @bernardhughes.bsky.social - this week's highlights include new choral music, French piano miniatures and a phalanx of bassoons theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Many thanks to @grahamrickson.bsky.social and @bernardhughes.bsky.social for the lovely write ups here.
Pigeons, pennies and Piaf: @grahamrickson.bsky.social picks his classical CD choices of the moment, with Sebastian Scotney and @bernardhughes.bsky.social - this week's highlights include new choral music, French piano miniatures and a phalanx of bassoons theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Discover the mystical and spiritual musical universe of composer Louis Franz Aguirre as you enjoy “Nsambia Mpungun: III. Centella Ndoki,” out on all streaming platforms today! 🎧➡️ https://listn.fm/nsambiampungun/ #NewMusic #AfroCuban #Cuba #nsambiampungun #louisaguirre
Listen to the second single from Requiem for Fallen Soldiers, Eduard Tubin's Choral Song, “Õhtulaul, ETW 100,” today! 🎧 ➡️ https://listn.fm/tubin #ClassicalMusic #Classical #NewMusic #choralmusic
We are proud to present pianist Sinae Lee’s York Bowen: 24 Preludes, Op. 102, out today! The virtuoso pianist and composer York Bowen was known by his contemporaries as the ‘English Rachmaninoff’. 🎧 Listen now: https://listn.fm/bowenpreludes/. #ClassicalMusic #Piano #Classical
Listen to the third single of Rădulescu: Complete Solo Piano Works, “Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti, op. 2,“ on all streaming platforms today! 🎧 ➡️ https://listn.fm/radulescu #ClassicalMusic #Piano #NewMusic
We are proud to share the first single of Cantata (re)mixed for four hands. Listen now to the first single, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: II. Aria. Alles, was von Gott geboren" wherever you stream music! 🎧 ▶️ https://listn.fm/cantataremixed/ #Classical #Piano #ClassicalMusic
8 & 9 September at 1901 Arts Club in London, launches his new album, “Sinner, Don't Let This Harvest Pass”, as part of his “Points of Departure” recital series! Hear the complete program LIVE! 🎟️ Get your tickets at https://sbrew.link/O0BBYZFb (only a few remain)
On 4 September, Métier presents #CliffEdge from Irish-born composer David Wallace: a striking new album of six works that illuminate his distinctive approach to material-led composition. Listen to three tracks out now at https://listn.fm/cliffedge
#Nowplaying! Sinae Lee's latest single from her new recording of the 24 Preludes, Op. 102 by the great virtuoso pianist and composer York Bowen (1884-1961)! Listen to Prelude No. 24 now on all platforms and in Spotify's New in Classical Playlist, via https://listn.fm/bowenpreludes
🔥 Conspirare's world premiere recording of Joby Talbot: Piedra de sol (Sunstone) is #nowplaying on your favorite platforms! Don't miss features from Gramophone, Presto Music, Qobuz, IDAGIO, Spotify, HighResAudio, Apple Music Classical, and more!
We are delighted to share the first single from #SacredJoy, a live recording capturing a special LIEDER ALIVE! Christmas concert in which soprano Esther Rayo and pianist Peter Grünberg presented a programme of carols both familiar and surprising. 🎧🎶🎄 Schubert's Ave Maria: listn.fm/sacredjoy
☀️ GRAMMY® Award-winning Choir Conspirare and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson's World Premiere recording of Joby Talbot's “Piedra de sol” (Sunstone) is now available worldwide! 🎧 Listen on all platforms via listn.fm/piedradesol Go in depth with interviews on Presto Music and Gramophone!
Celebrate tomorrow's launch of Conspirare's recording of Joby Talbot's ”Piedra de sol” on YouTube now: https://www.youtube.com/live/wHFuQyZHZUE
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Celebrate the release of Piedra de sol with composer Joby Talbot and Conspirare Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson. T
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Athene Records is thrilled to announce the 9 October release of “Cantata (re)mixed for four hands,” an exciting album of J.S. Bach’s Cantatas arranged/re-composed by Chiahu Lee and György Kúrtag, and performed by piano Chiahu Lee and Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay! The first single is out 28 August!
Really enjoyed doing this interview, also covering The Divine Comedy and the Royal Ballet!
Now on @prestomusic.bsky.social: @benarcanafm.bsky.social interviews composer Joby Talbot about his new work “Piedre de sol” (Sunstone), premiered by Conspirare on their release coming out this Friday! 📖 ➡️ https://sbrew.link/eKKDZbs7
Now on @prestomusic.bsky.social: @benarcanafm.bsky.social interviews composer Joby Talbot about his new work “Piedre de sol” (Sunstone), premiered by Conspirare on their release coming out this Friday! 📖 ➡️ https://sbrew.link/eKKDZbs7
Antony Gray and Rob Hao make their @officialcharts.bsky.social Classical Chart Debut this week at #38! Do you have your copy yet? 🎧➡️ https://listn.fm/poulencmusicfortwopianos
In the Complete Piano Music of Horatiu Radulescu, Ian Pace presents the Lao Tzu Sonatas, inspired by the Taoist philosopher. Their chant-like or folk-derived materials are continually juxtaposed with more abstract spectral harmonies. ▶️ Play movement two from the Fifth Sonata now: listn.fm/radulescu
Announcing the 25 September release of Eduard Tubin’s powerful “Requiem for Fallen Soldiers,” alongside landmark recordings of his choral songs by the Estonian National Male Choir under the direction of Mikk Üleoja. Listen to the first single now: listn.fm/tubin
“in clarity I follow my delirium, rooms and streets, I grope my way through corridors of time, climb and descend stairs, touch the walls and do not move…” Listen now to Conspirare's recording of “…de claridad (in clarity)…” from Joby Talbot's Piedra de Sol (Sunstone): https://listn.fm/piedradesol
🎹 Out Now! Adam Davies makes his Divine Art debut with Anthony Hedges: Complete Piano Music, Volume 1! ▶️ https://listn.fm/hedgespianov1 See it featured on @prestomusic.bsky.social, Idagio, Amazon Music, Qobuz, and Spotify!
Ekkozone proudly presents the September 18th release of “Nsambia Mpungun” from Cuban composer Louis Franz Aguirre, one of the foremost Latin American composers of his generation, and featuring three of his fiercest champions and interpreters. Listen to the first single now: listn.fm/nsambiampungun