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Geoffrey Agpalo, Nicole Cabell, Haymarket Opera Company - Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges: L'Amant anonyme (2023)

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Geoffrey Agpalo, Nicole Cabell, Haymarket Opera Company - Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges: L'Amant anonyme (2023)

Geoffrey Agpalo, Nicole Cabell, Haymarket Opera Company - Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges: L'Amant anonyme (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:50:15 | 390 / 768 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

Haymarket Opera, Chicago’s premier early opera company that presents historically informed performances played on 18th-century classical era instruments, performs on this world-premiere recording of L’Amant Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover) by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799).
Premiered in 1780, L’Amant Anonyme was the most successful of Bologne’s six operas and is the only one to survive to the present day. Based on a play by the composer’s patroness Félicité de Genlis, who was a respected writer of the era, the work is an opéra comique in two acts composed in the then-popular style that mixed sung parts with spoken dialogue.

Lincoln Trio - Trios from Contemporary Chicago (2022)

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Lincoln Trio - Trios from Contemporary Chicago (2022)

Lincoln Trio - Trios from Contemporary Chicago (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 51:49 | 209 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

The twice-Grammy-nominated, Billboard-charting Lincoln Trio — violinist Desirée Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunliffe, and pianist Marta Aznavoorian — surveys works by five of Chicago’s most highly lauded contemporary composers on an album that features three world-premiere recordings. The Lincoln Trio’s hometown heroes in this project are Shawn E. Okpebholo, Augusta Read Thomas, Shulamit Ran, Mischa Zupko, and Stacy Garrop.Okpebholo’s music has been described as “devastatingly beautiful” and “fresh and new and fearless” (Washington Post). His three-movement city beautiful, a world-premiere recording, evokes the distinctive Chicago architecture of Jeanne Gang’s wavy, water-inspired Aqua skyscraper; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie School masterpiece, the Frederick C. Robie House; and Daniel Burnham’s Beaux-Arts Union Station.

Third Coast Percussion - Perspectives (2022)

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Third Coast Percussion - Perspectives (2022)

Third Coast Percussion - Perspectives (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:14:18 | 333 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

Grammy Award-winning Third Coast Percussion, whose artistry blends “creative fearlessness with reverent precision” (BBC Music Magazine), offers an album of enterprising collaborations and world-premiere recordings of works written or arranged expressly for the Chicago-based percussion quartet, representing four different approaches to composing concert music.

Aznavoorian Duo - Gems from Armenia (2022)

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Aznavoorian Duo - Gems from Armenia (2022)

Aznavoorian Duo - Gems from Armenia (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:15:36 | 283 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

Cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Marta Aznavoorian, each a renowned soloist and chamber musician in her own right, together celebrate the sounds of their ancestral homeland on Gems from Armenia. The album marks the Chicago-raised sisters’ recording debut as the Aznavoorian Duo.Their panoramic survey of Armenian classical music opens with ancient folk songs arranged with haunting harmonies by early 20th-century Orthodox priest, composer, and musicologist Komitas Vardapet.

Alex Klein & Phillip Bush - When There Are No Words: Revolutionary Works for Oboe & Piano (2022)

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Alex Klein & Phillip Bush - When There Are No Words: Revolutionary Works for Oboe & Piano (2022)

Alex Klein & Phillip Bush - When There Are No Words: Revolutionary Works for Oboe & Piano (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 75:46 | 274 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille Records

Grammy Award-winner Alex Klein, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal oboe emeritus, and pianist Phillip Bush perform works by composers from both sides of the Atlantic who were caught up in or deeply moved by 20th-century political turmoil.

Jennifer Koh - Bach & Beyond [5CD] (2021)

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Jennifer Koh - Bach & Beyond [5CD] (2021)

Jennifer Koh - Bach & Beyond [5CD] (2021)
FLAC tracks | 04:16:05 | 1,19 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

Hailed as an “epic traversal of solo violin repertoire” and a “monumental achievement” (Chicago Tribune), American violinist Jennifer Koh’s complete Bach & Beyond recordings, pairing J.S. Bach’s violin sonatas and partitas with 20th- and 21st-century works inspired by Bach’s groundbreaking masterpieces, are now available in a convenient, economical boxed set offering all three albums for the price of two. AllMusic said, “Koh’s series is highly recommended to those in search of an experience that will reward repeated hearings.” Audiophile Audition called it a “remarkable three-disc effort, recommended to all with a good degree of urgency.”

Jennifer Koh - Alone Together (2021)

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Jennifer Koh - Alone Together (2021)

Jennifer Koh - Alone Together (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:36:50 | 365 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

American violinist Jennifer Koh’s new recording, Alone Together is based on her online performance series of the same name, created in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial hardship it has placed on so many in the arts community. The New York Times called Alone Together “a marvel for a time of crisis” and the lineup of composers “more inclusive than anything in mainstream classical music.”

David Schrader - Frank Ferko & Leo Sowerby: Organ Music (2021)

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David Schrader - Frank Ferko & Leo Sowerby: Organ Music (2021)

David Schrader - Frank Ferko & Leo Sowerby: Organ Music (2021)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 2:46:32 | 639 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

Versatile keyboard virtuoso David Schrader, heard on more than two dozen Cedille Records albums, performs attractive 20th- and 21st-century solo organ works by Frank Ferko (b. 1950) and Leo Sowerby (1895–1968), prolific composers known for their organ mastery and closely associated with the city of Chicago.Ferko’s works, all world-premiere recordings, are heard on three different mechanical-action organs at The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Will Liverman & Paul Sánchez - Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers (2021)

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Will Liverman & Paul Sánchez - Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers (2021)

Will Liverman & Paul Sánchez - Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers (2021)
FLAC tracks | 01:00:48 | 243 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cedille

Fast-rising American operatic baritone Will Liverman, tapped for major roles at principal opera houses across the country, makes his Cedille Records debut as a featured artist with Dreams of a New Day, an intimate, heartfelt recital he calls “a passion project . . . years in the making.”Praised for his “unique combination of eloquence and unpretentiousness” (Opera News), Liverman has assembled a program of songs that portray the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the African American experience through poignant texts and expressive musical settings.His new album, with pianist Paul Sánchez, highlights Black composers across generations, from early 20th-century pioneers Henry Burleigh, Margaret Bonds, and Thomas Kerr to Robert Owens, Leslie Adams, and contemporary composers Damien Sneed and Shawn E. Okpebholo.Liverman commissioned Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches, which he recently performed to great acclaim at his Kennedy Center recital in conjunction with his winning the 2020 Marian Anderson Vocal Award. The Washington Post review called the set “absolutely devastating, and one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve heard all year.” This is its world-premiere recording.

Civitas Ensemble - Jin Yin (2020)

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Civitas Ensemble - Jin Yin (2020)

Civitas Ensemble - Jin Yin (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 339 MB | Tracks: 15 | 77:08 min
Style: Classical | Label: Cedille

Chicago’s Civitas Ensemble presents a spectrum of new instrumental works by living Chinese composers, each with a unique perspective on Western and Far Eastern musical sensibilities. Spearheaded by Shanghai-born violinist Yuan-Qing Yu, a Civitas founding member and assistant concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jin Yin (“Golden Tone”) comprises world-premiere recordings of works by Yao Chen, Vivian Fung, and Lu Pei, plus specially made new arrangements of pieces from Zhou Long and Chen Yi.