Experiential orchestra is proud to be named a 2021 Grammy® Winner for our world premiere recording of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison (1930)
The recording itself took place in February, 2019, and was released 31 July in the UK, and 7 August 2020 in the US. This release date coincided with the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, in recognition of Smyth’s role in the suffragette movement in England.
DAME ETHEL SMYTH
THE PRISON
Out of the tunnel
Unabridged - danielle eva schwob
Track: “Traveling North” with Ashley Jackson, harp
Phoenix Ensemble
Clarinet Quintets
The Phoenix Ensemble’s latest album JOHANNES BRAHMS / ELLIOTT CARTER: CLARINET QUINTETS is, of course, masterful. The Phoenix Ensemble now looks back on almost three decades of being a fixture in the national chamber music scene, focusing on performances and recordings of 20th- and 21st-century music. Indeed, it may be this particular specialization in complex musical structures that allows the musicians to explore Brahms' late quintet with the previously unheard thoroughness and careful reconnaissance displayed on this album.
“Anna Urrey and Mark Lieb are solid in the Carter duo, and their effort here should inspire flutists and clarinetists looking for a challenge”
—American Record Guide
New York Pretending
to Be Paris
The 19 Mercer Ensemble
“This is a delightful disc. Eric Schorr has a near-Schubertian way with melody, although the setting, in terms of musical language, is closer to musical theater. It might look like a short playing time, but his is a wonderfully satisfying musical experience. The subtitle, “Songs of Remembrance and Desire,” sums it all up perfectly…. (Fanfare)A captivating disc…Songs are brimming with melody…Schorr embraces the opportunity to depict musically the profound emotional responses to instances of daily life. His music is affecting and brimming with humanity. Puccini was a master of this approach, and Schorr’s songs are a worthy successor to that tradition.”
—Fanfare
