New Focus Recordings
@newfocuslabel.bsky.social
Independent NYC creative music recording label
Coming out this Friday — Michael Hersch: Medea
Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses in a new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social with librettist Stephanie Fleischmann
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea
Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses in a new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social with librettist Stephanie Fleischmann
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Coming out this Friday — Michael Hersch: Medea
Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses in a new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social with librettist Stephanie Fleischmann
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea
Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses in a new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, Schola Heidelberg and @musikfabrik.bsky.social with librettist Stephanie Fleischmann
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/medea
Coming out this Friday — The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University
Five new orchestral works by faculty composers from Brown University, Wang Lu, Anthony Cheung, Joseph Butch Rovan, and Eric Nathan
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-21...
Five new orchestral works by faculty composers from Brown University, Wang Lu, Anthony Cheung, Joseph Butch Rovan, and Eric Nathan
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-21...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Coming out this Friday — The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University
Five new orchestral works by faculty composers from Brown University, Wang Lu, Anthony Cheung, Joseph Butch Rovan, and Eric Nathan
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-21...
Five new orchestral works by faculty composers from Brown University, Wang Lu, Anthony Cheung, Joseph Butch Rovan, and Eric Nathan
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-21...
Coming out this Friday — Adam Roberts: Book of Flowers
Composer Adam Roberts' Book of Flowers is a celebration of the large scale collection of character pieces, participating in a tradition that traces from Schumann to Chopin to Debussy to Crumb
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/adam-r...
Composer Adam Roberts' Book of Flowers is a celebration of the large scale collection of character pieces, participating in a tradition that traces from Schumann to Chopin to Debussy to Crumb
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/adam-r...
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Coming out this Friday — Adam Roberts: Book of Flowers
Composer Adam Roberts' Book of Flowers is a celebration of the large scale collection of character pieces, participating in a tradition that traces from Schumann to Chopin to Debussy to Crumb
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/adam-r...
Composer Adam Roberts' Book of Flowers is a celebration of the large scale collection of character pieces, participating in a tradition that traces from Schumann to Chopin to Debussy to Crumb
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/adam-r...
Coming out this Friday — Scott Ordway & Lorelei Ensemble: North Woods
Composer Scott Ordway's four movement work for the Lorelei Ensemble understands the forest as a border between the known and the unknown
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
Composer Scott Ordway's four movement work for the Lorelei Ensemble understands the forest as a border between the known and the unknown
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Coming out this Friday — Scott Ordway & Lorelei Ensemble: North Woods
Composer Scott Ordway's four movement work for the Lorelei Ensemble understands the forest as a border between the known and the unknown
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
Composer Scott Ordway's four movement work for the Lorelei Ensemble understands the forest as a border between the known and the unknown
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
Coming out this Friday — Andrew Kozar: Ein Horn
Andy Kozar's Ein Horn features works for multiple trumpets that reference the instrument's historical roles while pointing the way to ambitious new directions
andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/ein-horn
Andy Kozar's Ein Horn features works for multiple trumpets that reference the instrument's historical roles while pointing the way to ambitious new directions
andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/ein-horn
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Coming out this Friday — Andrew Kozar: Ein Horn
Andy Kozar's Ein Horn features works for multiple trumpets that reference the instrument's historical roles while pointing the way to ambitious new directions
andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/ein-horn
Andy Kozar's Ein Horn features works for multiple trumpets that reference the instrument's historical roles while pointing the way to ambitious new directions
andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/ein-horn
Coming out this Friday — Lei Liang: String Quartets: Live
These five works for string quartet by Lei Liang draw on some of his longest standing sources of inspiration, highlighting the depth of his connection to diverse musical traditions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/string...
These five works for string quartet by Lei Liang draw on some of his longest standing sources of inspiration, highlighting the depth of his connection to diverse musical traditions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/string...
