Navona Records

FINE MUSIC from Grammy® and Pulitzer Prize winning artists to new and undiscovered voices in the classical tradition


Navona Records is a classical label imprint of audio production house PARMA Recordings. Navona offers listeners a fresh taste of today's leading innovators in orchestral, chamber, instrumental, and experimental music as well as prime pieces of classic repertoire. Our music is meticulously performed by the finest musicians and handpicked to ensure the most rewarding listening experience. more

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Announcements:

  • 5/14/2013

    Gregory W. Brown's Missa Charles Darwin is now available on iTunes!

    Our May albums are now available for pre-order on Amazon. Click the album art to the right to the links.

  • 3/26/2013

    MOTO PERPETUO, CROSS CONNECTION, and IMAGINARY SYMPHONY AND OTHER TALES are now available! Visit the catalog pages for more info and purchase links.

  • 2/26/2013

    PACIFIC RIDGE and AL COMBATE are now available! Visit the catalog pages for more info and purchase links.

  • 2/6/2013

    PACIFIC RIDGE and AL COMBATE are available for pre-order. Visit the catalog pages for the links.

  • 1/29/2013

    Visit the catalog pages for ISLAS, MESSENGER, THE MUSIC OF SPARKY DAVIS, SHAKESPEARE'S MEMORY, and KEYBOARD3 for more information, audio samples, and purchase links.

  • 11/13/2012

    Our November releases are now available. Click the album art above to pick up your copies.

    Visit our blog for more info on each album.

  • 10/30/2012

    Our October releases are now available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, and many others. Click the album art above to pick up your copies.

    Visit our blog for more info on each album.

  • 10/16/2012

    Our October releases are now available for pre-order on Amazon. Click the album art to the right to place an order.

    Samuel Adler's WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET AND OTHER SMALL ENSEMBLES is available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon MP3, and many more. Click the art above to download the triple-album retrospective.

  • 9/25/2012

    Our September releases are now available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, and more. Click the album art above to pick up your copies of LOCK & KEY, LA LEYENDA DEL KAKUY, and QUADRANTS.

    Visit our blog for more info on each release.

  • 8/28/2012

    Our August releases are now available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, and more. Click the album art above to pick up a copy of SEEKING & FINDING, PARADIGMS, and PAPER CLIPS.

    Visit our blog for more info on each release.

  • This is what evolution sounds like: the genetic sequence of Platyspiza crassirostis (one of Darwin's Finches) translated into notes, subjected to genetic and musical processes, and set to texts by Charles Darwin - all placed within the format of the traditional Mass. The result is rising American composer Gregory W. Brown's Missa Charles Darwin, a secular Mass using texts from Darwin's On the Origin of Species and other writings. The piece, a collaboration between Brown and New York Polyphony bass Craig Phillips (who compiled and edited the texts) venerates Darwin as a seeker—a man who went against the grain in search of explanations and connections in the natural world. Casting the project in the form of a Mass creates clever parallels between the original liturgical form and Darwin's writings, pitting (for instance) the Mass's appeals for mercy against the coldness of natural selection. The piece's many interrelated passages and evocations of symmetry—present in both the traditional mass and this new work—underscore the beauty and eloquence of Darwin's writings.