Type: Acoustic and Classical: Contemporary
DAVIDE FARACE: Tempi Di Versi
Pieces for piano solo, piano with violin and piano with flute, composed between 1994 and 2005 in a pseudotonal idiom.
Recommended if you like Claude Debussy, Александр Николаевич Скрябин.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
COSÌ FACCIAMO: Remember Dido
An original and reflected performance on period instruments, delving into African music and its diaspora, as well as its intersection with contemporary classical music.
CD price: $25.00
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO: Látigo
2007 GRAMMY NOMINEES -- BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER CD and BEST ENGINEERED CLASSICAL CD (Leslie Ann Jones and Judy Kirschner). With first-class arrangements by Jeremy Cohen, David Balakrishnan, and Evan Price. Guest artist John Santos on Latin percussion.
CD price: $19.00 / MP3 price: $19.00
DAVID PRITCHARD: Vertical Eden
This acoustic guitarist/composer creates a hypnotic musical tapestry of multi-metered compositions for acoustic guitar, violin, bass, and percussion.
Recommended if you like Steve Reich, Ralph Towner.CD price: $14.97
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Fleeting Visions: Collaboration II
The second CD in a series showcasing new works by contemporary composers.
CD price: $12.97
DON HARPER'S OCEANA ORCHESTRA: Dream and Variations
A Symphony Orchestra with an identity crisis, at once sweeping and intimate, Dream and Variations is a musical mosaic by composer Don Harper, performed by a 70-piece orchestra and choir, with Dan Higgins, Trevor Rabin, Russell Ferrante and Lisbeth Scott.
CD price: $14.97
UNSUNG STRING DUO: Unsung String Duo
Acoustic guitarist Byron Estep and violinist Matthew Pierce play original compositions and bizarre covers in an experimental, classical-meets-punk-rock style.
Recommended if you like Michael Hedges, Kronos Quartet.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
KIM PERLAK: Yong, Kim & Cathy at Yale
A dynamic ensemble that blends classical and popular sensibilities in contemporary American works for flute, cello, and guitar.
Recommended if you like Kronos Quartet, Andrew York.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
MASAKAZU ITO: Intimate Guitar
The critically-acclaimed, award-winning guitarist performing his original compositions as well as more traditional classical guitar repertoire with lush fluidity, impeccable command, and heart-stirring emotion.
Recommended if you like Andrés Segovia and John Williams, Christopher Parkening.CD price: $13.95 / MP3 price: $13.95
BOSTON STRING QUARTET: Spectrum
"Electrifying" as described by the Boston Ballet. This eclectic debut album from the Boston String Quartet spans the musical gamut from the smooth sounds of Bach and Antonio Vivaldi to the sweeping melodies of Ennio Morricone.
CD price: $12.97
AISHA DUO: Quiet Songs
Music for mallets, frame drums and cello. This album has intrigued listeners from around the world as two tracks now appear pre-loaded on Microsoft Vista's Windows Media Player.
CD price: $12.97
STAS VENGLEVSKI: My Main Squeeze
His artistry, dazzling technical command, and sensitivity have brought "Stas" Venglevski, a native of the Republic of Moldova, part of the former Soviet Union, increasing acclaim as a virtuoso of the bayan (accordion).
CD price: $12.97
INVERT: Between The Seconds
An "inverted" string quartet featuring 2 cellos, violin & viola playing dramatic, melodic, dark and driving new music composed by its members.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
SHANNON-GOODRICH ENSEMBLE: Crossing Over
Delicate, intimate music featuring vibraphone and piano, inspired by Astor Piazzolla. Special guest artists - accordion, double bass and latin percussion.
CD price: $15.00
MASSIMO SCATTOLIN: A solo per te - Classical Guitar
A guitar serenade expressly dedicated to my ideal image of woman, the one that is able to show me the way to love…
CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
DAWN AVERY & TOM MCGRATH: Viento
Contemporary Classical Music of indigenous themes.
Recommended if you like Dead Can Dance, Meredith Monk.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SUSAN CONANT: A New Leaf
Original chamber works inspired by Celtic melody, jazz rhythm and harmony, and classical foundations. Conant's evocative music and expressive flute playing paint a lush landscape of moods from contemplative to joyful.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
LE QUATUOR À VENT SCÈNE: Impressions Diaphanes
Wind quartet playing refined tracks of variegated origins as well as its sometimes bold compositions and unique atmosphere.
Recommended if you like Kenny G, Canadian Brass.CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
THE LAKE STRING QUARTET: By The Lake
Captivating debut album of Yellowstone's resident string quartet displaying an eclectic blend of styles with their most popular selections.
CD price: $11.99
NATHAN GRANNER / BEAU BLEDSOE: Departure
A beautiful album of varied and highly emotive music, painstakingly crafted by two young masters.
CD price: $15.00
CHRISTA TERRA: Piano Pictures
Solo piano, 8 composers, mostly classical to some modern.
CD price: $12.00
MESUT OZGEN: Troubadour
Folk Inspired Classical Guitar -- from Turkey to South America.
