Fifth House Ensemble has been acclaimed for their "conviction, authority, and finesse." (The New York Times) Together with the Mediterranean folk band Baladino, they present this new release with works by Dan Visconti. This is a world-premiere album, featuring eleven new compositions. The title, Nedudim, is Hebrew for "wanderings." Elements of Indian raga, US folk melodies, and Middle Eastern harmonies are found in these tracks, expressing the composer's global perspective.

Eclipse encompasses world-premiere recordings of inventive, virtuosic, and impassioned chamber works, written in a present-day musical language by the strikingly original American composer and pianist Mischa Zupko. Joining him are two close friends and accomplished colleagues, the sublime violinist Sang Mee Lee, who chairs the string department at the Music Institute of Chicago, and internationally renowned cellist Wendy Warner, a protégé of Mstislav Rostropovich. Eclipse explores themes of separation, contrast, and convergence on cosmic as well as intimate levels. In the album’s centerpiece and title track, Eclipse, violin and cello approach like two celestial bodies, their musical lines merging and becoming one luminous entity. Mischa Zupko is currently the composer-in-residence at the Music Institute of Chicago. He has received plaudits from The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and he has been featured in the Chicago Reader and New Music USA’s New Music Box, which called him “a humble, energetic, and constantly searching artist.”