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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 1h

“…dramatic and impressive.” —American Record Guide Listen to Eric Craven: Set Two for Piano performed by pianist Mary Dullea wherever you listen to music: listn.fm/cravensettwo!

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 30/09/2026

On November 13, Métier will release Distant Horizons by pianist David Palmer, with works by Robert Saxton, Thomas Metcalf & Palmer himself! Palmer & Metcalf met Saxton as his students at Oxford. 🎹 Enjoy the first single "Distant Horizons: II." on October 2: listn.fm/distanthorizons.

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 30/09/2026

American Record Guide praises how pianist Da-Hee Kim “handles the many technical challenges with seeming ease, always expressively. Terrific recording.” —American Record Guide Enjoy Nicholas Scott-Burt: 24 Preludes for Piano wherever you listen to music: listn.fm/scottburtpreludes!

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 29/09/2026

Métier announces the November 20 release of Nigel Clarke: Brueg[h]el’s Brush, by GRAMMY-nominated @psskaervedviolin.bsky.social! The two books of miniatures for solo violin and viola respond to 25 works by the Bruegel family in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. sbrew.link/f1nJwaIW

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Nigel Clarke talking about the paintings in front of The Massacre of the Innocents and Numbering at Bethlehem

Peter Sheppard Skærved, Nigel Clarke, and Kim Oosterlinck, Director of Fine Arts Belgium

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 26/09/2026

Enjoy the third and final single of the upcoming October 9 release, Cantata (re)mixed for Four Hands. Listen to Finale Chorale “Alle Menschen müssen sterben” on all platforms today! ▶️ listn.fm/cantataremixed

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 25/09/2026

Divine Art Records is thrilled to release Eduard Tubin’s powerful Requiem for Fallen Soldiers by the GRAMMY® Award-winning Estonian National Male Choir and director Mikk Üleoja. The album commemorates the 6th annual Tubin Festival in Estonia. 🎶▶️ listn.fm/tubin #classicalmusic #newmusic #choral

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 24/09/2026

Divine Art announces the November 6 release of new chamber music from Helen Leach! Featuring Simon Leach, Adrian Bradbury, John Bradbury & Benedict Holland, Window to the Stars follows her 2024 debut, Diary of the Bee. Stream the first single, “Out of the Depths,” tomorrow: listn.fm/windowtothestars

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Royal College of Music is delighted to announce esteemed composers Michael Finnissy, Colin Matthews, Errollyn Wallen and Judith Weir as International Visiting Artists! Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-comp-iva

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Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Have you listened to Jim Aitchison’s Piano Quintets CD yet? Read what the reviewers have to say… Released by Métier in February, Aitchison’s piano quintets were recorded by Roderick Chadwick and the Kreutzer Quartet @first-inversion.com whatsnew.composersedition.com/aitchisons-p...

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Aitchison’s ‘Piano Quintets’ CD Reviews - What's New

Jim Aitchison’s Piano Quintets CD – recorded by Roderick Chadwick & the Kreutzer Quartet – has been receiving some glowing reviews recently.

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 23/09/2026

Fanfare Magazine has some stellar reviews about the recent Olmos Ensemble release, Made in Germany, in their Nov/Dec 2026 magazine! Enjoy the album today ➡️ listn.fm/madeingermany.

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 22/09/2026

“Sacred Joy is just one of those Christmas ‘must haves’ for 2026.… Rayo’s performance is genuine and heart-felt.” —Glyn Môn Hughes, Classical Music Daily Pre-order the new release today: listn.fm/sacredjoy Read the full review: classicalmusicdaily.com/2026/09/sacred-joy.htm

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 21/09/2026

Don't miss Ekkozone's new release of music by Louis Franz Aguirre, “Nsambia Mpungun”, featured on Idagio and #AppleMusicClassical! Add it to your library today: listn.fm/nsambiampungun

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 18/09/2026

Ekkozone is thrilled to release Nsambia Mpungun by Cuban composer Louis Franz Aguirre, one of the top Latin American composers of his generation! Mina Fred, Karolina Leedo, and Adam Ørvad interpret a collection of premiere recordings for viola, flute, and accordion. 🎶 listn.fm/nsambiampungun

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 17/09/2026

Announcing “Phase Change,” a new album of orchestral works by composer Patrick Conlon, produced by Dr. Christina Giacona, and Divine Art Records' first release with the Fort Smith Symphony and GRAMMY®-nominated conductor John Jeter. sbrew.link/uX7wI6K5

