Bee-Sharp Honeybee
Catalog #: NV6539
Release Date: August 25, 2023
21st CenturyOrchestralString OrchestraBEE-SHARP HONEYBEE from composer Rae Howell is an immersive journey through the secret life of bees, performed here by the Sunwrae String Orchestra, intertwined with the hum of a live honeybee hive. It is the foundation of a large-scale multimedia work, featuring live animated projections synchronized with the music, and a real-time stream of honeybees, filmed, amplified, and intermittently fed through the live performance. Developed from extensive research into bee (buzz) rhythm, pitch, and "waggle dance" patterns (the sophisticated system of communication between bees, detailing the distance and direction of nectar in the environment), BEE-SHARP HONEYBEE magnifies the subtle intricacies of the beehive, highlighting these distinct patterns, identified through field recordings made during the initial research and development of the project.
Polarities Vol. 2
Catalog #: NV6353
Release Date: June 25, 2021
21st CenturyOrchestralAccordionOrchestraString OrchestraFrom yin and yang to public debate, much in the world revolves around opposing forces. POLARITIES VOL. 2, an album of new presentations in classical music, documents the intricacies of these forces, expressing the emotions, sensations, and scenes associated with the extreme ends of conversation and change.
Piazzolla & Galliano
Catalog #: NV6317
Release Date: November 13, 2020
20th CenturyConcertosAccordionString OrchestraInternationally-renowned Serbian-Austrian classical accordionist Jovica Ivanović has released his newest album — PIAZZOLLA & GALLIANO — with Navona Records. The program features concertos from Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano, both legends in their own rights. Recorded with the Ukrainian Chamber Orchestra, Ivanović’s performances bring these masterworks to life with persuasive passion.
Violin Concerto
Catalog #: NV6277
Release Date: April 10, 2020
21st CenturyConcertosOrchestraString OrchestraViolinThe creation of VIOLIN CONCERTO by Alicia Terzian marked the beginning of her 65-year (and counting) compositional career. Originally composed in 1954/55, this important piece of her repertoire was brought to life thanks to a collaboration between Navona Records and the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra. This album also features Terzian's Three Pieces, which listeners can remember from their previous Navona release, OFF THE EDGE.
Virtuosity
Catalog #: NV6223
Release Date: April 26, 2019
21st CenturyChamberOrchestralClarinetOrchestraString OrchestraCharacterized by a unique style of instrumentation and experimentation with formality, VIRTUOSITY is the colorful expression of composer John Robertson's symphonic creativity. VIRTUOSITY combines a clarinet and a trumpet concerto, a symphony, and an orchestral fantasy based on a Maori love story – all on one album.
Beneath the Tide
Catalog #: NV6216
Release Date: March 8, 2019
21st CenturyConcertosOrchestralClarinetGuitarString OrchestraPARMA Recordings, together with the esteemed Croatian Chamber Orchestra, is proud to release BENEATH THE TIDE, a reflection on human emotion and experience through a collection of five concertos. As the title suggests, BENEATH THE TIDE looks under the surface, examining underlying human realities that rise to the surface with the arrival of life’s changes.
Spoon Hanging From My Nose
Catalog #: NV6194
Release Date: November 9, 2018
21st CenturyRomanticChamberLarge EnsembleSaxophoneString OrchestraSPOON HANGING FROM MY NOSE, the debut album by composer J.A. Kawarsky, combines spirit and wit with compositions that dance between tender and strikingly agitated. With works for orchestra, some composed by Kawarsky and others originally by Brahms but arranged and reimagined by Kawarsky, the album as a whole is a triumphant entrance into the full album release for the composer.
My Ancestor’s Gift
Catalog #: NV6155
Release Date: April 13, 2018
21st CenturyChamberPiano TrioString OrchestraString QuartetOn his Navona Records debut, composer Carlos Simon masterfully combines influences from jazz, gospel, and neoromanticism. MY ANCESTOR’S GIFT incorporates spoken word and historic recordings to craft a multifaceted program of musical works that are inspired as much by the past as they are the present.
Music from the Ethereal Side of Paradise
Catalog #: NV6148
Release Date: March 9, 2018
21st CenturyOrchestralSolo InstrumentalFluteString OrchestraViolinJohn A. Carollo’s fourth PARMA release, and follow up to 2017’s THE TRANSFIGURATION of GIOVANNI BAUDINO, is a wondrous musical journey through the world of desire. With MUSIC FROM THE ETHEREAL SIDE OF PARADISE, Carollo makes an impassioned plea for the power of romance.
Off The Edge
Catalog #: NV6088
Release Date: May 12, 2017
21st CenturyOrchestralString OrchestraArgentinian composer, conductor, and scholar Alicia Terzian’s new Navona release OFF THE EDGE is an incredible journey into the heart of the string orchestra. The four works on the album introduce listeners to Terzian’s captivating compositional perspective and enchanting treatment of this ensemble’s sonic potential. Her writing focuses heavily on the drama, nuance, and contrasts accessible through instrumental color, and OFF THE EDGE showcases numerous audacious textures involving the string orchestra, with different percussion instruments,chorus,soloists and voice.
