This New Music Friday, Navona Records presents innovative feats in vocal and instrumental chamber music, from settings of brass and piano to art song, a visual album highlighting the technical heights of the string quartet genre, and more.
Dive in and discover new music by Christopher J. Hoh, Ferdinando DeSena, Christopher Brakel, Michael Murray, Paul Halley, Benda Quartet, Jan Järvlepp, Trio Casals, Andrew Lewinter, Melanie Henley Heyn, and Monica Houghton.
QUADRANTS VOL 5
Benda Quartet, Christopher J. Hoh, Ferdinando DeSena, Christopher Brakel, Michael Murray, Paul Halley
The award-winning Benda Quartet assembles on QUADRANTS VOL. 5 to deliver a stunning, razor-sharp collection of contemporary string works. This Navona Records release is also available as a visual album, filmed at the historic Dul Michal mine in Ostrava, CZ. Eloquent, precise, and hypnotic.
SONIX AND OTHER TONIX
Jan Järvlepp
SONIX AND OTHER TONIX is a collection of innovative chamber works from composer Jan Järvlepp. The title refers to his piece Sonix for Ónix, composed for the Ónix Ensamble of Mexico. It combines elements from his most popular chamber and orchestral works, Pierrot Solaire and Garbage Concerto, respectively.
MUSIC FOR BRASS AND PIANO
Andrew Lewinter
Sonatas for brass and piano are a tricky thing to pull off; in consequence, they are few and far between. Andrew Lewinter, himself a long-time orchestral horn player and soloist, has decided to add to the repertoire on MUSIC FOR BRASS AND PIANO: crafting four different sonatas for piano and each instrument of the brass family, and concluding with a dazzling piano quartet.
HENLEY HEYN VOL. 1
Melanie Henley Heyn
Henley Heyn’s self-titled HENLEY HEYN VOL. 1 was born from two important aspirations of her early career: to be seen and to be heard. Raw authenticity and artistic freedom drive this operatic multimedia release, performed by Heyn herself and the Slovak National Opera Orchestra.
A BREATH OF AIR
Monica Houghton
A love of poetry lies at the core of Monica Houghton’s A BREATH OF AIR from Navona Records. She has set to music not only lyrical giants such as Whitman, Dickinson, and Hughes, but also some contemporary poets with their own magnificent lyrical gifts. These soul-touching works are performed to the highest possible standard by select world-class singers and accompanists.