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 17/09/2026

Enjoy the second single of the world premiere recording of Sinan C. Savaşkan’s Concerto for Chamber Orchestra and Electronics, Eleven Conditions of Responsibility, “Writings about No. 148: I. The Three Fires,” releasing tomorrow: listn.fm/elevenconditions. #NewMusic #ContemporaryClassical

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 16/09/2026

This Friday, Divine Art is proud to present the third single from Esther Rayo's upcoming Holiday album, Sacred Joy. 🎶🎄 Stream the single “O Holy Night” wherever you listen to music on September 18th, and start getting in the Christmas spirit early: listn.fm/sacredjoy

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 15/09/2026

“Brian Hsu's complete Années de pèlerinage stands titanically among the most informed interpretations of the great Liszt cycle…An interpretation that deserves to be loved.” —Smeralda Nunnari, GBOPERA Read the full review at: sbrew.link/UEc4Ojwo

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 11/09/2026

Bach has these really nice passages where it's just about progression. It's not even about where the main theme is coming from; it's like it's about the passage of time…” Listen now to Chiahu Lee's arrangement of #JSBach's “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV 140: listn.fm/cantataremixed

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 11/09/2026

Métier Records proudly presents an outstanding new contemporary release: the complete acknowledged output for solo piano by Romanian composer Horaţiu Rădulescu, performed by @ianpace.bsky.social, a world-renowned interpreter of new music. 🎧 Listen now ▶️ listn.fm/radulescu

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 09/09/2026

Conceived as part of Savaşkan’s epic cycle, Many Stares through Semi-Nocturnal Zeiss-Blink, Eleven Conditions of Responsibility embodies his compositional approach, observing different angles of a model comprising five circles. Enjoy the first single "Anacrusis (II)": sbrew.link/DVOz9ZhN

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 04/09/2026

Out today: Métier Records is proud to release #CliffEdge by composer David Wallace! The performers include Heather Roche (bass clarinet), Chenyin Li (piano), Jean Kelly (harp), James Widden (violin/viola), Jonathan Parkin (clarinet), and more! 🎶 Add it to your library today! 🎧➡️ listn.fm/cliffedge

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 03/09/2026

Métier announces the October world premiere recording of Sinan C. Savaşkan’s captivating Concerto for Chamber Orchestra and Electronics, “Eleven Conditions of Responsibility”, written for and performed by the Octandre Ensemble. 🎧 Enjoy the first single tomorrow: listn.fm/elevenconditions

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Peter Sheppard Skaerved @psskaervedviolin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Now why was it that I can't get excited about 'normal' concert venues...

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 02/09/2026

This Friday, Divine Art is proud to present the second single from Esther Rayo & Peter Grünberg's upcoming album, Sacred Joy: “El santo niño”! 🎧 Pre-save now ➡️ listn.fm/sacredjoy This traditional Puerto Rican Christmas song is from a repertoire close to Rayo's own artistic identity.

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 29/08/2026

Great @theartsdesk.bsky.social reviews for Rob Hao & Antony Gray’s Poulenc Music for Two Pianos and Conspirare’s Joby Talbot: Piedra de sol from @grahamrickson.bsky.social & @bernardhughes.bsky.social!

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David @davidweuste.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Many thanks to @grahamrickson.bsky.social and @bernardhughes.bsky.social for the lovely write ups here.

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 29/08/2026

Discover the mystical and spiritual musical universe of composer Louis Franz Aguirre as you enjoy “Nsambia Mpungun: III. Centella Ndoki,” out on all streaming platforms today! 🎧➡️ listn.fm/nsambiampungun #NewMusic #AfroCuban #Cuba #nsambiampungun #louisaguirre

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 28/08/2026

Listen to the second single from Requiem for Fallen Soldiers, Eduard Tubin's Choral Song, “Õhtulaul, ETW 100,” today! 🎧 ➡️ listn.fm/tubin #ClassicalMusic #Classical #NewMusic #choralmusic

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 28/08/2026

We are proud to present pianist Sinae Lee’s York Bowen: 24 Preludes, Op. 102, out today! The virtuoso pianist and composer York Bowen was known by his contemporaries as the ‘English Rachmaninoff’. 🎧 Listen now: listn.fm/bowenpreludes. #ClassicalMusic #Piano #Classical

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 28/08/2026

Listen to the third single of Rădulescu: Complete Solo Piano Works, “Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti, op. 2,“ on all streaming platforms today! 🎧 ➡️ listn.fm/radulescu #ClassicalMusic #Piano #NewMusic

