This new release features favorite flute masterpieces which are staples in the flutist’s repertoire. New and old works are featured, including pieces from Hamilty Harty, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Franz Doppler, Carl Reinecke, and Cecile Chaminade. Margaret Cornils Luke began studying piano at five, then flute two years later. She was awarded multiple educational awards to study flute, and received her master’s degree in Flute Performance from Northern Illinois University. She is an active composer, and her recorded works are widely published. She continues to teach privately, perform master classes all over the country, and perform alongside the greatest ensembles and soloists in the nation.

In Letters to My Future Self, American composer and violist Nick Revel takes us on a musical journey of a constantly morphing Soundscape of styles and genres. This is all performed on viola, but some tracks also have cello, a guitar, or a second viola. This is a fascinating and enjoyable musical experience. Nick Revel is a violist, composer, improviser, and educator. He is a violist in PUBLIQuartet, string quartet, Folie à Deux, and New York String Studio, which he co-created with his wife and fellow violist Nora. The NY String Studio teaching philosophy draws on methods of self-awareness practices, Suzuki Method, Alexander Technique, meditation, and Madeline Bruser’s “The Art of Practicing.” He also founded the chamber music program at the Talent Education Suzuki School in Norwalk, CT, where he has coached string quartets for five years. Letters to My Future Self is Nick’s debut solo album.

Dinos Constantinides, the LSU Boyd Professor of Composition, Director of the prestigious LSU Festival of Contemporary Music for 22 years, and Music Director of the Louisiana Sinfonietta presents a collection of his compositions that feature Constantinides' Grecian ancestral influences interwoven through the broad range of idioms he has composed within.

Baroque harpsichordist, chamber musician and professor of music at University of Illinois School of Music, Charlotte Mattax Moersch's 5th release takes us into Jean Henry D'Anglebert's Pieces de Clavecin (Pieces for Keyboard) composed in 1689. While D'Anglebert may not be as well known today as some of his Baroque brethren, in his day he was considered amongst the more notable composers of the harpsichord and Moersch's playing reveals why.

The Apollo Ensemble is like a chameleon. Sometimes a baroque orchestra, other times a duo, trio, or septet. But whatever form it takes, the ensemble’s musicians are always driven by a common passion. They are gripped by the wonder that period music can sound, once again, brand new. The Apollo Ensemble explores and plays repertoire from a period spanning more than two centuries, from about 1600 to 1850. They are well-versed in Baroque, Classical, and Romantic performance practice. Because the size of the ensemble can vary greatly, this repertoire is extremely broad and diverse. Moreover, the variation in occupancy can variation and additional color to concert programs. Where else can you find a symphony and a trio sonata side by side? On this album, three members perform- David Rabinovich, violin, Marion Boshuizen, harpsichord, and Cassiandra Luckhardt, viola da gamba.

This CD Is the Sixth Centaur Records Release in Which Michael Tunnell Played a Featured Role. Sadly, Mr. Tunell Died Far Too Soon in Late 2014. This Album, a Testament to His Artistry, Was Recorded Between June 2012 - March 2014 and Features a Total of Ten Contemporary Works for Which Mr. Tunnell Played the Corno Da Caccia, or Circular Flugelhorn. Michael Was One of the Players Engaged By Director Steven Spielberg to Play Civil War Trumpets in a Scene Reenacting President Abraham Lincoln's Visit to Celebrate the Union Victory at Petersburg, Va. In the Movie Lincoln.

Pianist Sophia Agranovich has been called “a tigress of the keyboard.” She is an acclaimed soloist and sought after chamber musician as well as a recording artist and educator. She has performed across the United States, Europe, Israel, and Canada in solo recitals as well as alongside all of the most respected orchestras. For this release, Sophia has chosen Robert Schumann’s Carnaval and Fantasie. Carnaval, Op. 9, was written in 1834-35 and consists of 21 short pieces which represent masked revelers at Carnival, the festival before Lent. The Fantasie in C major Op. 17 is dedicated to Franz Liszt. It is known amongst pianists as one of Schumann’s greatest works for solo piano, and is one of the most important works of the early Romantic period.

