• Selected Piano Works by Robert Casadesus and Henri Dutilleux

    Catalog #: NV6053

    Release Date: September 9, 2016

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    Pianist, chamber musician, and educator Cicilia Yudha presents her Navona Records release SELECTED PIANO WORKS BY ROBERT CASADESUS AND HENRI DUTILLEUX, featuring her expertise as a solo pianist, as well as the exploration of the compositions of Robert Casadesus. Yudha’s skillful approach is demonstrated in the opening piece, Sonata No. 3, Op. 44, which has an energetic and rhythmically exciting first movement followed by a vibrant second movement, which exhibits a slow and reflective texture.

  • Between The Echoes

    Catalog #: NV6057

    Release Date: September 9, 2016

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Guitar
    Wind Ensemble

    Navona’s latest compilation release, BETWEEN THE ECHOES, showcases selected recent chamber works, expressing the common theme of recollections and interpretations of past experiences. Moving across the spectrums of moods and dramatics, each piece brings a harmonic resolution to its soulful journey. This album joins multiple personalities in a collection of propulsive musical expression.

  • Fred Broer

    Catalog #: NV6042

    Release Date: June 10, 2016

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    String Quartet

    Composer, author, and educator Fred Broer presents his String Quartet No. 8, as well as four colorful piano works, on his Navona release FRED BROER: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET AND PIANO SOLO. Broer’s adventurous String Quartet No. 8 is performed masterfully by the New England String Quartet  and is dedicated to the memory of his good friend Hilda Ayer.

  • Journeymen’s Songs

    Catalog #: NV6043

    Release Date: May 13, 2016

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Trumpet

    JOURNEYMEN’S SONGS from Navona Records showcases the versatility of the trumpet on works performed by Daniel Zehringer. Accompanied by various instruments, including percussion, string bass, and cello, selected compositions by Steven Winteregg are themed around time and place.

  • Violin Futura

    Catalog #: NV6028

    Release Date: February 12, 2016

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Violin

    In 2005, violinist and composer Piotr Szewczyk developed the Violin Futura Project, a collection of commissioned miniatures for solo violin that highlights over thirty international contemporary composers and how they are re-imagining the solo violin. “The purpose of the Violin Futura Project,” says Szewczyk, “is to sample the creative environment of our times by showcasing the wide variety of styles present in the 21st century, and to create a body of new solo violin repertoire.” Navona Records presents the album release of Szewczyk’s project, VIOLIN FUTURA.

  • Moto Continuo

    Catalog #: NV6003

    Release Date: July 10, 2015

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Cello
    Piano Trio

    Praised for his "bold and expressive" playing (Gramophone Magazine), cellist Ovidiu Marinescu and Navona Records present MOTO CONTINUO, a collection of six contemporary solo cello and piano trio works - from the intense, dark, and expressive to the calm, light, and austere - performed by Marinescu and his colleagues from Trio Casals, violinist Sylvia Ahramjian and pianist Anna Kislitsyna.

  • Feral Icons

    Catalog #: NV6008

    Release Date: September 11, 2015

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Viola

    Capturing the viola's rich and haunting quality, composer Peter Vukmirovic Stevens' second release on Navona Records, FERAL ICONS, is a suite of six works for solo viola performed by the extraordinary violist Mara Gearman of Seattle Symphony. The album embodies the raw and expressive energy of Stevens' impassioned compositional style, inviting the listener on an emotional narrative.

  • Felt

    Catalog #: NV5987

    Release Date: February 10, 2015

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    FELT, a compilation for solo piano offered by Navona Records, presents an array of techniques and themes to illustrate the piano's dexterous capacity for limitless expression and tonal colors.

  • Time, Still

    Catalog #: NV5998

    Release Date: April 14, 2015

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Choir
    Piano
    Saxophone

    Don't mistake the inference in the title of Emmy Award-winning composer Bruce Babcock's multi-faceted new Navona Records album TIME, STILL - the music is serious and contemplative at points to be sure, but the effervescence of Babcock's metrically shifting style and sound percolates to the surface throughout.

