MUSICAL IMAGES FOR PIANOMark John McEncroe Composer Mark John McEncroe's latest album MUSICAL IMAGES FOR PIANO presents a theater of the mind, performed with a delicacy that is both melancholic and nostalgic. Rather than attempting to shatter musical boundaries, McEncroe focuses on the introspective, letting the listener’s stories and memories ...…

Verdi's rarely performed masterpiece "I masnadieri" (The Bandit)A man becomes involved with a group of bandits. However, his innocent and highly moral fiance also becomes intrigued. How he deals with the situation is unique and heartbreaking.Performed by the CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice and recorded by Classical Music Discoveries.Download ...…

In light of all the musical beauty and palpable excellence of this new release, it is hard to tell whose merit it is: the Chamber Singers', or conductor David Holdhusen's? Most likely, the answer lies within the question: One cannot tell, because all elements of this recording – composers named and unnamed, the choir singers, the conductor – wo ...…

CROSSWINDTOWER DUOERIN HELGESON TORRES FLUTEMICHAEL RENE TORRES SAXOPHONE On CROSSWIND, flutist Erin Helgeson Torres and saxophonist Michael Rene Torres, who have performed as Tower Duo since 2007, deliver a stunning set of performances which utilize flute and saxophone. Each performance evokes a sensory or psychological experience as wide-rang ...…

WHEN THE SOUL SPEAKSCHORAL MUSIC BY JAN JIRÁSEKBONIFANTES BOYS CHOIR & CZECH SOLOIST CONSORTJAN MÍŠEK CONDUCTOR The Bonifantes Boys Choir showcases the best of the best of the Czech boy singers and composer Jan Jirásek over the past 20 years. WHEN THE SOUL SPEAKS demonstrates the abilities of both the ensemble and its leaders through the perfor ...…

GREAT SOUTHERN LAND marks trumpeter Phillip Chase Hawkins’ recording debut. Hawkins’ decision to present the music of internationally renowned composer Brendan Collins in both duo and trio configurations clearly illustrates the exceptional synergy that exists between composer and artist. Each piece presents a unique scene, from Australian bushr ...…

PIECES OF MIND AND MATTER features five string duos in chronological order of their creation, though even the precise instrumental set-up of the individual parts betrays long, careful thought. With the mathematical precision and analytical construction in PIECES OF MIND AND MATTER, it would be hard to dispute that mathematics and music do indee ...…

The idea for THE JOHN PSATHAS PERCUSSION PROJECT: VOLUME ONE began in 2013 with John Psathas’ piano and gamelan piece Waiting: Still which Omar Carmenates arranged for percussion trio. While unknown at the time, this arrangement launched a five-year-long relationship that culminates in Carmenates’ debut for PARMA Recordings.Purchase CD at:http: ...…

TOKER MESSING AROUND...WITH THE CLASSICS ;)HAKAN A. TOKER “Music is a game we play… It is to be respected, but not to be taken too seriously. It belongs to all of us. It is ours to create and recreate, to mess around with, as long as we give credit.” In his own words, Toker expresses the freedom that can be found within the written page of ever ...…

Matthew Burtner presents the haunting beauty of GLACIER MUSIC, an electroacoustic collection featuring the Alaskan natural landscape as the central instrument. with the sounds of snow, trickling streams, and the cracks, pops, and thundering as glaciers break apart and fall. Burtner, who was born in Alaska and grew up among the glaciers, also sc ...…

FROM THE VALLEY OF BACATHE CHAMBER MUSIC OF DAVID CARPENTER Charles Abramovic pianoKatelyn Bouska pianoRebecca Harris violinCassia Harvey celloMyanna Harvey violaLawrence Indik baritone Composer David Carpenter’s PARMA debut, FROM THE VALLEY OF BACA, features three works that illustrate the expansive scope of his compositional style. From the l ...…

YOUNG PROMETHEUSMark Volker Inspired by poetry and prose, composer Mark Volker’s latest release YOUNG PROMETHEUS is about reactions. From the philosophical reaction to the “Three Quotations" to the physical reactions in “Echoes of Yesterday," Volker creates an atmosphere that both conveys the optimistic and ominous.For more information, please ...…

PIANO WORKS BY SARA FEIGINPerformed by Benjamin Goodman This latest record from Navona Records is a treasure trove of piano music by the late composer and pianist Sara Feigin. Led by Carmela O’Flaherty, the composer’s daughter, the project consists nearly entirely of previously unperformed and unrecorded works for piano. Pianist Benjamin Goodma ...…

Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae) is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a February 1937 German libretto by Joseph Gregor, based on an outline written in 1920, "Danae, or The Marriage of Convenience", by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Strauss worked on the score in 1937, 1938 and into 1939, although he was preoccupied with completing Dap ...…

