This New Music Friday, Navona, Albany, and MSR Classics highlight a vast spectrum of voices in classical music, from fresh interpretations of music by the masters to cutting edge new works from living composers.
Dive in and discover new music by Juventas New Music Ensemble, Michael Kaulkin, Cynthia Folio, Sidney Bailin, Deborah Kavasch, Matthew Hetz, Ferdinando DeSena, Fabio Antonelli, Matouš Zukal, Matthew Treviño, Arpeggione Ensemble, Alice Ping Yee Ho, Christina Petrowska Quilico, Hilary Kleinig, Arneis Quartet, Serena Hill LaRoche, Andrew Smith, and Joshua Pierce.
THROUGHLINES
Michael Kaulkin, Cynthia Folio, Sidney Bailin, Deborah Kavasch, John W. Marvin, Matthew Hetz, Ferdinando DeSena
On THROUGHLINES, the Juventas New Music Ensemble leans into its penchant for emerging voices with a compelling and adventurous survey of contemporary classical chamber music. Available in Dolby Atmos, this album illuminates the throughlines that connect diverse compositional voices across today’s evolving musical landscape.
FABIO ANTONELLI: SOLO PIANO WORKS
Fabio Antonelli, Matouš Zukal
Celebrated pianist Matouš Zukal masterfully performs a collection of original classical music by composer Fabio Antonelli on PIANO WORKS from Navona Records. Antonelli’s compositional approach of “essentialism” reduces musical materials and gestures to their core elements, resulting in direct, focused writing that values clarity and communicative, aesthetic appeal.
THE FARTHER SHORE
Matthew Treviño
THE FARTHER SHORE features bass Matthew Treviño and pianist Scott Gendel in a diverse program of contemporary American songs and arias. The album centers on music by both well-established and emerging contemporary American composers and embraces the bass voice’s long-standing archetypes while also pushing beyond them to reveal new expressive possibilities.
SONGS OF THE SEAFARER
Arpeggione Ensemble
SONGS OF THE SEAFARER presents music of Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Mahler in newly written chamber orchestrations. Inspired by Arnold Schoenberg’s Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen concerts, the Seafarer’s song wanders between earthly and heavenly desire, always returning to the sea as a mirror for the vastness of human existence.
THE IMAGINED
Alice Ping Yee Ho, Christina Petrowska Quilico
THE IMAGINED brings together four evocative solo piano works by Alice Ping Yee Ho, performed with nuance, brilliance, and emotional depth by Christina Petrowska Quilico. Each piece opens a distinct imaginative world — shaped by visual art, theatre, mythology, and personal memory — yet together they form a cohesive exhibition of sound and narrative.
MOVING SHAPES
Arneis Quartet
The Arneis Quartet explores how musical ideas evolve across time on MOVING SHAPES from Albany Records, with a program pairing Classical clarity with Romantic expression and modern experimentation. Throughout, the Arneis Quartet emphasizes precision and balance, drawing clear connections between tradition and innovation.
UNSUNG GEMS
Serena Hill LaRoche, Catherine Garner
UNSUNG GEMS: A Treasury of Songs by American Women Composers shines a light on a rich and often overlooked tradition of American art song. Spanning generations and styles, this collection brings together music of intimacy, imagination, and expressive clarity — works in which poetry and melody are joined in close, compelling dialogue.
BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SONATAS
Andrew Smith, Joshua Pierce
On BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SONATAS, violinist Andrew Smith and pianist Joshua Pierce present the full cycle of sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, tracing the genre’s evolution from its classical roots to a bold, expressive partnership between violin and piano. From early three-movement sonatas to expansive later statements, Pierce and Smith bring clarity, balance, and technical assurance to celebrated music that redefined the duo sonata.
