World New Releases
World New Releases
Below is a list of all World titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 31
Leyla McCalla
Breaking The Thermometer [ Anti- / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] Born out of a multi-disciplinary theatre project commissioned by Duke University, which acquired the complete Radio Haiti archives in 2016, Breaking The Thermometer combines original compositions and traditional Haitian tunes with historical... |
Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe
Kadi Yombo (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 2 LP - released 20/May/2022 ] Kadi Yombo, published in 1989, is the most successful album in the quest for a fusion between tradition and modernity in Bwiti harp music of the Tsogho people of Gabon. Combining beating rattles with a layer of synthesizers, Papé Nziengui blends... |
Tony Allen
Secret Agent (2 LP) [ BMG / World Circuit / 2 LP - released 20/May/2022 ] Tony Allen (1940 - 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians. Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich,... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 6 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Haydn's 30 Piano Trios were written at a time when the harpsichord was being replaced by the pianoforte and when a parallel change saw the emergence of sonata-allegro form. |
CHRISTOS TZIFAKIS
Tzifakis: Flamenco Odyssey Christos Tzifakis (guitar) / Chamber Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Athens-born Christos Tzifakis has performed internationally as a solo classical guitarist and composed widely for solo guitar, flamenco-jazz groups and for the theatre. Flamenco Odyssey is one of his major works in which he allows the listener to... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Great Composers in Words and Music: Ludwig van Beethoven Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Illustrated with music from each period, this enlightening life history tells us about Beethoven's place in society from his earlier career as a fine pianist, his life on the edge of the Napoleonic war, his professional triumphs and many misfortunes. |
W. A. MOZART
Great Composers in Words and Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] This entertaining and informative biography takes us from Mozart's beginnings as a child prodigy to his greatest successes and cruellest setbacks. The narrative is illustrated with music from each stage of Mozart's intense career. |
LORD BERNERS
Berners: Songs & Piano Music Ian Partridge (tenor) Len Vorster (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Lord Berners was essentially self-taught as a composer, profiting from experiences gained while travelling in Europe, and receiving advice and encouragement from Stravinsky. |
J. S. BACH
Great Composers in Words and Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Leighton Pugh (narrator), with music from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Johann Sebastian Bach today has a reputation as the Godfather of Western European music, as a fountainhead of classical music theory and the creator of some of the greatest works the world has ever produced. |
EDWARD GREGSON
Gregson: Chamber Music - String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / etc Navarra Quartet, Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, Alison Teale, Rob Buckland [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Edward Gregson is a composer of international standing whose music has been performed, broadcast, and commercially recorded worldwide. Gregson is renowned for his concertos and music for band, but his chamber music reveals a more enquiring voice. |
GLINKA / MOZART / WAGNER / R. STRAUSS / SANTOS / BRAHMS / CHABRIER
Three Portuguese Orchestras Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa / Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa / Orquestra do Algarve [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Álvaro Cassuto's importance to Portuguese cultural life over the last half-century is immense. A significant composer as well as conductor, he had already won the Koussevitzky Prize at Tanglewood in 1970. |
ROBERT DOCKER
Doucker: Three Contrasts / Scenes de ballet / Pastiche Variations RTE Concert Orchestra, Barry Knight, with William Davies (piano) & David Presley (oboe) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Robert Docker was one of the giants of light music - a composer and arranger whose works graced stage, screen, radio and television. Two of his best pieces were written for piano and orchestra: Legend, which can rank alongside Addinsell's Warsaw... |
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Guarnier: Chôros, Vol. 2 São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Tibiriçá, with Ovanir Buosi (clarinet) & Olga Kopylova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] In his Choros, Guarnieri wrote music that conjures up the landscape and essence of Brazil. These very personal concertos reveal the composer's refined instrumental combinations and elegant contrapuntal writing. |
Various Artists
Ivory Coast. Dan Masks [ Ocora / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] While African masks are readily identified, their voices -although essential- are much less well-known: they speak and sing. The most modest masks as well as the most powerful ones with strong supernatural power, use music just as expressively. |
TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU
Yoshimatsu: Piano Works for the Left Hand Yumiko Oshima-Ryan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Takashi Yoshimatsu's wide-ranging musical influences often combine jazz and rock elements with classical, folk and world music. This album focuses on a unique series of three solo piano works for the left hand, inspired by his great friend Izumi... |
Oumou Sangare
Timbuktu [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] The Grammy award-winning Malian global superstar Oumou Sangaré has returned with her most ambitious work to date. Sangaré is renowned worldwide for her vibrant and powerful music, which often features revolutionary messages about women's rights,... |
SRDJAN BULATOVIC / DARKO NIKCEVIC
Feel the Moment - Meditative Mediterranean Guitar Music Darko Nikčević and Srdjan Bulatović (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Darko Nikčević and Srdjan Bulatović, the internationally renowned guitar duo from Montenegro, are acclaimed for their virtuosity and for exciting performances that blend influences from the Mediterranean and the Middle East. |
Jon Balke, Siwan
Hafla [ ECM / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Siwan, the transcultural, trans-idiomatic musical collective led by Norwegian keyboardist/composer Jon Balke, continues along its special path, with new music inspired by the creative spirit of Al-Andalus. |
XIAOGANG YE
Ye: Seven Episodes for Lin'an / Twilight in Tibet / Tianjin Suite Yuanming Song (soprano) Yijie Shi (tenor) Songhu Liu (baritone) Cong Gu (horn) / Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Xiaogang Ye is one of China's best-known contemporary composers whose work is acclaimed both in East Asia and the West for its colourful sonorities and lyrical expressiveness. Demonstrating Ye's deep love for ancient Chinese poetry, Seven Episodes... |
Celtic Woman
Postcards from Ireland [ Manhattan / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] Postcards from Ireland is the fourteenth studio album released by the Celtic Woman. |
