New Focus Recordings

  • Aylward, Balch, Kurtág & E. Praetorius: Immensity Of... / Departure Duo
    Aylward, Balch, Kurtág & E. Praetorius: Immensity Of... / Departure Duo

    $18.99

    Departure Duo (Nina Guo, soprano and Edward Kass, bass) releases their debut recording, "Immensity Of," including works by Katherine Balch, John Aylward, Emily Praetorius, and György Kurtág. By featuring three works written for them alongside...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 07, 2022

  • Through Broken Time: Works by León, Singleton, Wolfe & More / Grim, Sheppard
    Through Broken Time: Works by León, Singleton, Wolfe & More / Grim, Sheppard

    $18.99

    Flutist Jennifer Grim releases "Through Broken Time," a collection of works at the intersection of Afro-Modernism and post-minimalism, by composers Tania León, Alvin Singleton, David Sanford, Valerie Coleman, Allison Loggins-Hull, and Julia Wolfe. Together with...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 23, 2022

  • Kuehn: Entanglements
    Kuehn: Entanglements

    $18.99

    Composer Mikel Kuehn releases his second recording on New Focus, "Entanglements," featuring three electro-acoustic works alongside ensemble music that highlights his cultivated approach to character, structure, and alternative notation. Featuring performances by Deborah Norin-Kuehn, Conor...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 16, 2022

  • Cordeiro, Czernowin, Gavett, Kozar, Mason, Stebbins & We: Quiver / loadbang
    Cordeiro, Czernowin, Gavett, Kozar, Mason, Stebbins & We: Quiver / loadbang

    $18.99

    loadbang releases their fourth album on New Focus, this time featuring centerpieces by Heather Stebbins and Chaya Czernowin as well as music by ensemble members Jeffrey Gavett and Andy Kozar. New York City-based new music...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 09, 2022

  • Urban Inventory
    Urban Inventory

    $18.99

    Composer Wang Lu's debut full length recording opens with a sonic portrait of a late afternoon in the life of a Chinese city park, with pre-recorded sounds of conversations layered on top of ephemeral gestures...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 16, 2018

  • Unraveling Beethoven / Solomon, DiEugenio
    Unraveling Beethoven / Solomon, DiEugenio

    $18.99

    Violinist Nicholas DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon release their second recording on New Focus- a chronicle of their commissioning project, Unraveling Beethoven. The duo approached several composers, Tonia Ko, David Kirkland Garner, Jesse Jones, Robert...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 26, 2018

  • Trapani: Waterlines / Various
    Trapani: Waterlines / Various

    $18.99

    Rome Prize winner and New Orleans native Christopher Trapani's latest recording is in part inspired by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on his home town. Trapani found himself reaching towards the music of the deep...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 28, 2018

  • Streya / De Prato
    Streya / De Prato

    $18.99

    Austro-Italian violinist Olivia de Prato has been an active performer in New York City's contemporary music community since moving there in 2005 As a member of critically acclaimed ensembles, the Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Signal, and...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 02, 2018

  • Simplicity Itself / New Morse Code
    Simplicity Itself / New Morse Code

    $18.99

    As their name suggests, contemporary music duo New Morse Code (cellist Hannah Collins and percussionist Michael Compitello) prioritize communication in their performances. Their new recording, Simplicity Itself, is a document of their wonderful balance between...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 22, 2017

  • Saxovoce / Ogni Suono
    Saxovoce / Ogni Suono

    $18.99

    This ambitious debut release by Cleveland based saxophone duo Ogni Suono (Noa Even and Phil Pierick) explores new works, all written for the group, that extend the range of their instruments to include singing, speaking,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 07, 2018

  • Resounding Earth / Third Coast Percussion [includes Dvd]
    Resounding Earth / Third Coast Percussion [includes Dvd]

    $18.99

    Resounding Earth is a new work by Augusta Read Thomas written for University of Notre Dame resident ensemble Third Coast Percussion exploring the rich and evocative sound world of bells. The release includes two discs,...


    Format: CD + DVD

    Release Date: October 29, 2013

  • Jurg Frey: More Or Less
    Jurg Frey: More Or Less

    $18.99

    Chicago based ensemble a.pe.ri.od.ic’s inaugural release “more or less” presents three recent ensemble works by Swiss composer Jürg Frey. Frey is a long time member of the Wandelweiser Collective, a group of composers devoted to...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 09, 2014

  • Haas: Trois Hommages / Kwan
    Haas: Trois Hommages / Kwan

    $18.99

    Pianist Mabel Kwan releases the premiere recording of Georg Friedrich Haas' Trois Hommages, a beguiling work for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart and played by one performer. Dedicated to Steve Reich, Gyorgy Ligeti,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 21, 2018

  • Garden of Diverging Paths / Mivos Quartet
    Garden of Diverging Paths / Mivos Quartet

    $18.99

    Mivos Quartet is one of today's most adventurous ensembles. For their newest release, Garden of Diverging Paths, they feature three new works by American-based composers Andrew Greenwald, Taylor Brook, and Kate Soper. These compositions are...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 10, 2016

  • Engage / Modney
    Engage / Modney

    $23.99

    Violinist Josh Modney presents this release highlighting his remarkable versatility as a performer, collaborator, and improviser. The album is elegantly cohesive across the entire program, as concerns with alternate intonation systems, experimental approaches to timbre,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 03, 2018