October 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Coming out this Friday — Lei Liang: String Quartets: Live
These five works for string quartet by Lei Liang draw on some of his longest standing sources of inspiration, highlighting the depth of his connection to diverse musical traditions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/string...
These five works for string quartet by Lei Liang draw on some of his longest standing sources of inspiration, highlighting the depth of his connection to diverse musical traditions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/string...
Coming out this Friday — Daniel Strong Godfrey: Toward Light — Three Quintets
Composer Daniel Strong Godfrey presents three quintets for string quartet and piano, guitar, and cello respectively, showcasing his expressive, finely crafted chamber music
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel...
Composer Daniel Strong Godfrey presents three quintets for string quartet and piano, guitar, and cello respectively, showcasing his expressive, finely crafted chamber music
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel...
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Coming out this Friday — Daniel Strong Godfrey: Toward Light — Three Quintets
Composer Daniel Strong Godfrey presents three quintets for string quartet and piano, guitar, and cello respectively, showcasing his expressive, finely crafted chamber music
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel...
Composer Daniel Strong Godfrey presents three quintets for string quartet and piano, guitar, and cello respectively, showcasing his expressive, finely crafted chamber music
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/daniel...
Coming out this Friday — Steven: Mythological Fragments
Composer Steven Ricks releases Mythological Fragments including his extended work for soprano, piano, and electronics, Medusa in Fragments, and his chamber opera Baucis and Philemon
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mythol...
Composer Steven Ricks releases Mythological Fragments including his extended work for soprano, piano, and electronics, Medusa in Fragments, and his chamber opera Baucis and Philemon
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mythol...
October 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Coming out this Friday — Steven: Mythological Fragments
Composer Steven Ricks releases Mythological Fragments including his extended work for soprano, piano, and electronics, Medusa in Fragments, and his chamber opera Baucis and Philemon
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mythol...
Composer Steven Ricks releases Mythological Fragments including his extended work for soprano, piano, and electronics, Medusa in Fragments, and his chamber opera Baucis and Philemon
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mythol...
Coming out this Friday — Scott Wollschleger: Lost Anthems
Lost Anthems is a 25 minute work for viola and piano, commissioned by violist Leilehua Lanzilotti, which Wollschleger describes as "a melodic, song-like structure in search of itself"
leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
Lost Anthems is a 25 minute work for viola and piano, commissioned by violist Leilehua Lanzilotti, which Wollschleger describes as "a melodic, song-like structure in search of itself"
leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Coming out this Friday — Scott Wollschleger: Lost Anthems
Lost Anthems is a 25 minute work for viola and piano, commissioned by violist Leilehua Lanzilotti, which Wollschleger describes as "a melodic, song-like structure in search of itself"
leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
Lost Anthems is a 25 minute work for viola and piano, commissioned by violist Leilehua Lanzilotti, which Wollschleger describes as "a melodic, song-like structure in search of itself"
leilehua.bandcamp.com/album/scott-...
Coming out this Friday — Mischa Salkind-Pearl: Lines and Traces of Desire
Composer Mischa Salkind-Pearl collaborates with cimbalom artist Nicholas Tolle on this collection of works for the beguiling stringed percussion instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mischa...
Composer Mischa Salkind-Pearl collaborates with cimbalom artist Nicholas Tolle on this collection of works for the beguiling stringed percussion instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mischa...
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Coming out this Friday — Mischa Salkind-Pearl: Lines and Traces of Desire
Composer Mischa Salkind-Pearl collaborates with cimbalom artist Nicholas Tolle on this collection of works for the beguiling stringed percussion instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mischa...
Composer Mischa Salkind-Pearl collaborates with cimbalom artist Nicholas Tolle on this collection of works for the beguiling stringed percussion instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mischa...
Coming out this Friday — Duo Gelland: Quattro sonate per due violini
Duo Gelland's recording of of Vivaldi's four Sonatas for Two Violins celebrates the Red Priest's physical, virtuosic approach to the instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/antoni...
