🙌 The debut single from soprano Esther Rayo and pianist Peter Grünberg is officially out now! Listen to “Al amor” from Fernando Obradors' Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol. 1 on all top digital platforms today: listn.fm/estrellita

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On 10 October, Métier is thrilled to present Michael Finnissy: Organ Works from acclaimed American organist Forrest Eimold! 🎶 Listen to two tracks now on #AppleMusicClassical and more: listn.fm/finnissyorganworks

Don't miss Paul Hindmarsh's marvelous new piece in Classical Music UK on the importance of Britain's Brass Bands. A great primer for Discovering Wilfred Heaton! Read it: https://bit.ly/4mweHbq

3️⃣ Tracks from the 3 October release, Discovering Wilfred Heaton, are #nowplaying on #AppleMusicClassical and more! Listen now to performances from James Gilchrist, Rose McLachlan, Murray McLachlan, and Alex Jakeman at https://listn.fm/discoveringwilfredheaton

Don't miss both of our new Métier new releases on #Deezer's New Classical Picks Playlist! Listen now ▶️ https://bit.ly/4mX4dTo

Enjoying new Michael Finnissy piano box set from @ianpace.bsky.social - there’s a lot of emotional & pianistic variety in the pieces @first-inversion.com

Today, Métier presents a “monumental” (The Wire) 4-disc box set from pianist Ian Pace in commanding performances of music by composer Michael Finnissy (b. 1946). On all platforms today at https://listn.fm/finnissypiano

Métier Records is thrilled to release “Because They Have Songs” from composer Edward Cowie and featuring Gerard McChrystal and Richard Shaw! Out now on all platforms ▶️ listn.fm/becausetheyhavesongs

“This monumental piano release features Michael Finnissy’s… luxuriant but challenging textures of the school often called new complexity.” —Andy Hamilton, The Wire 🎶 Album out tomorrow, September 19! listn.fm/finnissypiano

Marvelous new MusicWeb International review for Edward Cowie: Because They Have Songs, before its release this Friday! “rewards the curious ear and the imaginative soul. Like the birds themselves, it sings because it must – because it has songs.” https://musicwebinternational.com/?p=63840

“Buller… knows how to imbue feelings with ample warmth, colour and tension … Conspirare, led by Craig Hella Johnson, respond to all of Buller’s emotional gestures with utmost cohesion and flexibility” —Gramophone https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/buller-advena-liturgies-for-a-broken-world

“This performance will stay with me for a long time; it is both exquisitely beautiful and inherently melancholic.” —Edward Breen, Gramophone on Haitham Haidar's #Zaytoun 🎧 listn.fm/zaytoun 📰 https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/haitham-haidar-zaytoun

Don't miss Ryan de Ryke and @danielschlosberg.bsky.social's recording of “Looking to Euridice” from Doug Lofstrom's song cycle, “Myths and Accidents” in Deezer's top Classical New Release picks playlist: https://bit.ly/4mX4dTo

It's album release day! 🎈 If such things are announced on #bluesky. Also my bday lol. Happy to record these cool songs with my longtime friend Ryan de Ryke @first-inversion.com #artsong #newalbum

Available today from the Diversions label — Myths and Accidents: Vocal Music of Doug Lofstrom! 🎶➡️ listn.fm/mythsandaccidents This new recording from the Diversions label presents a focused showcase of the vocal music of #Chicago-based composer Doug Lofstrom. @danielschlosberg.bsky.social

“I first met Ryan De Ryke and @danielschlosberg.bsky.social in 2014 when they appeared in my composition class at Columbia College Chicago. … The first batch we tried was Three Sandburg Songs, which I had just finished.” —Doug Lofstrom Full album out tomorrow via https://listn.fm/mythsandaccidents

Lovely to see #Zaytoun in this list! Thank you @prestomusic.bsky.social !

Explore our @MusicMagazine October 2025 Choices! Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a display of 'masterful virtuosity' from Alexander Melnikov and Julia Lezhneva in an all-Rachmaninoff programme. 📷 Sergei Rachmaninoff 📖 Read here: https://tinyurl.com/yc6hcbbj

Don't miss the title work from Rob Hao's new Palimpsest album in Deezer's Classical New Releases playlist! ▶️ https://www.deezer.com/us/playlist/1500943781

Divine Art is thrilled to present the debut release of Australian pianist Rob Hao — Palimpsest! 🎧 Listen now 👉 listn.fm/palimpsest

We couldn't be more thrilled to share that Haitham Haidar's #Zaytoun on Athene has been selected as the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Choice for the October 2025 issue! See the feature and review on newsstands today! 🫒▶️ listn.fm/zaytoun

Don't miss James Gilchrist and Nathan Williamson on the Lieder können fliegen (Lieder can fly) podcast discussing their new recording of The Songs of Thomas Pitfield! Listen on all podcast platforms or at https://sabinebergk.de/podcasts/Lied-can-Fly/

Lovely to see Conspirare's new #advena release in the Spotify New Classical picks! Listen in the playlist at listn.fm/spotifyclassicalnew and add the complete album to your library 👉 listn.fm/advena

🎉 OUT TODAY! GRAMMY Award-winning choir Conspirare and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson present “advena: liturgies for a broken world”, featuring world premieres of choral music from composer Mark Buller and librettists Leah Lax and Euan Tait. Listen now ➡️ listn.fm/advena

