Recent Releases

Santiarican Blues Suite (Sunnyside 2012) is an extended piece written for the original ballet Pagan O Not that encapsulates the essence of the cultural developments of the Oriente province of Cuba from the early exposure of Afro-Caribbean music of the slaves to its more cosmopolitan mélange.

Mozart's string quartet in F major K.590 opens this album. Shostakovich Quartet no.3 also in F major is the other work. Profound masterpieces from musical genius. Recorded in the acoustically superb Sundin Music Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota.  

In a time when it seems to pay off more to play it safe than it does to take creative chances, Ran Blake and Sara Serpa provide refreshing respite on Aurora. Their second album deals a new hand to some jazz favorites, digging into a range of standards with exhilarating musicality.

Gaudete Brass makes its Cedille Records debut with Chicago Moves, an album of new and diverse American works for brass quintet. All were composed in the last six years, and all but one were written expressly for the Chicago-based ensemble of young brass virtuosos and receive their world-premiere recordings on the new CD.