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 …

New Zealand-born American violinist Geneva Lewis is the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant, has been Musical America’s New Artist of the Month, and was a BBC New Generation Artist in 2022–24.  Her solo debut album features a high-flying all-American program, accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra led by Gemma New. Starting with Samuel Barber’s neo-Romantic Violin …

Conducted by Andrew Sewell, Endeavor is the third installment in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s Musical Landscapes in Color project featuring works by diverse, living composers. The program includes Regina Harris Baiocchi’s Muse for Orchestra, the world premiere of Madison local Autumn Maria Reed’s Mental Health Suite, Eric Gould’s An American City, Omar Thomas’s Of Our New Day Begun, and Xavier Foley’s Soul …

Violinist Paul Huang and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jun Märkl present two American concertos from the mid-twentieth century: Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 and Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, Op. 14. In an interview for the album, Huang shares, “These concertos offer two complementary visions of American musical identity. Korngold brought with …

The latest album by the Calidore String Quartet weaves together a panoramic portrait of American musical expression across the 20th and 21st centuries spanning Samuel Barber’s lyrical String Quartet No. 1 (famous for its iconic Adagio movement), Wynton Marsalis’s jazz-inflected At the Octoroon Balls, and John Williams’s With Malice Toward None — here in its world premiere string quartet version. …

This tribute album from baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu honors Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s centenary. “The first time I heard his voice was at school when I was twelve,” says Appl. “In 2009, I applied for his master class at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg which was the start of a long and transformative relationship. I was fortunate to work with …