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With his signature instrumental flamboyance and skilled, eloquent, musical voice, British composer Symon Clarke delivers yet another astounding and vivid collection large chamber ensemble works.
In an expansive disc covering works by THIRTEEN composers from around the world ABLAZE releases it’s SIXTH Volume of superbly rendered recordings of choral music by living composers.
With a huge variety of compositional voices from the USA, Lithuania, Canada, China, Singapore, Ukraine, Australia, Vietnam and Austria, this disc paints a vivid picture of choral music across the world today.
AVAILABLE NOW exclusively on ABLAZE!
“...an impressive work by Douglas Knehans, an ever-challenging, ever-surprising musical artist.”
EXCITING AND PASSIONATE NEWEST RELEASES
In our second volume of works for sinfonietta, we feature four tremendously contrasted composers: Andriy Igorovich Sovetov’s On the Lighter Side for sinfonietta and solo piano which, true to it’s title is a breezy short essay for piano and sinfonia; Andrew Lewinter’s Neo-classical Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass—a tremendously effective and engaging new work; Alan Jones’ Three Times Five a rhythmically propulsive romp for fifteen instruments; and the disc concludes with an unusual concerto for piccolo and chamber orchestra by Edward Smaldone, Life Imagined, Life Engaged, here given a wondrous interpretation by piccoloist Frantisek Kantor in a gleaming new recording.
In this eighth volume of groundbreaking electronic and electroacoustic music we feature four new works from the studios of composers Chun Eun Kim (Korea)—PianoForte; Spiros Mazis (Greece)—Beings on the Rocks; Jacob Elkin (USA)—Feedback Study 2; and Sarah Kierle (UK)—Okypete and Aello; in addition to new works with instruments and interactive electronics Zhixin XU (China)—La Nuit Bleu for harpsichord and interactive electronics and Adrian Borza (Romania)—If for oboe and interactive electronics.
Discover these pioneering and effective new works using electronics in inspiring new ways.
ABLAZE Records seventh volume of unique contemporary works for orchestra features Derek M. Jenkins fanciful takes on his snapshot memories of his childhood in Of Vigils and Storms; Jeremy Piper’s colorful and evocative suite on the legend of Yasparia in his Gated Mountains of Yasparia; Hong Kong composer Roger Fong’s beautiful and imagistic Rhapsody on a Night by the Maple Bridge; Heather Niemi Savage’s folk tune inspired Daughter of the Stars; Australian Sally Greenaway’s powerful and lyrically melodic Worlds Within Worlds and Marco Muilwijk’s inventively scored and gorgeously colored Fantasy for Orchestra.
As usual, the tremendously artful and skillfully precise maestro Mikel Toms leads the virtuosic Brno Philharmonic Orchestra in this wonderful disc of premier recordings. Highly recommended!
“Unthemed anthologies of new music can be a difficult sell, but Brett Scott's Coro Volante set about these recent pieces with such enthusiasm and confidence that it's hard not to be beguiled. It doesn't hurt that there's some real talent on show among the composers as well. It's important to make clear that these aren't all very young composers. Ellen Harrison has been making remarkable music since the 1970's and her 'Music Is', which ends the set, represents a most welcome addition to her list. Likewise, the veteran Alan Goldspiel with 'Soldier of Mine' and Tim Knight's moving 'Requiem Aeternam'. There isn't a piece one wouldn't want to hear again. Crisply recorded in generous acoustics.”
—Brian Morton, Choir and Organ (on New Choral Voices Vol. 4)
OTHER NEW RELEASES
Simon Clarke
SONGS FOR THE LAST ACT
A powerful and intimate collection of song sets by British composer Symon Clarke. To texts by Lervatov, Celan and others Clarke portrays a dimming world of autumnal beauty and stark nostalgia brought to life by superb soprano Natalie Raybould and the gifted musicians of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mikel Toms. HIGHLY Recommended.
Knehans Smaldone
DOUBLE PORTRAIT
Two ‘mini-portraits’ of composers Douglas Knehans and Edward Smaldone featuring the virtuoso young ensemble ALL OF THE ABOVE in performances of a really wide ranging set of works demonstrating the artistic power and sweep of these two American composers.
Douglas Knehans
BACKWARDS FROM WINTER
“Backwards from Winter had its premier as part of the the New York Opera Fest. All parts that make up the opera create an enormously satisfying theatrical experience..”— Berkshire Fine Arts
ORCHESTRAL MASTERS
VOL. 6
A brilliant collection of highly varied new orchestral music from SIXTEEN Composers from around the world
Click on the audio link below to hear Kyle Wernke’s superb and dramatic BURST in a brilliant and exacting performance by the Brno Philharmonic and new music specialist maestro Mikel Toms.
This is a disc of new orchestral music to explore, enjoy and share.
A nice review of our first Pierrot Ensemble Series disc!