New Focus Recordings

Happy 5️⃣th Anniversary A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer🫀 The album features “End Words” by @trapanicomposer “Three Scenes from Sleep” by @Erin_Gee_ & “Motorman Sextet” by @ComposerBrook which we’ll perform again in NYC on the 25th and in Montreal on 2/24! newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/ekme…

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@danlippel - Adjacence (@NewFocusLabel, 2024) Also out yesterday, this sprawling, adventurous, *essential* collection of new chamber works for guitar. Featuring 14 pieces and 12 premiere recordings, this will become a bible for #newmusic guitarists! #NewMusicFriday

With an original libretto inspired by the medieval poem of the same name, The Romance of the Rose blends medieval and contemporary allegory to dramatize how love, sex, and music wreak havoc on our sense of self music.apple.com/us/album/kate-…

Out now — Kate Soper: The Romance of the Rose Pulitzer Prize finalist composer, performer, and writer Kate Soper releases the world premiere recording of her critically acclaimed opera The Romance of the Rose, featuring the dynamic @WetInkEnsemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-roma…

From composer Kate Soper's new opera The Romance of the Rose coming out tomorrow, here's the movement Meet Shame, featuring the @WetInkEnsemble and Soper herself as the character Shame newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-roma… soundcloud.com/new-focus-reco…

From @danlippel's new album Adjacence coming out Friday, here's @nicomuhly's Wedge for guitar and percussion, featuring percussionist Jeffrey Irving danlippelguitar.bandcamp.com/album/adjacence soundcloud.com/new-focus-reco…

With an original libretto inspired by the medieval poem of the same name, The Romance of the Rose blends medieval and contemporary allegory to dramatize how love, sex, and music wreak havoc on our sense of self prestomusic.com/classical/prod…

Coming out this Friday — Kate Soper: The Romance of the Rose Composer Kate Soper releases the world premiere recording of her critically acclaimed opera The Romance of the Rose, featuring the dynamic @WetInkEnsemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-roma…

The program highlights music across the stylistic spectrum, incorporating microtonality, improvisation, timbral experimentation, and carefully managed ensemble textures to create a broad snapshot of chamber repertoire with guitar barnesandnoble.com/w/adjacence-ne…

Coming out this Friday — @danlippel: Adjacence Guitarist Daniel Lippel’s newest release is a compilation of chamber works recorded with various ensembles and collaborators that integrate varied aesthetics into one programmatic arc danlippelguitar.bandcamp.com/album/adjacence

The world premiere recording of Kate Soper's critically-acclaimed opera "The Romance of the Rose", featuring @WetInkEnsemble will be released by @NewFocusLabel on Nov 15. Listen to a preview and pre-order the disc today! newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-roma…

With an original libretto inspired by the medieval poem of the same name, The Romance of the Rose blends medieval and contemporary allegory to dramatize how love, sex, and music wreak havoc on our sense of self prestomusic.com/classical/prod…

Coming out November 15th — Kate Soper: The Romance of the Rose Composer Kate Soper releases the world premiere recording of her critically acclaimed opera The Romance of the Rose, featuring the dynamic @WetInkEnsemble newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-roma…

The five pieces on flutist Hush create a dialogue between the different aesthetic forces at play and Michel tackles the diverse demands of this repertoire with command and sensitivity, matching her curatorial ingenuity with powerful performances barnesandnoble.com/w/hush-roberta…

Out now — Roberta Michel: Hush Five new pieces for flute with and without electronics by Victoria Cheah, @angelicamnegron, Jen Baker, @mertmorali, and Jane Rigler robertamichel.bandcamp.com/album/hush

From flutist Roberta Michel's new album Hush coming out tomorrow, here's composer Jen Baker's The Great Bridge and a Lion’s Gate robertamichel.bandcamp.com/album/hush soundcloud.com/new-focus-reco…

A result of close collaborations. Michel brings her wide ranging virtuosity to all of the pieces, from acrobatic passagework to deep timbral excavation barnesandnoble.com/w/hush-roberta…

Coming out this Friday — Roberta Michel: Hush Flutist Roberta Michel releases Hush, a collection of new works for solo flute with electronics by Victoria Cheah, @angelicamnegron, Jen Baker, @mertmorali, and Jane Rigler robertamichel.bandcamp.com/album/hush

Yim plays with virtuosity and powerful expression throughout, convincingly framing these new pieces within the strong lineage of the unaccompanied violin music that has come before them prestomusic.com/classical/prod…

Out now — Patrick Yim: One — New Music for Unaccompanied Violin Six new works for solo violin performed by violinist Patrick Yim, featuring music by Ilari Kaila, Juri Seo, @takumaitoh, Páll Ragnar Pálsson, @mattschreibeis, and John Liberatore newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/one-new-…