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“I first met Ryan De Ryke and Daniel Schlosberg in 2014 when they appeared in my composition class at Columbia College Chicago. … I contacted them later and suggested we might record some of my songs. The first batch we tried was Three Sandburg Songs, which I had just finished.” —Doug Lofstrom

Friday's Diversions label debut of composer Doug Lofstrom, #MythsAndAccidents, features the world premiere recordings of three song cycles, as well as the first recorded excerpts from Lofstrom’s opera Two Soldiers. Listen to “Eden” from the “All Must End” song cycle, performed by Ryan de Ryke and Daniel Schlosberg, when you pre-save on #AppleMusicClassical and more: listn.fm/mythsandaccidents

Producer Paul Hindmarsh takes you into the Wilfred Heaton Piano Sonata on the upcoming October 10 release, Discovering Wilfred Heaton! Pre-order and pre-save now at listn.fm/discoveringwilfredheaton

Don't miss the title work from Rob Hao's new Palimpsest album in Deezer's Classical New Releases playlist! ▶️ in bio

Divine Art is thrilled to present the debut release of Australian pianist Rob Hao — Palimpsest!

We couldn't be more thrilled to share that @hhaidar's #Zaytoun on Athene has been selected as the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Choice for the October 2025 issue! See the feature and review on newsstands today!

Don't miss James Gilchrist and Nathan Williamson on the Lieder können fliegen (Lieder can fly) podcast discussing their new recording of The Songs of Thomas Pitfield! Listen on all podcast platforms or in our bio link.

Lovely to see @conspirareatx new #advena release in the @Spotify New Classical picks! Listen in the playlist and add the complete album to your library all via our bio link!

🎉 OUT TODAY! GRAMMY Award-winning choir @conspirareatx and Artistic Director @craighella254 present “advena: liturgies for a broken world”, featuring world premieres of choral music from @mark_buller_composer and librettists @leahlax120 and @basspoemeuan. Listen now ➡️ listn.fm/advena

On 19 September, Métier presents a landmark 4-disc deluxe box set from pianist Ian Pace in commanding performances of music by composer Michael Finnissy!

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