This New Music Friday, Navona Records presents three new albums with spiritual, introspective, and cross-cultural themes, all performed with intimate instrumentation.
Dive in and discover new music from: Eloise Hynes Stowe, Jon Hynes, Monika Gurak, Stanley Grill and Brett Deubner.
PSALMS
Eloise Hynes Stowe, Jon Hynes
One does not have to be religious to appreciate the depth, inspiration, and melodiousness of PSALMS, Eloise Hynes Stowe’s new album from Navona Records. Scored for voice and piano, and occasionally supplemented by flute and violin, these psalms and hymns immediately demonstrate the literary and emotional grasp of the biblical texts and ecclesiastical interpretations.
TRANSFIGURATION
Stanley Grill, Brett Deubner
TRANSFIGURATION showcases a singular connection between composer and performer with a collection of multilayered works for viola. Throughout three works—Sonatine, Sea and Sky, and Transfiguration—lush, crisp soundscapes fill the ears as the viola’s soothing timbre and Brett Deubner’s seamless technique create a pastoral quality that underscores the spiritual and introspective themes of Stanley Grill’s compositions.
I LOVE YOU LIKE SPAIN
Monika Gurak
Monika Gurak certainly is no ordinary songwriter: not just because of her academic background, but also because of her love of foreign cultures. Her linguistic fluency in English, Spanish, and Polish heavily influences her work on I LOVE YOU LIKE SPAIN from Navona Records: the songs are sung in English, but the music comes with a generous helping of both Iberian exoticism as well as Polish sensibility.
