From composer & pianist Eric Moe's new album coming out tomorrow, here's the title work WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/where-...

Coming out this Friday — Eric Moe: WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS Composer & pianist Eric Moe's newest release is a collection of five works for solo keyboard and one quintet that centers the instrument in his compositional output newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/where-...

Out now — @djmoderne.bsky.social: Wavelengths Four new works by composer Ken Ueno, featuring percussionist Karen Yu, The Up:Strike Project, ADRUNNOGNT, and Ueno himself newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wavele...

From composer @djmoderne.bsky.social's new album Wavelengths coming out tomorrow, here's Phase Patterns of Likeness Slightly Off performed by The Up:Strike Project newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wavele...

Coming out this Friday — @djmoderne.bsky.social: Wavelengths Ken Ueno's creative approach to composition shares an affinity with the percussion world; there is an underlying spirit of experimentation, problem solving, and deconstruction newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wavele...

Modern jazz via @willmasonmusic.com / @newfocuslabel.bsky.social now newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hemloc...

not too late to give an enemy a holiday gift newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hemloc...

Heartfelt thanks to Lee Rice Epstein for including my quartet album on his year-end wrap up. leericeepstein.substack.com/p/this-year-...

New reviews of contemporary music from New Focus Recordings: cimbalom, string quintets, music in 1,024 parts, and far beyond! blogcritics.org/tag/new-focu... @scottwollschleger.bsky.social @stevenricks.bsky.social #musicreview #music @newfocuslabel.bsky.social

Out now — Ensemble Dal Niente: portrait RE / Flux / Pacific Time Three new works written for Ensemble Dal Niente by Igor Santos, George Lewis, and Carola Bauckholt

From Ensemble Dal Niente's new album coming out tomorrow, here's composer Igor Santos' portrait RE dalniente.bandcamp.com/album/portra...

Coming out this Friday — Ensemble Dal Niente: portrait RE / Flux / Pacific Time Ensemble Dal Niente's newest release chronicles their immersive collaborations with composers George Lewis, @carola-bauckholt.bsky.social, and Igor Santos dalniente.bandcamp.com/album/portra...

Out now — Michael Hersch: Medea An operatic adaptation of the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses by composer Michael Hersch & librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, featuring soprano Sarah Maria Sun, vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg, @musikfabrik.bsky.social, and conductor Bas Wiegers

From composer Michael Hersch's new opera Medea coming out tomorrow, here's the opening movement performed by soprano Sarah Maria Sun, the vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social, with the libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea

Coming out this Friday — Michael Hersch: Medea Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses in a new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social with librettist Stephanie Fleischmann newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea

Out now — The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University Five new orchestral works by faculty composers from Brown University, Wang Lu, Anthony Cheung, Joseph Butch Rovan, and Eric Nathan, performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) & led by Gil Rose

From an album of new orchestral works by Brown University faculty composers coming out this Friday, here's Wang Lu's Surge performed by Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) led by Gil Rose newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-21...

loved working on this last year, excited that it's getting released!

Coming out this Friday — The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University Five new orchestral works by faculty composers from Brown University, Wang Lu, Anthony Cheung, Joseph Butch Rovan, and Eric Nathan newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-21...

Out now — Adam Roberts: Book of Flowers A album-length collection of character pieces for solo piano by composer Adam Roberts, performed by pianist Conrad Tao newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/adam-r...

From composer Adam Roberts' new album of character pieces, Book of Flowers, coming out this Friday, here's Final Declamation performed by pianist Conrad Tao newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/adam-r...

Coming out this Friday — Adam Roberts: Book of Flowers Composer Adam Roberts' Book of Flowers is a celebration of the large scale collection of character pieces, participating in a tradition that traces from Schumann to Chopin to Debussy to Crumb newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/adam-r...

Out now — Scott Ordway & Lorelei Ensemble: North Woods Scott Ordway's North Woods, written for the treble voice choir Lorelei Ensemble in 2014, is an exploration of the edges of understanding, the boundaries between the world of the cerebral known and the mystery of the irrational

Out now — Andrew Kozar: Ein Horn New works for multiple trumpets performed by Andy Kozar, featuring music by Mauricio Kagel, Harrison Birtwistle, Eve Beglarian, Elizabeth Hoffman, Lei Liang, and Eric Richards andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/ein-horn

From composer Scott Ordway and Lorelei Ensemble's new album coming out tomorrow, here's the opening movement from the title work North Woods newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...

From trumpeter Andy Kozar's new album Ein Horn of works for multiple trumpets coming out tomorrow, here's composer Harrison Birtwistle's Placid Mobile andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/ein-horn

Coming out this Friday — Scott Ordway & Lorelei Ensemble: North Woods Composer Scott Ordway's four movement work for the Lorelei Ensemble understands the forest as a border between the known and the unknown newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...

