Cedille
-
Ambient, often Glass-influenced, this music has a hypnotic appeal. This disc is absolutely beautiful; the recording itself is one of the finest to come my way, the music revelatory. —
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
-
Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
-
-
David Lang: Composition as Explanation
Recommended[complete staged edition]
Eighth Blackbird, Gertrude Stein
Here is a work probably best-served on stage, but this bristling premiere live recording, made at the University of Chicago in 2023, is a worthy stop gap. —
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
-
-
Special offer. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: L’amant Anonyme
Nicole Cabell (Léontine), Geoffrey Agpalo (Valcour), David Govertsen (Ophémon), Erica Schuller (Jeannette), Michael St. Peter (Colin), Nathalie Colas (Dorothée)
Haymarket Opera Company, Craig Trompeter
It is a prime exemplar of French galant opera, complete with prominent ballet interludes and music that ’s inventive, spirited and frequently touching...this [recording] presents a strong cast... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, Opera Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
-
-
Surprising, beautiful and occasionally bonkers, the mix of styles and latin rhythms is an unlikely winner. —
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
-
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
-
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
-
-
Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers
RecommendedWill Liverman (baritone), Paul Sánchez (piano)
A true passion project, 'Dreams of a New Day' gives voice to the remarkable creative contributions of African-American composers from the twentieth century to the present day…Performed with... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Recording of the Month
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
-
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
-
-
This phenomenally interesting music is performed to the very highest standards and recorded in fine sound. —
Awards:
-
The Times Records of the Year, 2020
-
Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
-
-
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Chamber Music Recording
-
Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
-
-
the Pacificas demonstrate strong empathy with the contrasting emotional narratives of each work and probe well beneath the surface simplicity of some of the writing...The Pacifica Quartet brilliantly... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, Disc of the month
-
-
Shawn E. Okpebholo: Songs in Flight
RecommendedIwona Glinka (flute), Rhiannon Giddens (folk singer), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Will Liverman (baritone), Karen Slack (soprano), Paul Sánchez (piano), Violina Petrychenko (piano), Anna Bura, Maryna Hromadska, Silviia Fudela (violin)
Never sentimental and sometimes forceful, Okpebholo’s imaginative score of ten simmers with sharp dissonance but also draws on elements of folk, lullaby, protest song and spiritual... The performances... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Choral &Song Choice
-
Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Standard Stoppages
RecommendedZakir Hussain (percussion), Musekiwa Chingodza, Third Coast Percussion
Percussive vocals (‘ bols’) and tabla here emphasised this immersive, deeply co-operative journey, resulting in music that was simultaneously spiritual, yet full of human energ y. This energy... —
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Engineered Classical Album
-
Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