We were sad to see the news today of the passing of WTJU/Charlottesville Classical's Ralph Graves. Ralph was a true champion of independent music and his voice will be dearly missed. https://www.charlottesvilleclassical.org/posts/ralph-graves-longtime-wtju-classical-host-passes-away

On 19 September, Métier presents a landmark 4-disc deluxe box set from pianist Ian Pace in commanding performances of music by composer Michael Finnissy! Preview, listen, and pre-order now 👉 listn.fm/finnissypiano

19 September brings Gerard McChrystal & Richard Shaw's recording of Edward Cowie: Because They Have Songs! Listen to the first track today on #AppleMusicClassical and more: listn.fm/becausetheyhavesongs

Divine Art is delighted to announce #Estrellita, featuring soprano Esther Rayo and pianist Peter Grünberg! Out on CD, Digital, and 180-gram Vinyl this November! https://divineartrecords.com/divine-art-records-announces-estrellita-from-soprano-esther-rayo-and-pianist-peter-grunberg/

Don't miss Haitham Haidar's #Zaytoun release in Qobuz's New in Classical playlist! Listen now: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2049456

Don't miss Haitham Haidar as the cover artist of #Tidal's Encore: New in Classical playlist! Featuring his arrangement of Monteverdi's “Lamento della Ninfa, SV 163: No. 2, Amor”: https://bit.ly/4oOVxjb

🫒🕊️ #Zaytoun — the solo debut release of tenor Haitham Haidar, is out now on all major platforms from Athene Records! Find it in the Qobuz Grand Selection, Apple Music's New Releases and more. ▶️ listn.fm/zaytoun

Don't miss Gilbert Rowland's Froberger Harpsichord Suites in #Qobuz's New in Classical Playlist! Listen now: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2049456

Had a day trip to Austin with fellow #TexasChapter @recordingacademy.bsky.social friends. Best part? Being handed this gem from Conspirare’s wonderful ED Ann McNair. Out next week on digital. Pre-order via listn.fm/advena

“Perhaps Zaytoun can remind us that in our differences, we are very much alike” —Haitham Haidar #Zaytoun is out this Friday, August 22! Listen to three of the singles now and pre-add it to your library 👉 https://listn.fm/zaytoun

Conspirare's new single, “Communion: A Questioning” offers luminous points of entry and reflection. Commissioned by Conspirare with new texts by Euan Tait, these chant-like settings extend #advena's core themes with quiet grace. Listen now: https://listn.fm/advena

Little fun at the local Panther City Vinyl record shop.

Out Now — Gilbert Rowland's Final Volume in his Johann Jakob Froberger: Suites for Harpsichord series! Add it to your collection now: listn.fm/frobergersuitesv4 A Gramophone Editor's Choice, Top New Release of the Week, Spotify Pick, Qobuz Grand Selection, Presto Music Roundup, and more!

“Gilbert Rowland draws his six-year, four-volume survey of the almost 50 suites by 17th-century harpsichord master Froberger to a triumphant and elegant close.…” —Fabrice Fitch, Gramophone https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/froberger-suites-for-harpsichord-vol-4-gilbert-rowland

.@earlymusicamerica.bsky.social has a must-read feature for Haitham Haidar and the musicians of the upcoming release #Zaytoun! See it at https://bit.ly/46Vu2y8

Until 8th October, we are offering up to 25% off Alto titles on CD. 🔍 Explore the offer here: https://tinyurl.com/yrwxynar

Well done interview with @earlymusicamerica.bsky.social & Haitham Haidar for #Zaytoun! www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...

Don't miss the latest single from Rob Hao's #Palimpsest album featured in Spotify's New Classical Releases playlist! 🆕 On Spotify: listn.fm/spotifyclassicalnew ▶️ Add it to your library: listn.fm/palimpsest

Don’t miss the newly released trailer for Haitham Haidar’s #Zaytoun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G29a...

Out now from Métier Records! ▶️ listn.fm/radiowithoutvoice Radio With/Out Voice reanimates John Cage’s enduring fascination with the medium of radio. Performed by Clare and David Lesser, this recording explores Cage’s radiophonic works through performance, composition, and critical engagement.

Gramophone print subscribers should keep an eye out…

Announcing “Myths and Accidents: Vocal Music of Doug Lofstrom” coming to the Diversions label on 12 September! Pre-order now at https://listn.fm/mythsandaccidents Featuring Ryan de Ryke, Kim Jones, Ryan Townsend Strand, @danielschlosberg.bsky.social‬, and a fantastic session chamber orchestra!

Gilbert Rowland's fourth and final volume in his “glorious” Johann Jakob Froberger series is out on 15 August! Listen to THREE tracks now in #AppleMusicClassical and more: https://listn.fm/frobergersuitesv4

Happy Podcast Monday! This week Liza Lim, Matt Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Evan Parker, JACK Quartet and Keith Jarrett are all in the spotlight with new releases. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @kbcs.bsky.social @johncagetrust.bsky.social @first-inversion.com @nmcrecordings.bsky.social

Don't miss Tom Hicks' article, “Reimagining the Nocturnes: Chopin, Authenticity and Creative Freedom” on International Piano! https://bit.ly/45rMvkB