June 17, 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya. Known, rather unfairly, as ‘The Lady with the Hammer’ due to her regular use of uncompromising and heavy rhythms and massive chord clusters, her music actually has a great deal of variety and uniqueness, setting her apart from just about every other composer, […]

We are very sorry to learn of the death of composer John Joubert at the age of 91.  A music academic at the universities of Hull and Birmingham for 36 years, Joubert took early retirement in 1986 to concentrate on composing and remained active.  Though perhaps best known for his choral music, particularly the carols Torches and There […]

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SHOP NOW Our monthly ‘featured album’ for January 2019  is a superb orchestral concert by the Moores Symphony Orchestra of Houston Texas, conducted by Franz Krager. It includes works by Percy Grainger (arranged by Merlin Patterson), Peter Lieuwen, Robert Nelson, and Thomas Fortmann. Enjoy this superb album (CD or digital) half price during January! Grainger/Fortmann/Lieuwen/Nelson: Orchestral […]

Best wishes to all our customers, artists and supporters for a super 2019!

Divine Art Records will release a new album of chamber works for Horn in the spring of 2019 featuring Maltese horn player Etienne Cutajar. The program will include a range of major works from Beethoven and Brahms to contemporary compositions and also features Carmine Lauri (violin) and John Reid (piano). The recording has been produced under the […]

Lydia Kakabadse, composer of the “instantly enjoyable” 2016 choral album ‘Cantica Sacra’, will soon record new choral and vocal works for her album entitled Ithaka. The name, Ithaka (a track from her choral work Odyssey), is symbolic of a person’s journey through life – a journey whose destination is the richness of wisdom, knowledge and […]

The wind ensemble London Myriad  has signed with Métier (the new-music arm of Divine Art) and are producing an album of 20th century music for wind for release in mid 2019 (exact date not yet set). The recording includes one world premiere and several works of fascinating variety, for the quartet line-up of Julie Groves […]

A new digital music platform has recently opened in Berlin. IDAGIO will service the German speaking community specifically and the entire Divine Art group catalog is available at www.idagio.com

The British guitarist Sam Cave will release his debut album of contemporary works for guitar with Métier Records early next year. The young musician graduated from the Royal College of Music and is currently a visiting tutor at Brunel University in London. Sam has a busy solo and chamber concert schedule in Europe and further afield, […]

Gráinne Mulvey and Christopher Fox will each perform an excerpt from their recent electronic ‘Aeolus/untouch’ album, as part of a CD launch event on 7 November in Dublin. Mulvey’s Aeolus was created to compliment an installation sculpture Spatial Reverberation by Mark Garry and refers to the Aeolus keeper of the winds in Homer’s Odyssey, while Fox’s untouch is […]

Whilst political differences hamper relations with the government of Iran, its people, like most of us, just want to live as friends. One bridge which can span between cultures is music and so a new album of chamber music by two leading Iranian composers, coming soon from Métier (the new-music arm of Divine Art), certainly […]

September 26th is George Gershwin’s 120th birthday. Gershwin managed the divide between popular and classical music better than anyone else; writing his first hit song ‘Swanee’ in 1919 and ‘An American in Paris’ in 1928, at the age of 30. With his brother Ira’s witty lyrics, Gershwin wrote hit songs for stage and screen and his […]

The 2018 autumn sale starts on Friday September 14. Special prices available to all newsletter subscribers at 20% off all audio (digital and CD). Not a subscriber? Go to the link at the bottom of the homepage and sign up for your special voucher code!

The many fans of our Russian Piano Music series may be wondering what new additions will be coming in the future, as it is 18 months or so since the last volume (12) was released. The good news is that preparations are well under way for three more instalments in the series, all featuring the […]

One of the finest British artists passed away earlier this year. Dennis Creffield, who was perhaps best known for his commissioned drawings of every cathedral in England, has work in the collections of major international institutions, such as the Tate Gallery, The British Museum, Arts Council of England, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art […]

“Simon Leach’s CD “Embrace of Fire” at the organ of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester is a must! It includes top class interpretations of a contrasted program of my works. Very poetical all the way through, with colourful registrations, in perfect balance with the excellent and expressive playing of great artists […]

The new recording from Divine Art for this year’s Christmas season celebrates the Greek tradition of singing carols on Christmas Eve (the “Kalanda”). Greek-Cypriot composer Cilia Petridou has written many carols, settings of texts by Greek authors and a full program of these is presented on the new album ‘The Mystery of Christmas: Carols of Joy and Celebration’ […]

We are delighted to announce the release of the double digital album “Voyages”, showcasing new original music written by the acclaimed composer Jonathan Östlund. This album, scheduled for release in February 2019, is a collection of exciting new repertoire including works for solo instruments, vocal, various chamber ensembles, organ works, as well as works for […]

In the baroque era, composers often prepared two or more versions of works for different instruments to accommodate those without access to everything. Charles Avison was one such composer. His Opus 9 Concerti Grossi were advertised as being playable in several ways with optional continuos, substation of instruments etc. and even as keyboard solos. The […]