Coming out this Friday — Andrew Kozar: Ein Horn Andy Kozar's Ein Horn features works for multiple trumpets that reference the instrument's historical roles while pointing the way to ambitious new directions andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/ein-horn

Out now — Daniel Strong Godfrey: Toward Light — Three Quintets Three works for string quartet plus instrumentalist soloist, featuring Cassatt String Quartet, pianist Ursula Oppens, guitarist Eliot Fisk, and cellist Nicole Johnson newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel...

From composer Daniel Strong Godfrey's new album Toward Light coming out this Friday, here's a movement from To Mourn, To Dance featuring Cassatt String Quartet and cellist Nicole Johnson newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel...

Coming out this Friday — Lei Liang: String Quartets: Live These five works for string quartet by Lei Liang draw on some of his longest standing sources of inspiration, highlighting the depth of his connection to diverse musical traditions newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/string...

One of my teachers at @syracuseu.bsky.social and an incredible composer. Deeply beautiful music. Check this album out!!

Coming out this Friday — Daniel Strong Godfrey: Toward Light — Three Quintets Composer Daniel Strong Godfrey presents three quintets for string quartet and piano, guitar, and cello respectively, showcasing his expressive, finely crafted chamber music newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel...

For your GRAMMY consideration, composer & vocalist Kate Soper's album The Romance of the Rose is up for consideration in the category Best Opera Recording on the first round GRAMMY ballot newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...

Out now — Steven Ricks: Mythological Fragments Two large-scale electroacoustic works by composer Steven Ricks, including his extended work for soprano, piano, and electronics, Medusa in Fragments, and his chamber opera Baucis and Philemon newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mythol...

From composer Steven Ricks' new album Mythological Fragments, here's an interlude from his chamber opera Baucis and Philemon newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mythol...

For your GRAMMY consideration, Exceptet's album Tree Lines is in these categories on the first round GRAMMY ballot: Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Best Contemporary Classical Composition — Katherine Balch: Tree Lines newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/tree-l...

For your GRAMMY consideration, composer & violist Leilehua Lanzilotti's album "forever forward in search of the beautiful" is in these categories on the first round GRAMMY ballot: Best Classical Instrumental Solo — Gahlord Dewald, bass Best Classical Compendium Best Album Cover — Jasmine Parsia

For your GRAMMY consideration, composer Aaron Helgeson's As I Write This is in these categories on the first round ballot: Best Classical Compendium Best Contemporary Classical Composition — Once a While in Time Best Arrangement — Hardanger Transcriptions Best Engineering, Classical — Murat Çolak

Coming out this Friday — Steven: Mythological Fragments Composer Steven Ricks releases Mythological Fragments including his extended work for soprano, piano, and electronics, Medusa in Fragments, and his chamber opera Baucis and Philemon newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mythol...

Out now — Scott Wollschleger: Lost Anthems A twenty-five minute work for viola and piano by composer Scott Wollschleger, performed by violist Leilehua Lanzilotti & pianist David Kaplan and commissioned by Lanzilotti as a part of The 20/19 Project leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...

From composer Scott Wollschleger's new album Lost Anthems coming out Friday, here's an excerpt from the title work performed by violist Leilehua Lanzilotti and pianist David Kaplan leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...

Coming out this Friday — Scott Wollschleger: Lost Anthems Lost Anthems is a 25 minute work for viola and piano, commissioned by violist Leilehua Lanzilotti, which Wollschleger describes as "a melodic, song-like structure in search of itself" leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...

Out now — Mischa Salkind-Pearl: Lines and Traces of Desire A collection of solo, duo, and ensemble works for the cimbalom (a percussion instrument similar to a hammered dulcimer) by composer Mischa Salkind-Pearl, featuring cimbalom artist @nicktolle.bsky.social

From composer Mischa Salkind-Pearl's new album of music for cimbalom coming out this Friday, here's a movement from Palm's Soft Terrain performed by cimbalom artist @nicktolle.bsky.social newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mischa...

Coming out this Friday — Mischa Salkind-Pearl: Lines and Traces of Desire Composer Mischa Salkind-Pearl collaborates with cimbalom artist Nicholas Tolle on this collection of works for the beguiling stringed percussion instrument newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mischa...

Out now — Duo Gelland: Quattro sonate per due violini A recording of Antonio Vivaldi's four Sonatas for Two Violins by Duo Gelland newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/antoni...

Out now — Christopher Stark: Fire Ecologies An album length work by composer Christopher Stark written as an ode to a natural world in crisis, performed by Unheard-of//Ensemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/christ...

From composer Christopher Stark's new album length work Fire Ecologies coming out this Friday, here's the fourth scene performed by Unheard-of//Ensemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/christ...

Coming out this Friday — Duo Gelland: Quattro sonate per due violini Duo Gelland's recording of of Vivaldi's four Sonatas for Two Violins celebrates the Red Priest's physical, virtuosic approach to the instrument newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/antoni...