  • Andalusian Fantasy

    Catalog #: NV5999

    Release Date: May 1, 2015

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    The Spanish tradition of flamenco music, by way of Paco Peña and Paco de Lucia, has significantly influenced the classical music world. Now composer and pianist Lionel Sainsbury explores the fiery passion and harmonic tension of flamenco on his latest Navona Records release ANDALUSIAN FANTASY.

  • The Golden Galaxy

    Catalog #: NV5971

    Release Date: September 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Organ
    Piano

    THE GOLDEN GALAXY, Navona Record's fourth release of works by the late French composer Yves Ramette (1921-2012), presents works for organ, an instrument which Ramette found to be expressive, dynamic, and warm in color, especially after his position as organist at Église Saint Ferdinand de Ternes in Paris, where he played the church's now replaced Cavaillé-Coll organ. This album is particularly significant in the catalog of this prolific composer since it is the first to feature Ramette both as the composer and the performer.

  • Sound and Fury

    Catalog #: NV5978

    Release Date: November 11, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    Piano Trio

    From the serenity of the Smoky Mountains to the abstraction and boldness of Kandinsky's paintings, composer Paul Osterfield's debut solo Navona Records album SOUND AND FURY pulls inspiration from several experiences which the composer translates into refined, stimulating, and expressive chamber pieces.

  • Sunlight & Storms

    Catalog #: NV5951

    Release Date: May 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    SUNLIGHT AND STORMS, composer and pianist Lionel Sainsbury's debut solo release on Navona Records, illustrates emotions from the peaceful to the tempestuous, and many more besides. A retrospective of the composer's piano music, spanning almost 20 years of his career, the album ranges from tangos to toccatas, character pieces to ostinatos.

  • Ritornello

    Catalog #: NV5956

    Release Date: August 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    String Quartet

     On RITORNELLO composer and pianist Curt Cacioppo revisits the beloved country of Italy, recalling places, friends, Italian tales, Don Giovanni, and more to create a detailed sonic story about his experiences and Italian heritage. 

  • Unbridled

    Catalog #: NV5958

    Release Date: June 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Large Ensemble
    String Quartet
    Violin

    Wall Street. Salvador Dali. Gustav Mahler. Some of the sources of inspiration for composer Sergio Cervetti on his fourth solo Navona release, UNBRIDLED. Spanning over forty years of his career, the works represent Cervetti's continued aesthetic of combining traditional and postmodern techniques and instrumentation.

  • Rational Passions

    Catalog #: NV5960

    Release Date: July 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    Piano Trio
    String Quartet

    RATIONAL PASSIONS, Greg Bowers' debut release on Navona Records, takes its listeners on a trip through the psychological world of music. Each piece explores the relationship between the notes played and the emotions experienced, suggesting that emotional meaning can be rationalized.

  • A Keyboard Odyssey

    Catalog #: NV5961

    Release Date: July 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    Composer Sydney Hodkinson's second Navona Records release, A KEYBOARD ODYSSEY, is a journey through the world of the solo keyboard, exploring the versatility and spirit of both the piano and organ through the composer's perceptive style.

  • Cipher

    Catalog #: NV5962

    Release Date: July 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    Oftentimes in our technology-driven global society, words can become obscured in meanings and associations depending on how they are interpreted or translated. On the other hand, music in its abstraction often can prompt more concrete interpretations. Composer Michael J. Evans explores the relationships between words, music, and meaning on his latest release on Navona Records, CIPHER.

  • Pendulum

    Catalog #: NV5963

    Release Date: August 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Flute
    Piano
    Violin

    The 28th edition of the Society of Composers, Inc. release series and the 4th on Navona Records, PENDULUM extrapolates and elaborates on several themes relating to variation, transformation, repetition, and more.

  • Spectra

    Catalog #: NV5964

    Release Date: August 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    Violin

    Continuing the mission of the original Capstone Records series by the Connecticut Composers, Inc., this debut Navona Records release of the same name, SPECTRA, highlights six contemporary composers from northeastern United States, who reflect the diversity and progression of today's music.