Duo Gelland's recording of of Vivaldi's four Sonatas for Two Violins celebrates the Red Priest's physical, virtuosic approach to the instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/antoni...
September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Coming out this Friday — Duo Gelland: Quattro sonate per due violini
Duo Gelland's recording of of Vivaldi's four Sonatas for Two Violins celebrates the Red Priest's physical, virtuosic approach to the instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/antoni...
Duo Gelland's recording of of Vivaldi's four Sonatas for Two Violins celebrates the Red Priest's physical, virtuosic approach to the instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/antoni...
Coming out this Friday — @christopherastark.bsky.social: Fire Ecologies
Composer Christopher Stark teams up with the New York based Unheard-of//Ensemble for Fire Ecologies, an expansive paean to the natural world as it faces crisis
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
Composer Christopher Stark teams up with the New York based Unheard-of//Ensemble for Fire Ecologies, an expansive paean to the natural world as it faces crisis
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Coming out this Friday — @christopherastark.bsky.social: Fire Ecologies
Composer Christopher Stark teams up with the New York based Unheard-of//Ensemble for Fire Ecologies, an expansive paean to the natural world as it faces crisis
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
Composer Christopher Stark teams up with the New York based Unheard-of//Ensemble for Fire Ecologies, an expansive paean to the natural world as it faces crisis
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
Coming out this Friday — Pier Francesco Valentini: Canone nel Nodo de Salamone
Violinist and producer Erik Carlson releases a 1631 canon by Pier Francesco Valentini, a unicorn of a work due to its austere and quixotic restrictions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/pier-f...
Violinist and producer Erik Carlson releases a 1631 canon by Pier Francesco Valentini, a unicorn of a work due to its austere and quixotic restrictions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/pier-f...
September 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Coming out this Friday — Pier Francesco Valentini: Canone nel Nodo de Salamone
Violinist and producer Erik Carlson releases a 1631 canon by Pier Francesco Valentini, a unicorn of a work due to its austere and quixotic restrictions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/pier-f...
Violinist and producer Erik Carlson releases a 1631 canon by Pier Francesco Valentini, a unicorn of a work due to its austere and quixotic restrictions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/pier-f...
Coming out this Friday — Per Bloland: Shadows of the Electric Moon
Composer Per Bloland's newest release highlights his use of fiction as an impetus for compositional inspiration as well as his integration of custom designed electronic software
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/shadow...
Composer Per Bloland's newest release highlights his use of fiction as an impetus for compositional inspiration as well as his integration of custom designed electronic software
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/shadow...
September 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Coming out this Friday — Per Bloland: Shadows of the Electric Moon
Composer Per Bloland's newest release highlights his use of fiction as an impetus for compositional inspiration as well as his integration of custom designed electronic software
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/shadow...
Composer Per Bloland's newest release highlights his use of fiction as an impetus for compositional inspiration as well as his integration of custom designed electronic software
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/shadow...
Coming out this Friday: David Salvage: Dreams of Love and Travel
Italy based American composer and pianist David Salvage releases Dreams of Love and Travel, works he composed for solo piano that engage with journeys physical, literary, and symbolic
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
Italy based American composer and pianist David Salvage releases Dreams of Love and Travel, works he composed for solo piano that engage with journeys physical, literary, and symbolic
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
August 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Coming out this Friday: David Salvage: Dreams of Love and Travel
Italy based American composer and pianist David Salvage releases Dreams of Love and Travel, works he composed for solo piano that engage with journeys physical, literary, and symbolic
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
Italy based American composer and pianist David Salvage releases Dreams of Love and Travel, works he composed for solo piano that engage with journeys physical, literary, and symbolic
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...
