• Catalog #: RR7822

    Release Date: June 26, 2012

    Ravello Records is pleased to announce the release of JUBILUS & PANTOMIME, a full-length DVD performance of the works by internationally acclaimed composer Gheorghe Costinescu. Performed by The Ensemble Sospeso at New York City's Miller Theatre, this live recording presents two of Constinescu's celebrated works: Jubilus for soprano, trumpet, and percussive body sounds, an expression of physical and spiritual rejoicing hailed as "a work of enormous vitality and originality" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette); and Pantomime for chamber orchestra, a choreographic work for fifteen musicians featuring movement dictated by musical patterns called "a ballet of gestures sustained by lively and deeply felt music" (Le Monde).

  • Catalog #: RR7823

    Release Date: April 24, 2012

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Guitar
    Piano
    Violin

    Throughout his musical career and childhood, American composer Scott Brickman has gathered influences ranging from the European-American classical tradition of the 2nd Viennese School to Elvis Costello and The Beatles. On WINTER & CONSTRUCTION, his debut release on Ravello Records, Brickman maintains these disparate influences and brings them together into well-crafted whole to create sharp, pointed, and modernistic 12-tone pieces for guitar, piano, and violin.

  • Catalog #: RR7824

    Release Date: February 28, 2012

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Flute
    Percussion
    Wind Ensemble

    Daniel Adams’ SHADOW ON MIST was originally released in 2002 and was lauded as “unique and non-predictable” (Percussive Notes) and “delightful” (Twenty-First Century Music). Featuring stellar performances by the New Music Tampa Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the McCormick Percussion Ensemble, SHADOW ON MIST provides a cross-section of Daniel Adams’ works for wind ensemble, large percussion ensemble, and solo instruments.

  • Catalog #: RR7825

    Release Date: February 1, 2012

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Orchestral
    Orchestra
    String Orchestra
    Wind Ensemble

    PIPING THE EARTH was originally released in 2003 and was lauded as “strong and original” (Fanfare) and “a major release” (New Music Connoisseur). Featuring perfectly interpreted performances by pianist Gayle Martin Henry, flutist Renee Siebert, and Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Prism Chamber Orchestra, PIPING THE EARTH provides listeners with an adept sampling of Judith Shatin’s orchestral prowess.

  • Catalog #: RR7826

    Release Date: February 28, 2012

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    Violin

    MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO AND VIOLIN AND PIANO was originally released in 2006 and was lauded as “an attractive release” (American Record Guide) and as having “distinctive harmonic and melodic language” (JIAWM). Featuring the complimentary performances of pianists Robert Conway, Lenore Hall, and Tomoko Deguchi and violinist William Bouton, MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO AND VIOLIN AND PIANO highlights Laurel Firant as an expert of small ensemble and instrumental composition.

  • Catalog #: RR7827

    Release Date: March 27, 2012

    20th Century
    Chamber
    Flute
    Percussion
    Piano

    THE FOUR SEASONS was originally released in 2008 and was lauded as “consistently absorbing” and “one of a new kind” (AllMusic). Featuring stellar performances from sixteen performers, THE FOUR SEASONS highlights Pierre Schroeder as a master of jazz-classical fusion.

  • Catalog #: RR7828

    Release Date: March 27, 2012

    20th Century

    SOUND PORTRAITS was originally released in 2003 and was lauded as “miraculous” and “performed with much skill and devotion” (Fanfare). Featuring adept performances by clarinetist Anne Thurmond, pianist Paul Thurmond, and soprano Linda Ferreira, SOUND PORTRAITS is another highlight in Vollinger’s catalog of work that unites speech and melody into one.

  • Catalog #: RR7829

    Release Date: March 27, 2012

    20th Century
    Baroque
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Saxophone

    WHEN WIND COMES TO SPARSE BAMBOO was originally released in 2003. Saxophonist Demetrius Spaneas performs works by Bach, Rands, Britten, Persichetti, Debussy, Martino, Tower, and Heim with contemporary grace, providing new and varied settings to standard and contemporary works.

  • Catalog #: RR7830

    Release Date: April 24, 2012

    20th Century
    Concertos
    Orchestral
    Clarinet
    Orchestra
    Piano

    CON MOTO, VOLUME 2 is a the second release in the Ravello Records Con Moto series of digital releases featuring unreleased works for orchestra and ensemble. Included on this volume are the modern orchestral and ensemble compositions of Stephen Kemp, Stephen Rush, Larry Barnes, Raymond E. Fahrner,, HyeKyung Lee, Paula Diehl, and Paula Diehl. All of the pieces on this release are completely original, contemporary compositions for orchestra, ensemble, and solo instruments.

  • Catalog #: RR7831

    Release Date: April 24, 2012

    20th Century
    Chamber
    Flute
    Piano
    Wind Ensemble

    This release from Robert Baksa was originally released in 1991 and was lauded as “brilliantly stated” (Phoenix Gazette) and “courageously and attractively retrograde” (Arizona Daily Star). Featuring stunning interpretations by The Virtuosi Quintet and pianist Aeree Kim, this album is a highlight in contemporary collections of accessible classical music.

