A new Featured Recording Opportunity for choral works with The Kühn Choir of Prague is open for submission. Selected works will have the chance to be recorded and released by PARMA’s award-winning team, who along with The Crossing won a GRAMMY® award for Best Choral Performance in 2022 following the release of BORN on Navona Records.
One of the largest vocal Czech ensembles, The Kühn Choir has been an active voice in the choral world for over 60 years, devoting itself to a wide range of repertoire with a particular focus on the recording and performance of contemporary music. The ensemble has released several albums with PARMA and Navona Records, each featuring an array of today’s leading composers.
“The Kuhn Choir sounded awesome. Very well-trained and responsive…”
– Deborah Anderson, composer
CELESTIAL VOICES
Richard E Brown, Denice Rippentrop, John Partridge, Christopher J. Hoh, William Copper, Ferdinando DeSena
Featuring sacred choral works from several contemporary composers, CELESTIAL VOICES is a musical exploration into the divine that’s ready to be experienced in both stereo and Dolby Atmos immersive audio formats. Modern harmonies and rhythmic freedom, new settings of famous hymns, fragments of plainchant that highlight contemporary topics, and more are expressed with clarity and spirit by The Kühn Choir in this release.
CELESTIAL VOICES
Ethereal, uplifting, and deeply impactful throughout. The works on CELESTIAL VOICES check these boxes and more.
VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR VOL IV
Heidi Jacob, Lydia Jane Pugh, Ray Fahrner, Denice Rippentrop, Sheila Bristow, John Robertson, Marty Regan
VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR VOL IV is a choral celebration of the human commonality we find within music. Each piece tells a sentimental story unique to their composers, fitting together like puzzle pieces and showcasing the connective qualities of the human voice. Brought to life by The Kühn Choir, these choral works highlight flowing tonality and artful text settings that demonstrate the powerful storytelling capabilities that vocal music wields.
VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR VOL IV
VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR VOL IV is a choral celebration of the human commonality we find within music.
TAPESTRY OF VOICES
Christopher Jessup, David Gaines, John Craven, Michael G Cunningham, L Peter Deutsch, Ryan Homsey, Hendrik Hofmeyr, Richard E Brown
Featuring The Kühn Choir in several works, TAPESTRY OF VOICES showcases the versatility and elegance of the human voice woven with grand orchestral statements, colorful choral arrangements, and intimate settings with piano. Threading modern takes on Greek mythology, meditations on concepts of loss, mortality, and more, TAPESTRY OF VOICES is exactly as its title suggests — an intricate and artistic convergence of ideas that’s sure to entrance those who experience it.
TAPESTRY OF VOICES
Eight contemporary composers offer settings of poetry and stories from various cultures throughout human history, from Africa to Europe, North America, and beyond.
Interested in bringing your music to life with this celebrated ensemble? Dive in below to explore our latest Featured Recording Opportunity and submit your music for consideration.