Coming out this Friday — Kay Rhie: Cereus
Composer Kay Rhie releases Cereus, a portrait album of chamber works, two including voice, featuring soprano Leela Subramaniam, Winsor Music and the Aperture Duo
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cereus
Composer Kay Rhie releases Cereus, a portrait album of chamber works, two including voice, featuring soprano Leela Subramaniam, Winsor Music and the Aperture Duo
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cereus
July 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Coming out this Friday — Kay Rhie: Cereus
Composer Kay Rhie releases Cereus, a portrait album of chamber works, two including voice, featuring soprano Leela Subramaniam, Winsor Music and the Aperture Duo
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cereus
Composer Kay Rhie releases Cereus, a portrait album of chamber works, two including voice, featuring soprano Leela Subramaniam, Winsor Music and the Aperture Duo
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cereus
Coming out this Friday — As I Write This: Songs & Solos of Aaron Helgeson
New works from composer Aaron Helgeson interspersing songs and instrumental solos
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/as-i-w...
New works from composer Aaron Helgeson interspersing songs and instrumental solos
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/as-i-w...
July 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Coming out this Friday — As I Write This: Songs & Solos of Aaron Helgeson
New works from composer Aaron Helgeson interspersing songs and instrumental solos
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/as-i-w...
New works from composer Aaron Helgeson interspersing songs and instrumental solos
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/as-i-w...
Coming out this Friday on our Panoramic imprint — Mark Micchelli: Glitched-On Bop
On Glitched-On Bop, pianist Mark Micchelli deconstructs five iconic jazz and pop standards and reframes them as vehicles for electroacoustic improvisation
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/glitch...
On Glitched-On Bop, pianist Mark Micchelli deconstructs five iconic jazz and pop standards and reframes them as vehicles for electroacoustic improvisation
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/glitch...
July 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Coming out this Friday on our Panoramic imprint — Mark Micchelli: Glitched-On Bop
On Glitched-On Bop, pianist Mark Micchelli deconstructs five iconic jazz and pop standards and reframes them as vehicles for electroacoustic improvisation
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/glitch...
On Glitched-On Bop, pianist Mark Micchelli deconstructs five iconic jazz and pop standards and reframes them as vehicles for electroacoustic improvisation
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/glitch...
Coming out this Friday — Isaac Shieh: Caprice Reimagined — New Works for Natural Horn
On Caprice Reimagined, UK based natural hornist Isaac Shieh presents the fruits of an ambitious commissioning project of twelve new solo works for his instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/capric...
On Caprice Reimagined, UK based natural hornist Isaac Shieh presents the fruits of an ambitious commissioning project of twelve new solo works for his instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/capric...
July 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Coming out this Friday — Isaac Shieh: Caprice Reimagined — New Works for Natural Horn
On Caprice Reimagined, UK based natural hornist Isaac Shieh presents the fruits of an ambitious commissioning project of twelve new solo works for his instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/capric...
On Caprice Reimagined, UK based natural hornist Isaac Shieh presents the fruits of an ambitious commissioning project of twelve new solo works for his instrument
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/capric...
Coming out this Friday — Amos Elkana: Que sais-je?
Que sais-je? is a one-hour composition that explores the life and philosophy of composer Amos Elkana’s father, Yehuda Elkana, through music, archival recordings, and visual media
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/amos-e...
Que sais-je? is a one-hour composition that explores the life and philosophy of composer Amos Elkana’s father, Yehuda Elkana, through music, archival recordings, and visual media
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/amos-e...
June 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Coming out this Friday — Amos Elkana: Que sais-je?
Que sais-je? is a one-hour composition that explores the life and philosophy of composer Amos Elkana’s father, Yehuda Elkana, through music, archival recordings, and visual media
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/amos-e...
Que sais-je? is a one-hour composition that explores the life and philosophy of composer Amos Elkana’s father, Yehuda Elkana, through music, archival recordings, and visual media
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/amos-e...
Coming out this Friday — Adam Silverman: Elegy for the Earth
Adam Silverman's choral work sets biting texts by Susan Gubernat on pertinent social issues ranging from migration, the donor class, species extinction, and unsustainable energy practices
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/elegy-...
