• Personae

    Catalog #: NV6016

    Release Date: January 8, 2016

    Romantic
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    On her Navona Records release PERSONAE, pianist Beth Levin presents works from Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Anders Eliasson (1947-2013), and Robert Schumann (1810-1856) that highlight each composer’s unique voice and style. Praised by Jeremy Eichler of the New York Times for her “boldly inflected readings and impressive ability to convey emotion without exhibition,” Levin animates the personalities of each composer with aplomb, passion, and elegance.

  • My Cup Runneth Over

    Catalog #: NV6013

    Release Date: November 13, 2015

    20th Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    Composer, pianist, teacher, poet, and writer, Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) is regarded as one of the most important musicians in American history, lauded in his lifetime as the first American composer to fuse African American folk idioms with the European art music tradition in a sophisticated way. On his debut album on Navona Records, MY CUP RUNNETH OVER, pianist Clipper Erickson presents the first complete collection of Dett’s piano works, a milestone for American music discography.

  • Andalusian Fantasy

    Catalog #: NV5999

    Release Date: May 1, 2015

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    The Spanish tradition of flamenco music, by way of Paco Peña and Paco de Lucia, has significantly influenced the classical music world. Now composer and pianist Lionel Sainsbury explores the fiery passion and harmonic tension of flamenco on his latest Navona Records release ANDALUSIAN FANTASY.

  • Time, Still

    Catalog #: NV5998

    Release Date: April 14, 2015

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Choir
    Piano
    Saxophone

    Don't mistake the inference in the title of Emmy Award-winning composer Bruce Babcock's multi-faceted new Navona Records album TIME, STILL - the music is serious and contemplative at points to be sure, but the effervescence of Babcock's metrically shifting style and sound percolates to the surface throughout.

  • All The Way Back

    Catalog #: NV5992

    Release Date: April 14, 2015

    Romantic
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    On his debut Navona Records release, ALL THE WAY BACK, pianist and composer Vytautas Smetona presents a collection of keyboard repertoire that highlights his enthralling and committed interpretations of some of the great composers' masterworks as well as an example of his faculty as a cultivated and dynamic composer.

  • Felt

    Catalog #: NV5987

    Release Date: February 10, 2015

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    FELT, a compilation for solo piano offered by Navona Records, presents an array of techniques and themes to illustrate the piano's dexterous capacity for limitless expression and tonal colors.

  • John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes/In a Landscape

    Catalog #: NV5984

    Release Date: November 11, 2014

    20th Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    On her debut Navona Records album, JOHN CAGE: SONATAS AND INTERLUDES / IN A LANDSCAPE, pianist Kate Boyd performs two pieces by John Cage (1912-1992) that exemplify his range of compositional intuition and invention.

  • Haydn and the English Lady

    Catalog #: NV5981

    Release Date: November 11, 2014

    Classical
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    When listening to keyboardist Patrick Hawkins playing an 1831 William Geib square piano on his debut Navona Records release, HAYDN AND THE ENGLISH LADY, one can imagine men and women in elegant silk gowns and suits gathered in an opulently decorated drawing room of an 18th-century English estate. This collection of piano works by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and Maria Hester Park (1760-1813) illustrate the diversity and refinement of Classical repertoire.

  • Sound and Fury

    Catalog #: NV5978

    Release Date: November 11, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    Piano Trio

    From the serenity of the Smoky Mountains to the abstraction and boldness of Kandinsky's paintings, composer Paul Osterfield's debut solo Navona Records album SOUND AND FURY pulls inspiration from several experiences which the composer translates into refined, stimulating, and expressive chamber pieces.

  • The Golden Galaxy

    Catalog #: NV5971

    Release Date: September 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Organ
    Piano

    THE GOLDEN GALAXY, Navona Record's fourth release of works by the late French composer Yves Ramette (1921-2012), presents works for organ, an instrument which Ramette found to be expressive, dynamic, and warm in color, especially after his position as organist at Église Saint Ferdinand de Ternes in Paris, where he played the church's now replaced Cavaillé-Coll organ. This album is particularly significant in the catalog of this prolific composer since it is the first to feature Ramette both as the composer and the performer.

  • Clementi Grand

    Catalog #: NV5966

    Release Date: August 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    What must it feel like to play an instrument that is one of seven known to exist in the world and is two hundred years old? Pianists Shuko Watanabe and Timothy Gaylard know this feeling, playing works written by Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) on a Clementi grand fortepiano in pieces on the Navona Records release, CLEMENTI GRAND.

  • Spectra

    Catalog #: NV5964

    Release Date: August 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    Violin

    Continuing the mission of the original Capstone Records series by the Connecticut Composers, Inc., this debut Navona Records release of the same name, SPECTRA, highlights six contemporary composers from northeastern United States, who reflect the diversity and progression of today's music.

  • Pendulum

    Catalog #: NV5963

    Release Date: August 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Flute
    Piano
    Violin

    The 28th edition of the Society of Composers, Inc. release series and the 4th on Navona Records, PENDULUM extrapolates and elaborates on several themes relating to variation, transformation, repetition, and more.

  • Ritornello

    Catalog #: NV5956

    Release Date: August 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    String Quartet

     On RITORNELLO composer and pianist Curt Cacioppo revisits the beloved country of Italy, recalling places, friends, Italian tales, Don Giovanni, and more to create a detailed sonic story about his experiences and Italian heritage. 

  • Cipher

    Catalog #: NV5962

    Release Date: July 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    Oftentimes in our technology-driven global society, words can become obscured in meanings and associations depending on how they are interpreted or translated. On the other hand, music in its abstraction often can prompt more concrete interpretations. Composer Michael J. Evans explores the relationships between words, music, and meaning on his latest release on Navona Records, CIPHER.

  • A Keyboard Odyssey

    Catalog #: NV5961

    Release Date: July 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    Composer Sydney Hodkinson's second Navona Records release, A KEYBOARD ODYSSEY, is a journey through the world of the solo keyboard, exploring the versatility and spirit of both the piano and organ through the composer's perceptive style.

  • Rational Passions

    Catalog #: NV5960

    Release Date: July 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano
    Piano Trio
    String Quartet

    RATIONAL PASSIONS, Greg Bowers' debut release on Navona Records, takes its listeners on a trip through the psychological world of music. Each piece explores the relationship between the notes played and the emotions experienced, suggesting that emotional meaning can be rationalized.

  • Sunlight & Storms

    Catalog #: NV5951

    Release Date: May 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    SUNLIGHT AND STORMS, composer and pianist Lionel Sainsbury's debut solo release on Navona Records, illustrates emotions from the peaceful to the tempestuous, and many more besides. A retrospective of the composer's piano music, spanning almost 20 years of his career, the album ranges from tangos to toccatas, character pieces to ostinatos.

  • Tetrahedron Dreams

    Catalog #: NV5947

    Release Date: April 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Vocal Music
    Choir
    Piano

    Drawing from a diverse set of genres and stylistic sources including atonal, folk, chant, dance, and more, Alexandra Ottaway's solo Navona Records debut TETRAHEDRON DREAMS presents a singular and striking listening experience.

  • For The Young Artist

    Catalog #: NV5942

    Release Date: January 1, 2014

    21st Century
    Solo Instrumental
    Piano

    FOR THE YOUNG ARTIST, Michael Glenn Williams' debut on Navona Records, pursues the tradition of hearing a composer's works performed by a world-class musician. Sean Chen, a rising star pianist who had his 2013 break through winning the prestigious American Pianists Association DeHaan Classical Fellow Award and the Crystal Award at the Van Cliburn Piano Competition, performs the works of Williams.