Ulysses Arts' director, James Ross, comments: 'This is the most ambitious series or releases in our history. We are proud to be presenting this outstanding range of new music, great performers and ensembles, including musicians from the UK, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Hungary. Collectively, these five albums include the work of nineteen living composers, showing classical music today as a thriving, evolving art form, full of energy and imagination.'
22 September: Paul Henley Piano Works Duncan Honeybourne, piano Piano Sonatas No. 1, 2 and 3; Five Epigrams; Suite; Adagietto UA230060 |
29 September: Todd Mason Violin Concerto & Chamber Suite Tosca Opdam, violin; Budapest Scoring Orchestra; Péter Illényi, conductor UA230080 |
6 October: All Shall be Amen Caritas Chamber Choir, directed by Benedict Preece New choral music by Gabriel Jackson, Cecilia McDowall, Phillip Cooke, Sarah Cattley, Eric Choate, Benedict Preece, Neil Wright, Andrew Smith and David Conte. UA230120 |
3 November: Neoteric Ensemble Volume 1 Toby Street, James Fountain, Sarah Field, Rob Buckland, Richard Watkin, Adrian Miotti New music for brass and saxophone sextet by Rob Buckland, Misha Mullov-Abado, Andy Panayi, Charlotte Harding, Toby Street, Dan Jenkins and Mark Nightingale. UA220001 |
10 November: Soliloquies Songs by Messiaen, Chausson, Frank Bridge, Hanns Eisler and Paul Willot-Förster Maria Hegele, mezzo-soprano and Anna Szałucka, with Connie Pharoah, viola and Emily Turkanik, violin. UA230090 |