  • Catalog #: RR7832

    Release Date: April 24, 2012

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Flute
    Percussion
    Piano

    RESONANT EDGES was originally released in 2007 and features performances by pianists Dianne Frazer Cross, Peter Henderson, Mark E. Hussung, and Denise Fillion, clarinetist Karen Dannessa, flutists Deanna R. Little and Lisa A. Jelle, soprano Dorothy Maddison, and the Seattle New Music Ensemble.

  • Catalog #: RR7833

    Release Date: April 24, 2012

    20th Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Electroacoustic
    Flute
    Piano

    NO SUGGESTION OF SILENCE was originally released in 2001 and was lauded as "truly refreshing " (21st Century Music) and "sophisticated" (New Music Connoisseur). Featuring performances by pianist John Root, flutist Hugh Williams, The Next Stage Speaking Chorus, The Barbad Chamber Orchestra with violinist Sebu Sirinian and conductor Ramin Heydarbeygi, The Choir of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, and the Goliard Chorale with the P.S. 122 Children's Chorale, clarinetist Thomas Piercy, cellist Jane Lawson, and pianist Judith Olson.

  • Catalog #: RR7834

    Release Date: May 29, 2012

    20th Century
    Concertos
    Flute
    Percussion

    CULTURE SAMPLES was originally released in 2008 and features the McCormick Percussion Group with flutists Kim McCormick and Margaret Lancaster performing works by Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Andre Jolivet, Zack Browning, David Rogers, Daniel Adams, and Michael Sidney Timpson.

  • Catalog #: RR7835

    Release Date: May 1, 2012

    20th Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    String Quartet
    Voice

    A CONCERT OF MUSIC BY ALLEN BRINGS was originally released in 2008 and features stunning performances by pianists Allen Brings and Eric Huebner, soprano Jennifer Foster, the Atlantic String Quartet, Talujon, and Flexible Music.

  • Catalog #: RR7836

    Release Date: May 29, 2012

    20th Century
    Orchestral
    Large Ensemble
    Oboe

    20TH CENTURY NEW MUSIC was originally released in 2006, and features works by William Albright, Mario Davidovsky, Bernard Rands, Noel Zahler, Michael Daughtery, and David K. Gompper, presented and performed by the University of Iowa Center for New Music.

  • Catalog #: RR7837

    Release Date: May 29, 2012

    20th Century
    Concertos
    Solo Instrumental
    Guitar
    Orchestra

    LYRIC IMAGES is a collection of guitar pieces written by composer Alan Schmitz over a period of 25 years (1977 to 2002). The works (presented here in reverse chronological order) display a variety of styles and include tonal variations, atonal-intervallic writing, and 12-tone techniques. The use of such different approaches, sometimes in the same piece, is indicative of what has developed in the works of many artists (musical, visual, poetic, dance) during the second half of the 20th century.

  • Catalog #: RR7838

    Release Date: June 26, 2012

    20th Century
    Chamber
    Orchestral
    Choir
    Electroacoustic
    Orchestra

    REFLECTED LIGHT was originally released in 1995 and features stunning performances by pianists Jerome Reed, Jeananne Albee, and Sibylle Dotzauer; cellist Mary Lou Rylands; harpsichordist Ursula Trede-Boettcher; clarinetist Markus Lucke; The Constitution Brass; and the Chamber Choir of the Staatliche Jochschule fur Musik.

  • Catalog #: RR7839

    Release Date: June 26, 2012

    20th Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Flute
    Piano

    TRAVELER’S TALE was originally released in 2007 and features on-disc performances by flutist/composer Byron Petty, pianist Shuko Watanabe, clarinetist Roger Quigley, hornist Wallace Easter, guitarist Robert Trent, trumpeter Chris Magee, organist Daniel Brinson, and violinists Mark Taylor and Janice Vincent.

  • Catalog #: RR7840

    Release Date: June 26, 2012

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Orchestral
    Orchestra
    String Orchestra
    Violin

    ESSAYS AND SKETCHES is an album unreleased works of American composer and longtime Sam Houston State University faculty member Newton D. Strandberg. Featuring performances by orchestras and ensembles from around the globe, the four pieces on this recording—Essay for String Orchestra, Amenhotep III, String Trio, and Acts for Orchestra—serve as an astute collection of Standberg's output as a composer. More than a musical release alone, ESSAYS AND SKETCHES serves as a retrospective of Strandberg's prolific career, housing a collection of writings, visual art, scores, and more, all compiled by Strandberg's peers, students, and admirers from SHSU.

  • Catalog #: RR7841

    Release Date: September 4, 2012

    21st Century
    Avant-Garde
    Electroacoustic
    Electronic
    Voice

    THE MCLEAN MIX: RAINFOREST IMAGES was originally released in 1993 was lauded as "awesome" (ClassicalNet) and "one of the more convincing Fast-West syntheses since Philip Glass's music for Kundun" (Twentieth Century Music).