A Hopeful Place
Catalog #: NV6045
Release Date: June 10, 2016
21st CenturyOrchestralVocal MusicString OrchestraVoiceComposer Dan Redfeld presents A HOPEFUL PLACE: A SONG CYCLE FOR SOPRANO & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, his debut release on Navona records showcasing his nine-movement song cycle of the same name. A Hopeful Place follows a woman’s journey through life from birth to death—a life-cycle-song-cycle, as librettist John Gabriel Koladziej describes the piece.
Sensations – Wind, Waves, Birds & Fire
Catalog #: NV6041
Release Date: May 13, 2016
21st CenturyOrchestralOrchestraPianoString OrchestraAustralian composer, music educator, and pianist Margaret Brandman presents her debut Navona release SENSATIONS, featuring several of her celebrated compositions, each one presenting a unique musical experience and sensation. The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra skilfully performs the orchestral portion, opening with the joyful Love Brings Change (Adagio for Strings). Pianist Lucie Kaucká joins the orchestra for Lyric Fantasy, an emotional and accessible two-movement work with contrasting moods for piano and strings.
San José Chamber Orchestra: 25th Anniversary
Catalog #: NV6031
Release Date: March 11, 2016
21st CenturyConcertosOrchestralPianoString OrchestraCelebrating their 25th-anniversary concert season in 2016, the San José Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maestra Barbara Day Turner, presents a commemorative collection of contemporary works on Navona Records, showcasing the ensemble’s commitment to new music as well as their stylistic versatility.
Turbulent Sky
Catalog #: NV6012
Release Date: November 13, 2015
21st CenturyChamberOrchestralString OrchestraNavona Records’ compilation of contemporary works for orchestra, TURBULENT SKY, presents works by composers Fred Broer, William Coble, and Stephen Yip that explore and celebrate the dramatic fanfare, intricate textures, and variety of timbres possible with the orchestra.
Elements Rising
Catalog #: NV5990
Release Date: March 10, 2015
21st CenturyChamberLarge EnsemblePianoString OrchestraNavona Records' latest offering of chamber music ELEMENTS RISING highlights contemporary composers who re-imagine the building blocks of music, such as melody, harmony, rhythm, dynamics, and timbre, in innovative ways, applying them to a number of duo and ensemble settings.
Letters To a Young Poet
Catalog #: NV5980
Release Date: November 11, 2014
21st CenturyChamberGuitarString OrchestraString QuartetOn his debut Navona Records release, LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET, composer Mark Zanter presents recently commissioned chamber works for strings. The inspiration for the title track comes from Rainer Maria Rilke's letters to Franz Xaver Kappus, a correspondence in which his encouragement to a young poet becomes a vehicle for expressing his thoughts on the creative process and the transcendent qualities of art.
Luminescence
Catalog #: NV5969
Release Date: September 1, 2014
21st CenturyOrchestralOrchestraString OrchestraLUMINESCENCE brings to light six works for small and large orchestra, showcasing the inspired directions and composers of contemporary orchestral music. Marvin Schluger's Manhattan Suite for full orchestra is being released 14 years after its recording. New York, 2013 by Raymond Bokhour is another piece alluding to the Big Apple, as experienced by the composer that year.
Cascading into Reverie
Catalog #: NV5910
Release Date: May 1, 2013
21st CenturyOrchestralSolo InstrumentalPianoString OrchestraFrench composer Yves Ramette's (1921-2012) music is marked by its ability to broadcast "messages of the heart," offering unflinching and distinguished representations of emotion and experience using traditional forms. A student of Honegger and contemporary of Boulez, among others, Ramette's works draw from the rhythmic and harmonic elements of mid-20th-century France.
Dimensions
Catalog #: NV5895
Release Date: November 1, 2012
21st CenturyOrchestralString OrchestraThroughout time, humankind has sought to provide explanation and justification for the pains, joys, and passions of life. With DIMENSIONS, Navona presents a collection of string orchestra works from seven composers (Gregory Hutter, Louis Babin, Reynard Burns, Andrew March, Claude Debussy, Rudy Kronfuss, Daniel Burwasser), whose music captures the fluidity of time and emotion and illustrates the impact of past experiences on the present and future.
Causal Dualism
Catalog #: NV5886
Release Date: October 1, 2012
21st CenturyChamberOrchestralSaxophoneString OrchestraTromboneCAUSAL DUALISM, Keith Kramer's second full-length release on Navona, is a celebration of dichotomy and relationships between all things. Duality, for soprano, saxophone, bass trombone, and string quartet, explores the interaction and relationships of the ensemble; Causality represents the string orchestra's journey of expression and highlights the action and reaction that permeates through all events; Flame of Attention, for soprano saxophone, the beginning of a long-term collaboration between the composer and Gottfried Stoger.