Praised by The American Prize for their “careful choices, elegant phrasing and beauty of sound,” Luminae Trio (violinist Elizabeth Wright, cellist Jacob Nordlinger, and pianist Jestin Pieper) presents works by three American composers spanning nearly a century of chamber music. The program opens with Lowell Liebermann’s Piano Trio No. 1, a neo-Romantic single-movement work of searching intensity. Amy Beach’s Piano Trio in …

Cuban-American cellist Dr. Tommy Mesa second solo album features works for cello and piano by Saint-Saëns, Jocelyn Morlock, Jules Massenet, Ernesto Lecuona, Florence Price, Francisco Braga, Andrea Casarrubios, Marlos Nobre, Jennifer Higdon, Ernest Bloch, and Kinan Azmeh. The album title draws its meaning from two worlds: 1767, the birth year of the Nicolò Gagliano cello Mesa plays throughout the album, …

Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero is on a mission with the Nashville Symphony to expand the contemporary American concerto repertoire. Each of the three works on their new release spotlights a different facet of the relatively underexplored brass instrument family. Brad Warnaar’s Cornet Concerto is a witty and heartfelt homage to the rich heritage of 19th-century band music. Chick Corea’s Trombone Concerto, …