Celebrating the Iceland’s landscape, community spirit and dynamic music scene, "Island Songs" (2016) is a seven week long multimedia project by pianist Ólafur Arnalds and filmmaker Baldvin Zophoníasson.

Perhaps echoing Hans Christian Andersen’s adage that “when words fail, music speaks”, English folk singer, poet and visual artist Keaton Henson released last year a surprise but nonetheless splendid all-instrumental album of piano and cello-based compositions following two previous collection of songs, the self-released [amazon text=Dear&asin=B0077FGW4E] in 2010 and [amazon text=Birthdays&asin=B009GPGFJU] in 2013. With Keaton Henson on piano and woodwind instruments, [amazon text=Romantic…

Introduced as "music for oud, quartet and string orchestra", "Souvenance" (2015) is Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem's first album since 2009.

Composed by Max Richter and released on Deutsche Grammophon on 10 March 2017 last, "Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works" is the recorded version of the music for Wayne McGregor's choreography "Woolf Works".

A surprisingly short composition, French musician Yann Tiersen’s “C’était ici” is a condensed but flamboyant instrumental piece playing like the introduction to a much longer symphony. The track first appeared on [amazon text=Rue des Cascades&asin=B00943A6O4] (1996), a recording which only met with limited success at the time. It is of course the worldwide box-office triumph of [amazon text=Amelie&asin=B00005RH3V] (2001) which cemented Yann Tiersen’s reputation as a major modern composer and…

Loosely based on the story of Orpheus and on the various readings of the myth over the years, Icelandic modern classical composer Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Orphée" was released on the Deutsche Grammophon label in September 2016 last.

"Transcendence" (2015) is Greek pianist and composer Tania Giannouli's second recording for Rattle Records and her first with her newly formed ensemble.

Diaries of Hope is a new five-movement work for orchestra, choir and soloists by Polish film score composer Zbigniew Preisner which premiered on 8th October 2013 last at the White Stork Synagogue in Wroclaw, Poland. The UK premiere took place in the Barbican Hall in London four days later. The score is entirely based on the writings of Jewish Polish children who fell victim to the holocaust during the Second World War. Following a visit to the Yad Vashem children memorial in Jerusalem in the…

The Danish String Quartet resume their exploration of the Nordic traditional repertoire with "Last Leaf" released on ECM Records on 22 September 2017 last.

Released as a limited 12'' vinyl edition in March 2017 last on Moderna Records, Tambour's "Chapitres" features a selection of tracks from the musician's previous two EPs Chapitre I (2015) and Chapitre II (2016).

"Written in the Ground" (Burning Petal Records - 2015) is British sound engineer and producer Richard Anthony Jay's third record as a solo composer.

Italian pianist and composer Stefano Guzzetti's "Ensemble" (Stella Recordings - 2015). Music for piano, violin, viola and cello.

Best known for his banjo and guitar-based songs inspired by Americana and Appalachian music, his multi-instrumental concept albums or his fondness for Christmas songs, the incredibly talented and original indie folk singer songwriter Sufjan Stevens released in 2009 a highly ambitious score of modern classical music. Originally commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2007 and performed live over three consecutive evenings in November that year, [amazon text=The BQE&asin=B002IVTW26]…

From a statistical point of view, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" probably belongs to the top ten most popular pieces of classical music recorded and played (sometimes even overplayed) on classical music radio stations. Not daunted by its overwhelming popularity, neoclassical composer Max Richter set to revisit Antonio Vivaldi's concerto as part of the "recomposed" series on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Released at the end of 2012, [amazon text=Recomposed by Max Richter&asin=B00IERJQXS] is…