Adam Silverman's choral work sets biting texts by Susan Gubernat on pertinent social issues ranging from migration, the donor class, species extinction, and unsustainable energy practices
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/elegy-...
June 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Coming out this Friday — Adam Silverman: Elegy for the Earth
Adam Silverman's choral work sets biting texts by Susan Gubernat on pertinent social issues ranging from migration, the donor class, species extinction, and unsustainable energy practices
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/elegy-...
Adam Silverman's choral work sets biting texts by Susan Gubernat on pertinent social issues ranging from migration, the donor class, species extinction, and unsustainable energy practices
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/elegy-...
Coming out this Friday — Clara Kim: our little matches
Composer Clara Kim's our little matches includes electronic works alongside acoustic works that explore issues of political and personal persecution and challenge aesthetic assumptions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/our-li...
Composer Clara Kim's our little matches includes electronic works alongside acoustic works that explore issues of political and personal persecution and challenge aesthetic assumptions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/our-li...
June 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Coming out this Friday — Clara Kim: our little matches
Composer Clara Kim's our little matches includes electronic works alongside acoustic works that explore issues of political and personal persecution and challenge aesthetic assumptions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/our-li...
Composer Clara Kim's our little matches includes electronic works alongside acoustic works that explore issues of political and personal persecution and challenge aesthetic assumptions
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/our-li...
Coming out this Friday — Daniel Pesca: Walk with me, my joy
Composer & pianist Daniel Pesca releases an album of his chamber music, showcasing a compositional style characterized by lyricism, clearly delineated character areas, and transparent architecture
danielpesca.bandcamp.com/album/walk-w...
Composer & pianist Daniel Pesca releases an album of his chamber music, showcasing a compositional style characterized by lyricism, clearly delineated character areas, and transparent architecture
danielpesca.bandcamp.com/album/walk-w...
June 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Coming out this Friday — Daniel Pesca: Walk with me, my joy
Composer & pianist Daniel Pesca releases an album of his chamber music, showcasing a compositional style characterized by lyricism, clearly delineated character areas, and transparent architecture
danielpesca.bandcamp.com/album/walk-w...
Composer & pianist Daniel Pesca releases an album of his chamber music, showcasing a compositional style characterized by lyricism, clearly delineated character areas, and transparent architecture
danielpesca.bandcamp.com/album/walk-w...
Coming out this Friday — Vigil, vol. 1
Composer Ryan Vigil releases two expansive works for violin and piano. Featuring violinist Lilit Hartunian and pianist John McDonald, Vigil’s music unfolds slowly while navigating a diversity of expression
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vigil-...
Composer Ryan Vigil releases two expansive works for violin and piano. Featuring violinist Lilit Hartunian and pianist John McDonald, Vigil’s music unfolds slowly while navigating a diversity of expression
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vigil-...
May 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Coming out this Friday — Vigil, vol. 1
Composer Ryan Vigil releases two expansive works for violin and piano. Featuring violinist Lilit Hartunian and pianist John McDonald, Vigil’s music unfolds slowly while navigating a diversity of expression
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vigil-...
Composer Ryan Vigil releases two expansive works for violin and piano. Featuring violinist Lilit Hartunian and pianist John McDonald, Vigil’s music unfolds slowly while navigating a diversity of expression
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vigil-...
Coming out this Friday — Neil Thornock: Another and Still Stranger World
Composer and pianist Neil Thornock releases his second New Focus album, a collection of solo retuned-keyboard works in an extended just intonation tuning
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...
Composer and pianist Neil Thornock releases his second New Focus album, a collection of solo retuned-keyboard works in an extended just intonation tuning
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...
May 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Coming out this Friday — Neil Thornock: Another and Still Stranger World
Composer and pianist Neil Thornock releases his second New Focus album, a collection of solo retuned-keyboard works in an extended just intonation tuning
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...
Composer and pianist Neil Thornock releases his second New Focus album, a collection of solo retuned-keyboard works in an extended just intonation tuning
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...