New Amsterdam

The Julius Eastman Memory Depot

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2013-03-26

Works: Julius Eastman: Evil Nigger; Gay Guerrilla, for 4 pianos; Jace Clayton: Callback from the Society of Eastman Supporters, for voice & piano
Performers: Aftab, Arooj [Vocals]; Friend, David [Piano]; Manzo, Emily

On his new album, Jace Clayton/ DJ Rupture again brings his sense of compassion and wide-eyed exploration to the table, but instead of using a...continue...
Recording information: Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY....continue...

Baroque / Nadia Sirota

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2013-03-26

Baroque is the second album from violist Nadia Sirota and the first-ever co-release from like-minded labels New Amsterdam Records (based in Brooklyn) and Bedroom Community...continue...
Personnel: Nadia Sirota (viola, keyboards); James McVinnie (organ, keyboards); Daníel Bjarnason (keyboards, synthesizer, percussion); Valgeir Sigurdsson (synthesizer, programming); Frank Aarnink ...continue...

Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt / Missy Mazzoli

2 CD / New Amsterdam / 2012-11-13

Missy Mazzoli: Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt / Abigail Fischer, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2012-11-13

Works: Missy Mazzoli: Song from the Uproar
Conductors: Osgood, Steven
Ensemble: NOW Ensemble

"[O]ne of the more consistently inventive and surprising composers now working in New York." -- The New York Times "Brooklyn's post-millenial Mozart." -- Time Out...continue...
Recording information: Avatar Studios and Merkin Concert Hall (03/2012)....continue...

William Brittelle: Loving the Chambered Nautilus

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2012-06-26

Works: William Brittelle: Future Shock (version for string quartet); Acid Rain on the Mirrordome, for viola, cello, ensemble & electronics; Future Shock (version for cello); Loon Birds in Meshed Crystal, fo...
Performers: Brittelle, William; Burhans, Caleb; Jensen, Clarice; Lamb, Eric; Levin, Megan; Shaw, Caroline; Sirota
Conductors:
Ensemble: The American Contemporary Music Ensemble

Loving the Chambered Nautilus is William Brittelle's iconoclastic follow-up to the art rock epic Television Landscape. Unlike its predecessor, this album focuses on chamber virtuosity...continue...

The Bright Motion - works by Patrick Burke; John Mayrose, Judd Greenstein; Ryan Brown et al. / Michael Mizrahi, piano

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2012-05-29

Works: Patrick Burke: Unravel, for piano; William Brittelle: Computer Wave, for piano; Mark Dancigers: The Bright Motion, for piano; Ryan Brown: Pieces (4), for piano; John Mayrose: Faux Patterns, for piano...
Performers: Mizrahi, Michael

With this album of recently composed works for solo piano, Mizrahi showcases the continued vitality of an instrument that evokes an exceptionally rich musical heritage...continue...
Recording information: Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, Wisconsin (07/26/2011-07/28/2011)....continue...

John Supko: Due East: / Drawn Only Once

2 CD / New Amsterdam / 2011-11-15

Works: John Supko: Littoral, for narrator, flute & percussion; This Window Makes Me Feel, for narrator, voice, flute, piano & percussion
Performers: Broome, Dave; Chinn, Hai Ting; Due East

The percussion flute duo Due East performs music by composer John Supko. Littoral is a large work that melds flute, electronics and a massive percussion...continue...
Recording information: Northern Illinois University School of Music Recital Ha....continue...

Gregory Spears: Requiem / Cunningham, Horner-Kwiatek, Angel, Olund

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2011-11-15

Works: Gregory Spears: Requiem
Performers: Angel, Ryland; Cunningham, Ruth; Davis, Daniel Thomas; Horner, Jacqueline; Lipnik, Lawrence; Richards, Kurt-Owen; Weinfield, Elizabeth
Conductors: Spears, Gregroy

Requiem is the 1st recording by composer Gregory Spears. The release features the title composition scored for 6 voices, baroque viola, harp, troubadour harp, recorders,...continue...
Recording information: Corpus Christie Church, New York, NY (08/04/2010/08/06/2010)....continue...

