This New Music Friday, Navona and Big Round Records present brand new choral works celebrating Czechia, a long-awaited archival recording of a Memphis music legend, a Billy Childs solo piano work that brings Ravel to the plight of Black Americans, and a piece for viola and piano that celebrates the simple things.
Dive in and discover new music from: JITRO, Berl Olswanger, Brett Deubner, Inna Faliks, and Billy Childs.
GRATIAS
Ilja Hurník, Jitro Czech Girls Choir
The Jitro Czech Girls Choir and conductor Jiří Skopal return with GRATIAS on Navona Records. The commemorative album pays homage to Czech composer Ilja Hurník, whose playful compositions perfectly match the joyful imagination of youth without sacrificing a sliver of musical integrity. Also a prolific author, Hurnik infuses his compositions with narrative texts that give the music a storybook quality.
BERL OLSWANGER AND THE OLSWANGER BEAT
Berl Olswanger
Blues and big band lovers are in for a swingin’ treat with Big Round Records’ new archival recording of BERL OLSWANGER AND THE OLSWANGER BEAT, the label’s third released recording by “Mr. Music of Memphis.” Olswanger, whose musical career spanned over a half-century, could easily be called a jack-of-all-trades: a popular bandleader, a prolific composer of swing music, a serial entrepreneur, and a wildly successful teacher bringing the art of music-making to the masses.
Singles
FOR ZAYD AND ZIZI
Polina Nazaykinskaya
For Zayd and Zizi is the first single from MOTHER EARTH from violist Brett Deubner. Look for the full album June 25th.
PURSUIT
Billy Childs
Pursuit is the final single from REIMAGINE: BEETHOVEN & RAVEL from pianist Inna Faliks. Look for the full album June 11th.
