Ablaze Records proudly presents its latest release—an extraordinary collection of masterfully crafted choral interpretations, bringing to life new works by composers from across the globe.

From the first track, the artistry of Coro Volante illuminates each score with sensitivity, clarity, and expressive depth.

• Levant Altuntaş’ Cradle Song opens the disc with luminous lyricism—an intimate, harmonically rich lullaby delivered with soul-stirring warmth.

• Ethan McGrath’s A Child of the Snows showcases radiant melodic invention, allowing Coro Volante’s sections to shine in a display of precision, blend, and breathtaking virtuosity.

• Jeffrey Derus contributes two works: I Know You—a tapestry of poignant textures and shifting harmonies that carves a deeply emotional arc—and The Lamb, whose crystalline counterpoint and luminous part-writing reveal the composer’s rare gift for clarity and expressive restraint.

• Reis Jônatas’ Laudate Dominum bursts forth with rhythmic vitality and inventive fragmentation, its energy both infectious and artfully constructed. His later contribution, Ubi Caritas, unfolds in chromatic lines and radiant harmony, distilling the essence of devotion into a luminous soundscape.

• Michele Caniato’s Ao Viandante, the disc’s most daringly expansive work, deploys spatialized forces and layered textures with striking dramatic impact—brilliantly captured in Ablaze’s rich and detailed recording.

• David Rossel’s Eleventh Hour transforms a graphic score into a vivid choral realization, brimming with spontaneity and interpretive joy.

• Richard E. Brown’s Alleluia turns a single sacred word into a multidimensional meditation, sculpted through shifting textures and profound dynamic shading.

• Manuel Hurtado’s A Better Resurrection glows with optimism and lyric grace, its varied choral writing bringing freshness and immediacy to Christina Rossetti’s text.

• Christopher Coleman’s Sing Unto the Lord a New Song closes the program with exhilarating propulsion and imaginative freedom, a jubilant celebration of invention and surprise.

This disc is a testament to the power and refinement of contemporary choral composition. Each setting elevates text into luminous artistry, weaving intricate harmonies, daring textures, and profound emotion into sound worlds that are at once timeless and new. Coro Volante’s interpretation, paired with Ablaze’s pristine recording, makes this release an essential document of choral music at its most inspired and artful.