Beautiful Mechanical / Lott, Clark, Worden, Snider, Kahane

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2011-09-27

yMusic is a group of young performers who are actively engaged and equally comfortable in the overlapping classical and pop music worlds. Its unique instrumentation...continue...
Personnel: Rob Moose (guitar, violin); Nadia Sirota (viola); Clarice Jensen (cello); Alex Sopp (flute, piccolo); Hideaki Aomori (clarinet); C.J. Camerieri (trumpet, horns).

Recording informatio...continue...

Everybody's Pain Is Magnificent / Burhans, McMurray, Itsnotyouitsme

2 CD / New Amsterdam / 2011-09-27

Works: itsnotyouitsme: The Snake of Forever; The Fate of the World Rests in the Hands of a Tiny Animal; Old Friends, Lost Relatives; Gardens of Loss; It Might Be Time to Leave This Place and Go Mingle with ...
Performers: itsnotyouitsme
Conductors:
Ensemble: itsnotyouitsme

itsnotyouitsme consists of two prolific, highly regarded New York musicians: violinist/composer Caleb Burhans and guitarist Grey McMurray, each of whom has an extensive musical output...continue...
New York-based duo itsnotyouitsme focuses on making electroacoustic ambient music. Caleb Burhans and Grey McMurray met when they were students at the Eastman School of Music and went on to found itsno...continue...

Of Minutiae and Memory: works by Penman, Clyne, Matthusen, et al. / Jody Redhage, cello

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2011-08-30

As the recipient of the 2005 Hertz Grant, Jody began developing of her "singing cellist" project--writing and also commissioning a repertoire for her voice and...continue...

Jefferson Friedman: Quartets

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2011-04-26

Works: Jefferson Friedman: Quartet for Strings no 2; Matmos Remix no 1 (A Bruit Secret Mix); Quartet for Strings no 3; Matmos Remix no 2 (Floor Plan Mix)
Conductors:
Ensemble: Matmos

American composer Jefferson Friedman's music has been called "impossible to resist" by the New York Times. This disc includes passionate recordings of the composer's 2nd...continue...

Awake / Modern works for chamber ensemble

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2011-04-26

Works: Judd Greenstein: Change, for ensemble; Sean Friar: Velvet Hammer, for ensemble; Missy Mazzoli: Magic with Everyday Objects, for ensemble; Mark Dancigers: Burst, for ensemble; David Crowell: Waiting i...
Conductors:
Ensemble: NOW Ensemble

"Striking a balance between the old and the new has rarely sounded this good." - Newsweek With a unique instrumentation of flute, clarinet, electric guitar,...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Montclair, New Jer (08/16/2010-08/19/2010)....continue...

Janus: I Am Not

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-11-16

Works: Janus Trio: i, for voices & ensemble; am, for ensemble; not, for ensemble; Caleb Burhans: Keymaster, for ensemble; Angelica Negron: Drawings for Meyoko, for ensemble; Cameron Britt: Gossamer Albatros...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Janus Trio (5 [new music])

Newspeak: Sweet Light Crude

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-11-16

Personnel: Mellissa Hughes (vocals); Taylor Levine (guitar); Caleb Burhans (violin); Eileen Mack (clarinet); James Johnston (piano, organ, synthesizer); David T. Little (drums, drum programming); Yuri...continue...

Sarah Kirkland Snider: Penelope

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-10-26

Works: Sarah Kirkland Snider: Penelope, song cycle for voice & chamber orchestra
Performers: Chudzik, Greg; Mackey, Steve; McMurray, Grey; Poor, Ted; Worden, Shara
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley

Personnel: Michael Hammond (programming).

Recording information: Clinton Recording Studios....continue...

Cathedral City

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-09-28

The acclaimed chamber-rock quintet Victoire will release their debut album, Cathedral City, September 28th on New Amsterdam Records. The album is the follow-up to their...continue...
Personnel: Missy Mazzoli (melodica, piano, keyboards, programming, toys); Olivia De Prato (violin); Eileen Mack (clarinet); Lorna Krier (keyboards); Eleonore Oppenheim (double bass, electric bass)....continue...