This Is the Debut Album By Ekaterina Gavrilova, the Fast-Rising Russian Soprano Currently Soloist at the Voronezh State Opera. Her Recital, Recorded Feb.-Mar. 2014 at the Voronezh Musical College Concert Hall, Is a Seventeen-Song Affair, Opening with Two Songs of Franz Liszt Followed By Three Richard Strauss Songs, All Famous, and a Dozen More By the Creme de la Creme of 19th C. Art Song Practitioners, Including Schubert, Schumann and Faure, and One Song, Iris By Daniel Wolf, of Modern Vintage.

A Manitoba, Canada native and Eastman School double Doctorate holder (1), pianist Jeremy Samolesky's debut Centaur venture is a two-composer program of Chopin Etudes (3), Nocturnes (2) and the magnificent Fantasie in f, op. 49 coupled with the first of Prokofiev's three Wartime Sonatas, the fiendishly difficult the No. 6, op 82 (1940). As a concerto soloist, Mr. Samolesky performs regularly with orchestras throughout the U.S. and Canada in additional to his international concert appearances. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Piano at Auburn University in Alabama.

Pianist Oscar Macchioni, a native of Argentina, is a passionate performer of Latin American music. His diverse repertoire, taking in musical styles and composers of all periods, from Soler and Brahms to Piazzolla and Bolcom, is brought into high relief on Latin-American Duos, in partnership with violinist Mark Schuppener. Together, they offer a program of works that includes a trifecta of pieces by the great 20th c. Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla, two by the Mexican Manuel Ponce, as well as works by Guastavino, Floro M. Ugarte, and William Bolcom, elder statesman of American composers.

From Taiwan, Chenpei (Cindy) Lin came to the US in 1984 for further music study. She received her BoA in piano performance from The Chinese Culture University in Taiwan and received a MoA in piano performance from The University of Memphis. While working on her Master degree, she also completed the courses for Suzuki Piano Pedagogy and was certified as a Suzuki Piano instructor through The Suzuki Association of America. She has been teaching Suzuki Piano at The University of Memphis Community Music School since 1985. Her new Centaur release highlights French Character Pieces of the 19th -20th c.

Many important Jewish composers lost their lives in the Holocaust, Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942), one of the greats of his generation, being but one among many. This disc features his Third Sonata from 1927, among other works. Israeli pianist Michal Tal enjoys an intensive and versatile international career. She is invited frequently for concerts and masterclasses in the USA, the Far East and Europe, as well as judging in international piano competitions. Dr. Tal's huge repertoire expands from Haydn to Ligeti and Berio, along with numerous premieres by Israeli composers.

This album features some of finest works for solo Viola da Gamba of the 17th-18th centuries, including Georg Philipp Telemann's Suite in D. +San Francisco-based John Dornenburg teaches music history and literature at Cal State, Sacremento and is also a member of the music faculty at Stanford University. +As a viola da gamba soloist, he has performed widely in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and across the U.S. +His discography includes more than two-dozen recordings.

This is Volume 1 in a 5-volume edition of the keyboard works of CPE Bach. Preethi de Silva, a specialist in this repertoire, performs on harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano.

Pianist Willis Delony explores the boundaries between classical music and Jazz. Works on this release include Joseph Makholm: Three Conceptions; Django Reinhardt: Nuages; Bill Evans: In Memory of His Father; Antonio Carlos Jobim: How Insensitive and Stevie Wonder: If It’s Magic, among others. Professor of Keyboard Studies & Professor of Jazz Studies at LSU, Mr. Delony has won acclaim as a classical and jazz pianist, conductor, composer and arranger. His concert explorations of the jazz and classical piano worlds are showcased in a series of Centaur label recordings.