World New Releases
World New Releases
Below is a list of all World titles released in the last 90 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 26
ROBERTO SIERRA
Sierra: Cantares / Loíza / Triple Concierto Trío Arbós, Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, Xalapa Symphony, Marcelletti [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/May/2020 ] Roberto Sierra's refined compositional voice is subtly combined with contemporary musical techniques and his Puerto Rican heritage in the three works recorded here. |
ANONYMOUS / ALLISON / DOWLAND / CAMPION / etc
They That In Ships Unto The Sea Down Go: Music for the Mayflower Passamezzo [ Resonus / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "Early Music group Passamezzo make their Resonus Classics debut with a collection of music and song brought together to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. The Mayflower left England in 1620, with passengers and crew all... |
TRADITIONAL / PEROTINUS / de BORNELH / etc
Amor de Lonh - The Distant Love of the Troubadors Martin Best Consort [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "this is one of those discs which, because of its varied pattern, gentle songs and lively dances, you can play through in one go." MusicWeb May 2020 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Impressions of China - Winning works from the 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition Gianluca Luisi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] All of the works in this programme were prize winners in the hotly contested 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition, an event marking the 80th anniversary of the death of this influential composer and educator. Themes... |
BOCCHERINI / SOR / AGUADO / GIULIANI / COSTE / REGONDI
Fandango! - Music for Solo Guitar & String Quartet Johan Löfving (guitar), Consone Quartet [ Resonus / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Swedish-born guitar virtuoso Johan Löfving returns to Resonus Classics to record his debut solo album with a programme of works for both solo guitar and guitar with string quartet. Joined by the Consone Quartet, and castanet player Nanako Aramaki. |
VALERY GAVRILIN
Gavrilin: The Russian Notebook / Anyuta (excerpts) Mila Shkirtil (mezzo), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Serov [ Naxos / Northern Flowers / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Valery Gavrilin was one of the most colourful and significant Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century. He was only 25 when he composed The Russian Notebook, a poem of love and death. |
PEREIRA / GNATTALI / REIS / GAROTO / GUINGA / GARCÍA AGUILERA / VILLA-LOBOS / ASSAD
Guitar Recital Pedro Aguiar (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Valery Gavrilin was one of the most colourful and significant Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century. He was only 25 when he composed The Russian Notebook, a poem of love and death crafted in a new musical language that doesnt... |
Music Of The Andes
[ Arc / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Los Ruphay's twentieth recording, carrying with it a philanthropic message of hope for the Andean people; to forge their own identity and to break free from the shackles of colonization. "… we are star dust vibrating together in the universal sound... |
Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah
[ Arc / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Hilda Bronstein and her band Chutzpah! perform an eclectic mix of traditional Yiddish melodies that touch the heart: wedding songs, tangos, foot-tapping swing as well as surprising Yiddish versions of two favourite 1960s chart-toppers. |
Folk Music of China Vol. 2: Folk Songs Of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
[ Naxos World / CD - released 17/Apr/2020 ] This series explores China's rich and diverse musical heritage. The songs featured in this recording are folk songs of five minority ethnic groups of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang-Mongol, Daur, Oroqen, Evenki and Hezhen. As with Chinese traditional... |
JUAN FRANCES de IRIBARREN ECHEVARRIA
Iribarren: Sacred Music in Malaga Cathedral Cristina Bayon (soprano) Jorge Enrique Garcia Ortega (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Esitös [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] First recordings of sacred motets and villancicos by a forgotten figure of the Spanish Baroque. |
The Art Of The Oud
[ Arc / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian was the unparalleled master of the oud, the Middle Eastern lute. Here he showcases many styles of oud playing, with fourteen folk songs and original compositions from his homeland of Armenia, as well as Turkey, Lebanon and... |
Hailu Mergia
Yene Mircha [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the... |
Hailu Mergia
Yene Mircha (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the... |
Marumo
Modiehi (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] 'Modish' was originally released on Spades Record in 1982 and was recorded by producer West Nkosi, who was a member of supergroup 'Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens'. He worked with the big hitters in South African music such as Ladysmith Black... |
Various Artists
Cape Verde: An Archipelago of Music [ Ocora / 2 CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Those who live on this Atlantic Archipelago have been torn away from both Europe and Africa. They are imbued with saudade, the nostalgia born from separation. From hardships, the Creole language, and cross-bred poetry and culture were born, which the... |
DIDEM BASAR
Basar: Levantine Rhapsody Didem Başar, Patrick Graham, Noémy Braun [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] The dialogue I created between the kanun and Western classical instruments (flute, percussion, violin and cello) is enriched by Turkish makams (modes), rhythmic cycles and improvisation. |
DOWLAND / HANDEL / TRADITIONAL
El Silencio Imposible Eratos Trio: Nicholas Spanos (countertenor), Florian Eggner (cello), Rafael Catalá (guitar) [ Gramola / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "El silencio imposible celebrates the silence, the peaceful nuances, the intimate. Nicholas Spanos, countertenor, Rafael Catalá, guitar, arrangements and composition, and Florian Eggner, violoncello present a live program. |
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela
Rejoice [ World Circuit / Warner / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] 'Rejoice' is a very special collaboration between Tony Allen, the co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master of South African jazz. Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two... |
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela
Rejoice Vinyl (LP) [ World Circuit / Warner / LP - released 20/Mar/2020 ] 'Rejoice' is a very special collaboration between Tony Allen, the co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master of South African jazz. Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two... |