Katrina Ballads / Abby Fischer

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-08-31

Works: Ted Hearne: Katrina Ballads, oratorio for 5 voices & 11 instruments
Performers: Coletti, Chris; Fischer, Abby; Hanlon, David [Piano]; Kathman, Kelli; Koci, Nathan; Levine, Taylor; MacAdam-Somer, Batya; Mack, Eileen; Medine, David; Redhage, Jody; Saebo, Kristoffer; Wiltrout, Ron
Conductors: Hearne, Ted

Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY (03/10/2008-03/12/2008).

REVIEWS:

Down Beat (p.62) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Hearne creates a sonic narrative that taps into the fear, ...continue...

William Brittelle: Television

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-07-27

Television Landscape is the new apocalyptic-yet-hopeful fully-composed mixed-genre concept album featuring a sprawling blend of rock band, string orchestra, jazz horn section, french horn section,...continue...
Personnel: William Brittelle (vocals, synthesizer); Mark Dancigers (guitar); Megan Levin (harp); Mary Jo Stilp (violin); Andrea Hemmenway (viola); Amanda Gookin (cello); David Crowell (flute, alto sax...continue...

Someone Will Take Care of Me

2 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-05-25

Works: Corey Dargel: Thirteen Near-Death Experiences, for voice, drums & ensemble; Removable Parts, for voice, piano & synthesizer
Performers: Dargel, Corey; Little, David T.; Supové, Kathleen
Conductors:
Ensemble: International Contemporary Ensemble

Someone Will Take Care of Me features two of Dargel's most celebrated song cycles: Removable Parts, which recounts various twisted stories of voluntary amputations, and...continue...
New York composer/songwriter Corey Dargel's double album Someone Will Take Care of Me includes two song cycles, Thirteen Near-Death Experiences and Removable Parts, which deal respectively with hypoch...continue...

Gravity and Air

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-02-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV 999; Andrew McKenna Lee: Five Refractions of a Prelude by Bach, for guitar; the dark out of the night time, for ensemble; Scordatura Suite, for...
Performers: Lee, Andrew McKenna
Conductors:
Ensemble: Janus

Andrew McKenna Lee is that rarity, a composer who is also a highly skilled classical guitarist. 'Five Refractions of a Prelude by Bach' takes J.S....continue...

First Things First

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2009-12-01

Works: Nico Muhly: Duet no 1 Chorale Pointing Downwards, for viola & cello; Etude 1A for viola; Etude 1 for viola; Marcos Balter: Ut, for viola; Live Water, for viola & tape; Judd Greenstein: Escape, for vi...
Performers: Jensen, Clarice; Sirota

Personnel: Nadia Sirota (viola).

Recording information: Sage Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA....continue...

Build

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2009-10-27

Works: Matthew McBane: In the Backyard, for violin, cello, bass, piano & drums; Magnet, for violin, cello, bass, piano & drums; No Response, for violin, cello, bass, piano & drums; Imagining Winter, for vio...
Performers: Build; Cassedy, Mike; Gold, Adam [Drums]; Lee, Andre; McBane, Matt; McBane, Matthew

Build presents their eponymous debut EP, blending the sounds of violin, cello, piano, bass, and drums into a beautiful and edgy mix that "straddles the...continue...
Personnel: Andrea Rojas Lee (cello); Adam Gold (drums).

Recording information: Godel String Studios, Brooklyn, NY....continue...

NOW Ensemble

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2009-10-27

Works: Judd Greenstein: Folk Music, for chamber ensemble; Sing Along, for chamber ensemble; Patrick Burke: Hypno-germ, for chamber ensemble; All Together Now, for chamber ensemble; Mark Dancigers: Hanging T...
Conductors:
Ensemble: NOW Ensemble

NOW Ensemble's stunning debut redefines chamber music for the 21st century, fusing "the formal elegance of chamber music with a pop-honed concision and rhythmic vitality."...continue...
Recording information: Looking Glass Studios, New York, NY....continue...