January 28, 2022 New Releases from Navona and Ravello Records

This New Music Friday, Navona and Ravello Records present four new albums that traverse varied expressive landscapes with celebrations of instruments’ capabilities and notable composers, and one single that speaks to our human desire to connect.

Dive in and discover new music from: Dominick DiOrio, Adrienne Elisha, Roberta Rust, and Paul Cohen.

An emotional and collaborative tour de force, Dominick DiOrio’s FETTER & AIR presents the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia’s own words set to a haunting soundscape that explores each member’s innermost fears, dreams, and desires. The personal thoughts and interweaving arrangements create a raw expressiveness and intimacy, ultimately rendering a reminder of how our own stories echo within us.

ANTHELION showcases the favorite works of the late composer Adrienne Elisha, its music at once abstract and deeply contextual, challenging yet ultimately transcendent. The solo and chamber works that comprise the album are technically demanding and rich in philosophical significance.

On MOZART MATURES: 1780s Piano Works, pianist Roberta Rust perceptively explores Mozart’s personal artistic journey and progression from an extraordinary talent to an immortal giant of musical composition.

Alongside his work as a performer, saxophonist Paul Cohen is known for his passionate scholarship, rediscovering long-forgotten saxophone works as well as arranging related music for the instrument. His latest contribution, SOPRANO SUMMIT, is both a celebration of the soprano saxophone as a concert instrument and a revelation of new, lost, revived, and beloved works.