Black History Month
Lasting throughout the month of February, ArkivMusic’s Black History Month campaign has great deals on standout recordings, featured below, from noted black composers and artists, including Florence B. Price, Scott Joplin, Anthony McGill, Will Liverman, Margaret Bonds, and more!
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![Price, Coleman & Montgomery / Repper, New York Youth Symphony]()
On SalePrice, Coleman & Montgomery / Repper, New York Youth Symphony$12.99 Regular price
$19.99A 2023 GRAMMY nominee of historic stature, profiled in the New York Times! In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the remarkably resourceful personnel and musicians of the New York Youth Symphony (NYYS), with Music Director...
Format: CD
Release Date: April 08, 2022
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![Tesori: Blue / Kellogg, Hunter, Crouch, Cox, Washington National Opera]()
On SaleTesori: Blue / Kellogg, Hunter, Crouch, Cox, Washington National Opera$20.99 Regular price
$32.99Washington National Opera presents Blue, a contemporary opera on racial injustice in the US today, with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson set to music by Jeanine Tesori. Blue tells the tragic story of an African-American...
Format: SACD
Release Date: March 25, 2022
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![Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here? / Bridges, Liverman, Sánchez]()
On SaleOkpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here? / Bridges, Liverman, Sánchez$10.99 Regular price
$16.99On LORD, HOW COME ME HERE?, composer Shawn Okpebholo turns the mirror of history on today’s society with a reimagined collection of spirituals by enslaved Africans and American folk hymns that draws upon music from...
Format: CD
Release Date: February 11, 2022
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![African Pianism / Rebeca Omordia]()
On SaleAfrican Pianism / Rebeca Omordia$13.99 Regular price
$20.99SOMM Recordings is thrilled to announce African Pianism, a revelatory collection of music by seven African composers. Released to coincide with Black History Month in the United States, it marks the label’s solo debut of...
Format: CD
Release Date: February 11, 2022
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![Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works / Leaper, RTÉ Concert Orchestra]()
On SaleColeridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works / Leaper, RTÉ Concert Orchestra$12.99 Regular price
$19.99The Hiawatha trilogy, with its stirring overture, established Coleridge-Taylor as one of Britain’s leading young composers and stimulated commissions in a wide variety of music. The Othello Suite was written for a stage production of...
Format: CD
Release Date: February 11, 2022
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![Walker: Five Piano Sonatas / Beck]()
On SaleWalker: Five Piano Sonatas / Beck$11.99 Regular price
$18.99George Walker is one of the few leading American composers of the 20th century to produce as many as five piano sonatas. Taken together, they securely chart a lifetime of stylistic change. Walker managed many...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 07, 2022
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![Price: Symphony No. 3 - The Mississippi River - Ethiopia's Shadow in America / Jeter, ORF VRSO]()
On SalePrice: Symphony No. 3 - The Mississippi River - Ethiopia's Shadow in America / Jeter, ORF VRSO$12.99 Regular price
$19.99Naxos continues its exploration of Florence Price’s unjustly neglected orchestral works with this latest album, which includes Symphony No. 3. The ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Price advocate, John Jeter, who received...
Format: CD
Release Date: November 19, 2021
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![Here With You / A. McGill, Gloria Chien]()
On SaleHere With You / A. McGill, Gloria Chien$12.99 Regular price
$19.99Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and pianist Gloria Chien, a frequent performer with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, make their commercial recording debut as a duo on Here with...
Format: CD
Release Date: November 12, 2021
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![Saint-Georges: Symphonies Concertantes, Symphony in G / Halász, Czech Chamber Philharmonic]()
On SaleSaint-Georges: Symphonies Concertantes, Symphony in G / Halász, Czech Chamber Philharmonic$12.99 Regular price
$19.99Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and gifted composer, with a claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. He was an early and...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 24, 2021
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![Sorey: For George Lewis & Autoschediasms / Alarm Will Sound]()
On SaleSorey: For George Lewis & Autoschediasms / Alarm Will Sound$13.99 Regular price
$21.99As "arresting a figure in contemporary classical and experimental new music as he is in jazz (New York Times)," and a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship in 2017, Tyshawn Sorey has carved out his own...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 03, 2021
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![Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights) / Alsop, Philadelphia Orchestra]()
On SaleGershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights) / Alsop, Philadelphia Orchestra$13.99 Regular price
$21.99The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop present a live recording with highlights of Gershwin’s self-proclaimed American “Folk Opera” Porgy and Bess, together with a stellar cast and the Morgan State University Choir. Since its...
Format: SACD
Release Date: July 09, 2021
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![Coleridge-Taylor: Heart & Hereafter / Llewellyn, Lepper]()
On SaleColeridge-Taylor: Heart & Hereafter / Llewellyn, Lepper$10.99 Regular price
$16.99Known for her vivid portrayals and full, distinctive voice, Elizabeth Llewellyn has established herself internationally as a dramatic and vocal artist of distinction. She has chosen to offer listeners something new by devoting her debut...
Format: CD
Release Date: May 28, 2021
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![Eastman: Evil N***** / Gay Guerrilla]()
On SaleEastman: Evil N***** / Gay Guerrilla$13.99 Regular price
$20.99The composer Julius Eastman, born in 1940, was not one to fit in. As a homosexual African-American, he was very self-confident about his roots and his sexuality, which is evident in titles like "Evil N*****"...
Format: CD
Release Date: May 21, 2021
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![Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers / Liverman, Sánchez]()
On SaleDreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers / Liverman, Sánchez$12.99 Regular price
$19.99A 2021 GRAMMY Nominee for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album! Fast-rising American operatic baritone Will Liverman, tapped for major roles at principal opera houses across the country, makes his Cedille Records debut as a featured...
Format: CD
Release Date: February 12, 2021
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![Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - Kay: Fantasy Variations & Umbrian Scene / Fagen, VRSO]()
On SaleDawson: Negro Folk Symphony - Kay: Fantasy Variations & Umbrian Scene / Fagen, VRSO$12.99 Regular price
$19.99Dawson’s lone symphony merits more attention than it has received. -New York Times William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 to huge enthusiasm. Its traditional form...
Format: CD
Release Date: June 26, 2020
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