Musici Ireland proudly presents their debut album with Métier – a captivating collection of chamber works by living Irish composers, each recorded for the first time. Among the featured works is the newly commissioned “EARTHRISE,” a powerful Concerto for viola and chamber ensemble by Liam Bates, commissioned by violist Beth McNinch, adding an important new […]

Gramophone Magazine’s Orchestra of the Year Award Nominees have been released for 2024, and the Czech Philharmonic has been honored with a selection! As part of their nomination, the recent release of Chromosphere received a spotlight for what made this “a thoroughbred orchestra of immaculate virtuosity.” “That the Czech Philharmonic should have brought such rich […]

Malcolm Williamson Chamber Music Vol 1 (Release date first quarter 2025 tbc) Antony Gray (piano), members of the St Paul’s Sinfonia, Matt Scott Rogers (conductor), selected soloists and ensemble players. In 2025 Divine Art will release the first volume in a series featuring the chamber music of Sir Malcolm Williamson, 50 years since the composer’s […]

The Divine Art Recordings Group was sad to hear of the recent passing of German composer Wolfgang Rihm at the age of 72. The Métier Label has been proud to have two albums featuring his Lieder from soprano Clare Lesser and pianist David Lesser, and is thrilled to be releasing Carolyn Enger‘s recording of his […]

Pianist Peter Seivewright is celebrating his 70th Birthday with a celebratory series of recitals at St. Mark’s Unitarian Church in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Tickets may be purchased at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Box Office and the Venue. Peter Seivewright Recordings

The British new-music label Métier (part of the Divine Art Recordings Group) has built a strong relationship over the last few years with composers from the Republic of Ireland including the September 2024 release of ‘The Tyndall Effect’ with music by Graínne Mulvey and the impending appearance of a chamber music album by Musici Ireland. This […]

Almost every family has a member who falls with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or other form of mental degeneration and work into help for sufferers allowing them to enjoy a longer and more dignified life is of utmost importance. One of the charity albums we’ve made is ‘Mind Music’ – a proportion of proceeds go to Parkinsons […]

Dr. Gary Lemco’s program, “The Music Treasury” on Stanford University’s KZSU-FM, will feature a program in tribute to pianist Burkard Schliessmann on Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 7 PM Pacific. Listen online at kzsulive.stanford.edu. Program Program Transcript Preview: BURKARD SCHLIESSMANN is regarded as one of the most influential pianists of the modern era. He has […]

Works written for the Kreutzer Quartet and Roderick Chadwick by Gloria Coates, Tom Metcalf, Sadie Harrison and Joel Järventausta The Kreutzer Quartet is celebrated for decades of collaborating with composers.  These range from many world-renowned figures, including Hans Werner Henze, Judith Weir, George Rochberg, David Matthews and Poul Ruders, to hundreds of young artists, many of whom […]

Sheffield-born composer Wilfred Heaton (1918-2000) is a household name in the brass band world, where some of his early worlds enjoy ‘classic’ status. After his death a ‘hidden’ side of his creativity came to light when manuscripts of orchestral and instrumental music were discovered in which he used to call his “unregarded corner”.  With this release, Murray […]

Divine Art Recordings Group is delighted to announce the signing of Singaporean pianist Clarisse Teo who will feature in one of the year’s most significant recordings, a four-CD set (and digital album) containing all 14 of the superb Piano Concertos by the 20th century Soviet composer Anatoly Alexandrov (1888-1982) which will be scheduled for release before the end of 2024.  Clarisse has […]

Following the success of a recent album of music by French-Lebanese composer Naji Hakim for organ and other solo instruments, Métier will produce a new collection of Hakim’s music for cello performed by French Cellist Gwendeline Lumaret. The recording is to be made in Paris on 5th and 6th July, and is likely to see release towards the end of this year. […]

New-music specialist label Métier Records is announcing two substantial sets of seminally important contemporary works for piano: a 2-CD set of music by Horaţiu Rădulescu and a four-disc omnibus of music by Michael Finnissy, performed by premier Métier artist Ian Pace.  Both sets have been recorded over the last two years and the label team hope to schedule release of both in […]

Leading New-Music label Métier Records announces two albums of modern vocal music from husband-and-wife team Clare and David Lesser, featuring the music of John Cage and Michael Finnissy. Both will be scheduled for release in the autumn. The first album brings together several of John Cage’s lesser-known works for voice, percussion, and radios. Cage explored the possibilities of radio throughout his […]

Divine Art’s new-music label Métier welcomes acclaimed pianist Carolyn Enger to its quickly-growing international roster for a new album to be released in the summer. Resonating Earth features the music from Enger’s multimedia project of the same name. The program directly links classical music performance to environmentalism and conservation efforts with a bold aesthetic. A […]

The English composer Justin Connolly (1933-2020) is the subject of an inspirational new album to be released later this year  by Divine Art/Métier. In a 1988 interview Pierre Boulez spoke about the British music that interested him during what he described as ‘golden years’ in London. He named only five composers (with Britten and Tippett notable […]

Foremost British organist Kevin Bowyer makes his first appearance on the Divine Art label with a recording of two symphonies for organ by James Cook. This will be the ninth album of Cook’s music from Divine Art, ranging from operatic extracts, many organ works, and sacred choral and vocal compositions.  The two works on this new album are his Symphony No […]

David Lumsdaine (1931-2024) was an Australian composer, who studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music before moving to England in 1952. He attended the Royal Academy of Music in London studying composition and subsequenetly lectured at Durham University (where he founded and directed the Electronic Music Studio)  and Kings College London. In the […]

In the heart of Berlin, from August 28th to September 2nd, 2023, a remarkable musical endeavour took place at the renowned Teldex Studios. Pianist Burkard Schliessmann, immersed in years of intensive study of Robert Schumann’s oeuvre, embarked on a profound recording project.

International Piano has recently published some fantastic spotlights of Divine Art recording artist Burkard Schliessmann. In combination with coming interviews and rave reviews in Fanfare magazine, we felt we needed to put all of these in one easy-to-read location: In the December 2023 issue of International Piano, Peter J Rabinowitz offers a survey of the […]