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 28/08/2026

We are proud to share the first single of Cantata (re)mixed for four hands. Listen now to the first single, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: II. Aria. Alles, was von Gott geboren" wherever you stream music! 🎧 ▶️ listn.fm/cantataremixed #Classical #Piano #ClassicalMusic

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 27/08/2026

8 & 9 September at 1901 Arts Club in London, launches his new album, “Sinner, Don't Let This Harvest Pass”, as part of his “Points of Departure” recital series! Hear the complete program LIVE! 🎟️ Get your tickets at sbrew.link/O0BBYZFb (only a few remain)

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 26/08/2026

On 4 September, Métier presents #CliffEdge from Irish-born composer David Wallace: a striking new album of six works that illuminate his distinctive approach to material-led composition. Listen to three tracks out now at listn.fm/cliffedge

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 25/08/2026

#Nowplaying! Sinae Lee's latest single from her new recording of the 24 Preludes, Op. 102 by the great virtuoso pianist and composer York Bowen (1884-1961)! Listen to Prelude No. 24 now on all platforms and in Spotify's New in Classical Playlist, via listn.fm/bowenpreludes

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 25/08/2026

🔥 Conspirare's world premiere recording of Joby Talbot: Piedra de sol (Sunstone) is #nowplaying on your favorite platforms! Don't miss features from Gramophone, Presto Music, Qobuz, IDAGIO, Spotify, HighResAudio, Apple Music Classical, and more!

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 23/08/2026

We are delighted to share the first single from #SacredJoy, a live recording capturing a special LIEDER ALIVE! Christmas concert in which soprano Esther Rayo and pianist Peter Grünberg presented a programme of carols both familiar and surprising. 🎧🎶🎄 Schubert's Ave Maria: listn.fm/sacredjoy

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 21/08/2026

☀️ GRAMMY® Award-winning Choir Conspirare and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson's World Premiere recording of Joby Talbot's “Piedra de sol” (Sunstone) is now available worldwide! 🎧 Listen on all platforms via listn.fm/piedradesol Go in depth with interviews on Presto Music and Gramophone!

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 20/08/2026

Athene Records is thrilled to announce the 9 October release of “Cantata (re)mixed for four hands,” an exciting album of J.S. Bach’s Cantatas arranged/re-composed by Chiahu Lee and György Kúrtag, and performed by piano Chiahu Lee and Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay! The first single is out 28 August!

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 19/08/2026

Really enjoyed the wide range of the conversation to get such a great picture. Very well done by yourself!

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Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Really enjoyed doing this interview, also covering The Divine Comedy and the Royal Ballet!

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 18/08/2026

Now on @prestomusic.bsky.social: @benarcanafm.bsky.social interviews composer Joby Talbot about his new work “Piedre de sol” (Sunstone), premiered by Conspirare on their release coming out this Friday! 📖 ➡️ sbrew.link/eKKDZbs7

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 17/08/2026

Antony Gray and Rob Hao make their @officialcharts.bsky.social Classical Chart Debut this week at #38! Do you have your copy yet? 🎧➡️ listn.fm/poulencmusicfortwopianos

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 16/08/2026

In the Complete Piano Music of Horatiu Radulescu, Ian Pace presents the Lao Tzu Sonatas, inspired by the Taoist philosopher. Their chant-like or folk-derived materials are continually juxtaposed with more abstract spectral harmonies. ▶️ Play movement two from the Fifth Sonata now: listn.fm/radulescu

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 15/08/2026

Announcing the 25 September release of Eduard Tubin’s powerful “Requiem for Fallen Soldiers,” alongside landmark recordings of his choral songs by the Estonian National Male Choir under the direction of Mikk Üleoja. Listen to the first single now: listn.fm/tubin

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 14/08/2026

“in clarity I follow my delirium, rooms and streets, I grope my way through corridors of time, climb and descend stairs, touch the walls and do not move…” Listen now to Conspirare's recording of “…de claridad (in clarity)…” from Joby Talbot's Piedra de Sol (Sunstone): listn.fm/piedradesol

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 14/08/2026

🎹 Out Now! Adam Davies makes his Divine Art debut with Anthony Hedges: Complete Piano Music, Volume 1! ▶️ listn.fm/hedgespianov1 See it featured on @prestomusic.bsky.social, Idagio, Amazon Music, Qobuz, and Spotify!

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First Inversion @first-inversion.com · 13/08/2026

Ekkozone proudly presents the September 18th release of “Nsambia Mpungun” from Cuban composer Louis Franz Aguirre, one of the foremost Latin American composers of his generation, and featuring three of his fiercest champions and interpreters. Listen to the first single now: listn.fm/nsambiampungun

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