NOTES TO LOVED ONESPETER DAYTON Up-and-coming composer Peter Dayton makes his Navona Records debut with the release of Notes to Loved Ones, an album of works for piano and strings. Dayton’s style of composition is heavily influenced by people with whom he is fascinated and their works of art.Purchase CD at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/ ...…

Heralded as the first Saudi academic musicologist, ethnomusicologist, and classical music composer, Karkanawi is able to weave the tapestry of life into a musical composition in a way that speaks to the senses of the human soul. Originally from Saudi Arabia, Karkanawi’s musical evolution was established in an environment exclusive of any other ...…

SOMETHING MORETimothy Lee Miller Timothy Lee Miller presents SOMETHING MORE, eight original jazz compositions that explore the unique relationships that the composer has with his family. Expanding upon something as simple as a photograph or a memory, Miller's noir-influenced jazz expands his reflections beyond words, and instead creates story t ...…

Dr. J.A. Kawarsky has been bringing his work to the PARMA Recordings playing field for years; however, this month marks a momentous occasion for both PARMA and this prolific composer, who up to this point has had his work performed on compilation albums with other composers. Years have led to this moment: Navona Records proudly presents SPOON H ...…

WORKS FOR DANCETED COFFEY Using the sounds of handmade paper, electronics, and surf guitar among others, Ted Coffey composes a sometimes fragile, sometimes brutal order that swings from texturalism to song. Written for dance, both fixed media and live computer-mediated performance, Coffey’s music feels spontaneous without sacrificing finely cal ...…

MANY NEW TRAILS TO BLAZEThe UAB Chamber TrioJames Zingara trumpetDenise Gainey clarinetChris Steele piano MANY NEW TRAILS TO BLAZE showcases three musicians in an intellectually driven, globally inspired set of compositions. Each work, from the genre-crossing Sonata for Three to the tonal balancing act in Flying Over Water, presses boundaries, ...…

CONCERTANTEMODERN WORKS FOR GUITARCampbell RossAriel DiriéGerardo Dirié While New Zealand guitarist and composer Campbell Ross cites influences as varied as Claude Bolling, Manuel Ponce and Benjamin Britten when discussing the works featured on CONCERTANTE, it is clear that his own distinctive style is manifested throughout the album. Purchase ...…

MÚSICA UNIVERSAL - Vocal UniversalWith Ansonica Records’ release of MÚSICA UNIVERSAL, traditional Cuban tunes and wider genres of pop and soul stand side by side. Vocal Universo’s performances intend to appeal to all varieties of musical tastes, with the understanding that humanity has a deeper understanding of music that breaks through languag ...…

ESPONTÁNEO: The Abdala Sessions - Ortega, Silveira & ElizardeESPONTÁNEO demonstrates a different side of the music production world -- one where the craft of performance itself and the shared musical moment is not lost in the effort for a perfect take. The groove, spice, and free-flowing energy of this album offers a view into the everyday life ...…

CENTURIA S-QUARK - Stas NaminFor composer and legendary Russian art and music figure Stas Namin, the current state of the world points towards a trajectory of violence and dissonance, as humanity curiously turns from a collective to an individual mind. This dissonance, drama, and the cosmic cycle of breaking down and rebuilding is translated th ...…

Vittoria Ricci, principle horn of the CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice, performs Mozart.1 - Horn Concerto in D Major, K. 4122 - Horn Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 4173 - Horn Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 4474 - Horn Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 495Kathryn Cavanaugh, conductor/directorCMD Grand Opera Company of Venice OrchestraDownload now at:ht ...…

Rhonda Skaggs, principle oboeDominique Beaulieu, conductorCMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans1 - R Strauss: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D Major2 - Vaughan-Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings3 - JS Bach: Sonata for Oboe and Continuo4 - Britten: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid5 - Stravinsky: Pastorale6 - Ravel: Le Tombeau de CouperinDow ...…

Tina Vivaldi is a wonderful example of our "Women in Classical Music Program."Tina was working as a checkout clerk in Naples when we were alerted to a girl that was a fabulous flutist, but due to her lack of formal music education, could not find a job doing what she loved best.After an audition, we were amazed as to how brilliantly she played ...…

Amy Shaw is our first musician, of ours, that we have ever featured. We discovered Amy while she was practicing in her apartment. Her 2nd story window was open and we could hear her from the street. Several people had gathered to listen to her and we asked if they came here often to listen to her. "Oh yes, we wouldn't miss it. Who ever it is, p ...…

Over 100 of our favorite music selections for the New Year.Download now at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p769/Our_Favorite_New_Year_Works_%28digital_download%29.html

Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante, K. 366 is an Italian language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, which had been set to music by André Campra as Idoménée in 1712. Mozart and Varesco were commissioned in 1780 by Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavar ...…

