New Zealand New Releases
New Zealand New Releases
Below is a list of all New Zealand titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 10 of 44
JANET JENNINGS / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition Somi Kim (piano) [ Atoll / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Somi Kim in her debut solo album gives sparkling performances of two compositions inspired by visual art - the great 19th century work by Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition", which remains a challenge to pianists 150 years later, is preceded by... |
JOHN PSATHAS
Psathas: Leviation Somi Kim (piano) [ Atoll / 2 CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] John Psathas - 4 modern concertos, spectacularly recorded in a production supervised by the composer. Psathas presents four new compositions, for marimba, tenor sax and percussion, with an emphasis on rhythm and colour. This is genre defying modern... |
LIGETI / YSAYE / CRUMB / XU TANG / LODGE / GINASTERA / DUSAPIN
Solitary Fables Matthias Balzat (cello) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] "This album evokes a period when the world was ushered into an era of regulated isolation. As a musician, I embraced this phase as an opportunity to refelect on artistic identity, the intimate connection with one's instrument, and a profound... |
HORO / HOLMES / FISHER / WILLIAMS / PSATHAS / ROYAL / AUDAIN / BOWATER / YOUNG / CASTRO-ROBINSON / RITCHIE / HAMILTON
Suite Aotearoa Sharon Joy Vogan (piano), Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro) [ Atoll / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] This album is a beautiful complete listen, an imaginative sequence of Aotearoa magic in the form of 12 short commissions from a fine selection of composers. "Suite Aotearoa" is one of the first albums to combine concert Steinway piano and Taonga Puoro. |
JessB
Feels Like Home (LP) [ Warner Music / LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Feels Like Home is JessB's debut. The 12-track album embodies the essence of home not being defined as a place, but instead, being where the heart is. "FEELS LIKE HOME can mean so many different things. I think it's about feeling at home with... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love (5th Anniversary Edition Blue Vinyl LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] "Singer-songwriter" The single most used hyphenate in music? Probably, and New Zealand's Marlon Williams nailed the first part of that descriptor at an early age. He's quite simply got one of the most extraordinary, effortlessly distinctive voices of... |
SKILAA
Tiger In The River (LP) [ LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] A tour de force of Psychedelic RnB that will have you grooving and reeling in equal measure! SKILAA enlisted the production and mixing expertise of Tāmaki Makaurau's own Jeremy Toy (Open Souls, She's so rad) and the record was mastered by New... |
Anna Coddington
Te Whakamiha (LP) [ Loop / LP - released 28/Jun/2024 ] One of Aotearoa's most acclaimed singer-songwriters, Anna Coddington (Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa), returns with her new album, Te Whakamiha. The title is a translation of the name of Coddington's band, The Appreciations (Jol Mulholland, Mike Hall... |
French For Rabbits
In the End I Won't Be Coming Home [ Triple AAA Records / CD - released 28/Jun/2024 ] Te Whanganui-a-Tara's 'dream pop' luminaries French For Rabbits mark just over a decade of releases with their new EP, In the End I Won't Be Coming Home, backed with their debut EP, Claimed by the Sea. Both were recorded at The Surgery in... |
French For Rabbits
In the End I Won't Be Coming Home (CDEP) [ Triple AAA Records / CD - released 28/Jun/2024 ] Te Whanganui-a-Tara's 'dream pop' luminaries French For Rabbits mark just over a decade of releases with their new EP, In the End I Won't Be Coming Home. On the EP French For Rabbits are joined by classic ensemble The Black Quartet who weave their... |
