The final album in Pacifica Quartet’s three-part The American Collection series brings together touchstones of the American repertoire. The release features some of the most canonical American chamber works, including Samuel Barber’s String Quartet, Op. 11 with its beloved Adagio movement; George Walker’s Lyric for Strings; and George Crumb’s Black Angels; plus, world-premiere recordings of newly commissioned works by Gabriela …

In Daniil Trifonov’s second volume of his musical journey across the Americas, the recent Chicago Symphony Orchestra Artist-in-Residence shares a wide-ranging selection of his Latin American and Caribbean musical discoveries. Trifonov performs his own tango and solo works by composers ranging from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Gabriela Lena Frank. He is also joined by the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and percussionist/conductor …

Cellist Aron Zelkowicz is the founder and director of the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival which presents rare and diverse works from Jewish musical traditions. In his new album with pianist Christina Wright-Ivanova, Zelkowicz presents late 20th and early 21st century works by six American composers—Carter Pann, Gabriela Lena Frank, Kevin Puts, Margaret Bonds, Stacy Garrop, and Stephen Paulus. Though quintessentially …