Considered by many to be the greatest of ALL Strauss operas that you've never heard of.Although Strauss described Daphne as a "bucolic tragedy," based on Greek myth, it is not an opera about loss, as is Orpheus, or about retribution, as in Elektra, but rather something else altogether. Daphne, a child of nature, embodies both chaste purity and ...…

Over 100 of our favorite works by Tchaikovsky.Purchase now at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p766/Tchaikovsky.html

Over 100 tracks of our favorite works by JS Bach.Download now at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p765/JS_Bach_Favorites.html

Over 7 hours from our newest compilation of over 10 hours of music by Beethoven.Over 100 tracks! Available for download at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p763/Beethoven%21.html

Over 100 of our favorite works by Handel.Includes a complete performance of "Messiah", "Water Music", "Royal Fireworks" and much more!Over 6 hours of Handel!Download now at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p762/Can_You_HANDEL_This%3F.html

Iolanta, Op. 69, is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was the last opera he composed. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play Kong Renés Datter (King René's Daughter) by Henrik Hertz, a romanticised account of the life of Yolande de Bar. In the original Danish play, ...…

Tchaikovsky's most popular and final ballet.Performed by the CMD Philharmonic of Paris and conducted by Dominique Beaulieu.Purchase now at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p511/Tchaikovsky%3A_The_Nutcracker_%28complete%29.html

The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, first performed in 1890. The music was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (his opus 66). The score was completed in 1889, and is the second of his three ballets. The original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant. T ...…

Swan Lake, Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular of all ballets.Dominique Beaulieu, conductorCMD Paris Philharmonic in OrleansDownload at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p758/Tchaikovsky%3A_Swan_Lake_-_complete_%28digital_download%29.html…

The Phoenix Ensemble’s latest album JOHANNES BRAHMS / ELLIOTT CARTER: CLARINET QUINTETS is, of course, masterful. The Phoenix Ensemble now looks back on almost three decades of being a fixture in the national chamber music scene, focusing on performances and recordings of 20th- and 21st-century music. Indeed, it may be this particular specializ ...…

Tchaikovsky:Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29 "Polish"Sylvia WagnerCMD German Opera Company of BerlinDownload Digital Copy at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p757/Tchaikovsky%3A_Symphonies_2_and_3_%28digital_download%29.html

Tchaikovsky:Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29 "Polish"Sylvia WagnerCMD German Opera Company of BerlinDownload Digital Copy at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p757/Tchaikovsky%3A_Symphonies_2_and_3_%28digital_download%29.html

As "early" musicians, the members of Les Délices have committed their professional lives to gaining an understanding of old music and instruments that inspire and excite them. However, while reading about or exploring scores from the 17th or 18th centuries may provide insight, it’s inevitable that those can offer only incomplete information. Th ...…

During our 15 years of broadcasting, we have built up quite a list of requests from our Happy Listeners.Here are 100 of our most requested Baroque Period Masterpieces.Download your digital copy at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p752/100_Baroque_Masterpieces_%28Digital_Download%29.html

When composing the music for GENTLE WINDS, Skip Livingston had one overarching goal in mind: write music that people will enjoy playing and listening to. In GENTLE WINDS you’ll hear the rich effects that come with doing what one truly finds joy in.For more information, please visit:http://navonarecords.com/epk/gentlewinds/Purchase CD at:http:// ...…

Contemporary song cycles generally lead a marginal existence in the shadow of Schubert's perennial, towering example. Connecticut-native composer Scott Perkins nevertheless audaciously marches to the beat of his own drum on WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH, setting to music an awe-inducingly broad variety of poems across all ages and cultures.For mor ...…

6 hours of the most requested Classical Christmas Music by our listeners over the past 14 seasons.Download all 100 tracks at:http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p745/100_Most_Requested_Works_for_Christmas.html

Elizabeth Vercoe’s newest album BUTTERFLY EFFECTS AND OTHER WORKS begins with aquotation. The Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi asked "Am I a human who dreamt of being a butterfly or am I now a butterfly who dreams of being a human?" This sense of oneness and the paradoxical strength of the fragile butterfly permeates through the composer’s album, e ...…

Choi has been a champion of contemporary composers throughout her career, and her debut album demonstrates this championship while also celebrating the many cultures and customs that make up American music. BOUNDLESS proves that there are no boundaries -- cultural, energetic, or dynamic.For more information, please visit:http://navonarecords.co ...…

WHEN YOU ARE REMINDEDBY THE INSTRUMENTSTHE MUSIC OF HAYES BIGGS In short, WHEN YOU ARE REMINDED BY THE INSTRUMENTS manages to shed light on Biggs’s incredibly versatile musical output – light which, indeed, is well deserved.For more information, please visit:http://www.navonarecords.com/epk/remindedbyinstruments/index.htmlOrder CD at:http://www ...…