World Upcoming Releases
World Upcoming Releases
The following World titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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Leyla McCalla
Breaking The Thermometer [ Anti- / CD - due 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 - due 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 - due 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 BOULOGNE SAINT-GEORGES
Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets Arabella String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - due 27/May/2022 ] A brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and composer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges might well lay claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. |
SIGISMOND THALBERG / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Thalberg: Fantasies on Operas by Gaetano Donizetti Francesco Nicolosi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 27/May/2022 ] Sigismond Thalberg was one of the most distinguished pianists of his time, embarking on a solo career in the 1830s and touring as far as the Americas. Thalberg was considered a rival to Liszt. |
SIGISMOND THALBERG
Thalberg: Les Soirées de Pausilippe, Op. 75 - Hommage à Rossini: 24 Pensées musicales Francesco Nicolosi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 8/Jul/2022 ] A major genre in the solo piano repertoire was the operatic paraphrase or fantasy and in this Thalberg excelled. In works of this kind performers could exhibit a high degree of virtuosity based on more or less familiar material in which an audience... |
CHEN YI / N, CURRIER / S. CURRIER / GEORGE TSONTAKIS
Digital Mist: Works for Violin and Piano Patrick Yim (violin) Kiu Tung Poon (piano) Sebastian Currier (pre-recorded sound samples) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - due 8/Jul/2022 ] This album offers a survey of American music composed for violin and piano from 1980 to 2010 through the lens of masterpieces by four American composers who have been distinguished by the highest honors of their profession. |
WILLIAM McCLELLAND
McClelland: Where the Shadows Glides - Songs, Solo Piano and Choral Works Krista River (mezzo) Thomas Meglioranza (baritone) Donald Berman,Blair McMillen (piano) David Enlow (organ) / The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harols Ro [ Naxos American Classics / CD - due 8/Jul/2022 ] Internationally acclaimed composer William McClelland has written a wide variety of music in many styles and forms, but the works in this program have all been inspired by poetry. The choral works evoke the atmosphere of time and place in settings of... |
