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Resounding Earth is a new work by Augusta Read Thomas written for University of Notre Dame resident ensemble Third Coast Percussion exploring the rich and evocative sound world of bells. The release...

Composer and Carillonneur Neil Thornock releases a collection of works for percussion that explores the dichotomy between instruments with little sustain and those whose over ringing can obscure and...

Composer and Rome Prize winner Christopher Trapani releases "Horizontal Drift," a collection of six works written for custom instruments that explore rich corners of microtonal tuning, timbre, and...

Rome Prize winner and New Orleans native Christopher Trapani's latest recording is in part inspired by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on his home town. Trapani found himself reaching towards...

ACRONYM's latest release is the first recording devoted entirely to the instrumental music of Giovanni Valentini, who for more than twenty years was Hofkapellmeister of the Holy Roman Empire before...

Valentini / Les Canards Chantants / Acronym Giovanni Valentini: Secondo Libro De Madrigali CD

Vivaldi / Members Of The Handel & Haydn Society Seven Cello Concertos CD

Watanabe / Longleash / Rohlfing Passage CD

Composer Lee Weisert releases his second album on New Focus, Recesses, a follow up to the 2014 release, Wild Arc. Weisert is heard on piano, guitar, percussion, and electronics, and is joined by...

Composer Scott Wollschleger releases his second album with New Focus, "Dark Days", chronicling solo piano repertoire written between 2007 and 2020 and featuring his longtime close collaborator,...

Wollschleger / Mivos String Quartet / Roberts Soft Aberration CD