Recordings

Featuring The Discovery of Honey for woodwind quintet

Performed by Belfiato Quintet

With a fresh line-up of contemporary composers and a decorated modern chamber ensemble, WINDSWEPT VOL. III blends abstract musicality with vivid imagery. Stephen Gryč’s Five American Portraits characterizes historical figures through quirky instrumental solos, while John Bilotta’s Brain Freeze, John Carbon’s Woodwind Quintet, and Ferdinando DeSena’s Rebound explore lyrical, whimsical, and modern tonalities. Marilyn Bliss’ The Discovery of Honey celebrates mythic joy and discovery, capturing Bacchus’s exuberance in a lush, dynamic soundscape.

Featuring Aria for tuba solo and Evocations

Performed by Jobey Wilson, tuba

It’s no secret that brass instruments can infuse any musical setting with a hair-raising surge of untamed energy and fervor. On BRASS TACKS VOL 2 from Navona Records, the brass family finds itself the spotlight, showcasing unique tones and unhindered expressiveness that’ve been carefully extracted by a variety of seasoned composers and performers.

Featuring Veils

Performed by Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Jiří Petrdlík, conductor

An eclectic collection of cultural themes, WOVEN IN TIME is grounded in connections made through distant timestamps. Each piece weaves culture and ideas of the past with a modern approach to composition, revitalizing and repurposing the popular culture and literature of yesterday into contemporary music for our enjoyment today.

Featuring Wind Songs arr. for two flutes

Performed by 2Flutes – Laura Falzon, Pamela Sklar, multi-flutists, including Native American flute, alto flute, and bass flute. Also includes music by Rain Worthington, Alyssa Reit, Pamela Sklar, and Victoria Bond.

Featuring Wind Songs

Performed by James Pellerite, Native American flute, and Amanda Russo, mezzo-soprano. Also includes music by Don Freund, John Heins, Justin Rubin, and others.

Featuring Spirit Dance and Blue Dawn

Performed by James Pellerite, Native American flute, Brian Blume, maracas, and Cole Tutino, cello. Also includes music by Randall Snyder, Justin Rubin, Ray Friendly, and others.

Featuring Lament for solo alto flute

Performed by Katherine Kleitz, flutist. Also includes music by Victoria Bond, Katherine Hoover, Leanna Kirchoff, and others.

Featuring Rima

Performed by Nicola Mazzanti, piccolo, and Giovanni Verona, piano. Also includes music by Michael Daugherty, Ken Benshoof, Paul-Agricole Génin, C. J. Boncompagni, A. Cavicchi, and D. Lovreglio.

Featuring Murali

Contemporary works for solo flute by American Women composers performed by Nina Assimakopoulos. Also includes music by Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy, Beth Anderson, Mary Ann Joyce, and more.

Features Phantom Breeze

Performed by James Pellerite, Native American flutist. Also includes music by SantaFe Galloway, Ray Friendly, Randall Snyder, John White, and others.

Featuring Fantasies

Also includes music by Hayg Boyadjian, Joel Feigin, Binnette Lipper, and Chester Biscardi. Pianist Elena Ivanina brings together in these recordings five outstanding works by present-day American composers as performed in Russia at the 1995 Moscow Autumn Festival of contemporary music and recorded immediately afterward in the New Sound Studio of the Mosfilm cinema complex.

Featuring Rima

Performed by Susan Glaser, piccolo, and Robert Markham, piano. Also includes music by Ken Benshoof, Thea Musgrave, Bun-Ching Lam, and others.