CD price: $15.00
QUINTANGO: Secret Places
With equal parts attitude and charm, they (two violins, cello, bass and piano) give their all to the tasty tangos, flirtatious milonga, poignant waltzes, memorable ballads, and the sometimes raw, sometimes heartbreaking Piazzolla repertoire.
CD price: $15.99
DWIGHT BERNARD MIKKELSEN: Rain's Day
Accessible, contemporary classical
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ARMIN DÜPMEIER: Feeling Home
New instrumental music with classical guitars, Chapman Stick, flute and cello in trio arrangements - 12 original compositions from classic to pop.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
LILY AFSHAR: Hemispheres
Public Radio International has described Lily Afshar as “one of the world’s foremost classical guitarists.” She has performed as soloist with orchestras and premiered works to sold out halls around the world.
CD price: $16.98 / MP3 price: $16.98
JENNIFER MARGARET BARKER: Geenyoch
Scottish American contemporary classical composer Jennifer M. Barker creatively melds the Celtic traditions with modern color and flair.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
CHARLES WOOD: Tour de Banjo
This is an eclectic mix of instrumental five-string banjo music from two time ('99 and '06) national champion banjo player Charles Wood.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
KEN HATFIELD: String Theory
Original acoustic compositions combining sophisticated jazz harmonies, classical forms such as sonatas, themes and variations, and suites, with bluegrass instrumentation, i.e., guitar, dobro, and mandolin, with multi-cultural influences.
CD price: $15.00
KASTNINGSIEGFRIED: Scalar Fields
KastningSiegfried is a modern classical guitar duet, performing their own unique compositions. The compositions on the album, "Scalar Fields," are a set of 20 inter-related compositions for guitar duet.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
STEPHEN BENNETT: Music From Tsenacommacah
"...he was able to shine light into long forgotten chambers of my heart." This is a tribute to the natives of our land.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
STEVEN CHEYNE-COOK: Self Pleasurings at the Cliff Edge
Solo piano- Classically bred, with folk and jazz flavors for intrigue. All orginal music.
Recommended if you like George Winston, Vince Guaraldi Trio.CD price: $13.95
JULIE M. POOLE: The Ash Grove
A collection of folk songs, hymns, and original compositions arranged for soprano and piano featuring works by: Benjamin Britten, Clifford Shaw, Aaron Copland, and John Jacob Niles.
CD price: $17.99 / MP3 price: $17.99
NEW TERTIAN RECORDINGS: Resonance: Chamber Works Volume I
Sophisticated and expressive Contemporary Classical Art Music that is effortless to comprehend by today's music lovers.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
YULIA ZISKEL: Yulia Ziskel-Violin
Classical and contemporary music for passionate, evocative solo violin and violin/piano.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
WILLIAM PURA: Dark Land Black Water
New music for violin and piano inspired by the landscape of northern Canada as well some folk influences.
CD price: $20.00
QUINTANGO: QuinTango
In their debut album, this quintet of two violins, cello, bass and piano underscores the longing and the heartbreak in some of this century's best known classic and new tangos.
CD price: $15.00
SERENATA: Serenata
Gentle Italian-style mandolin blended with lyrical arpeggios of the harp, playing a selection from Verdi's La Traviata, Grieg's Holberg Suite and traditional Italian folk melodies
CD price: $15.00
APASSIONATA: Romantic Dreams
Acoustic violin and classical guitar duo performing instrumental versions of the songs made famous by Andrea Bocelli.
CD price: $17.00 / MP3 price: $17.00
SETH BOUSTEAD: Piano Works of Seth Boustead
Lyrical, eclectic, transportive and often intensely introspective solo piano music by Chicago composer Seth Boustead. Excellent performances make this a real treat.
CD price: $12.00
KLEMP/KACHIAN: Falls Flyer
Five American composers explore the speed, ascent and adventure of flight symbolized by Lindbergh's Falls Flyer- one of the sleekest motorboats ever.
CD price: $13.00
JIM BERENHOLTZ: The Psalms of RA Double CD
A stunning acoustic ritual on 2 CD's blending contemporary classical and Middle Eastern styles, set to ancient Egyptian and Hebrew texts.
CD price: $25.00
SHIRA KAMMEN: Music of Waters
Original modal compositions, as well as traditional songs and tunes, inspired by the Grand Canyon and Colorado Rivers.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
JANE BAKKEN: Love and Passion ~ Music of the Soul...In Any Language
Range of acoustic piano and solo vocal, mostly a cappella, classical and world music from 12 cultures ~ Spanish, German, French, Italian, English, Arabic, Hebrew, Irish, and more.
Recommended if you like Edith Piaf ~ singer, William Joseph ~ pianist.CD price: $17.00
NAO SUZUKI: Suite Luz〜光の組曲
Light and shadow. Universality of time and pathos. You have seen that scene somewhere, sometime before, which recalls your emotions of "returning back to the womb."
CD price: $22.00 / MP3 price: $22.00
LARRY MINSKY: Larry Minsky Solo Piano
an eclectic collection of mainstream jazz, new age, and classical influences- meditative, upbeat, and fun pieces that will put a smile on your face.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $7.00
MICHAEL JONES: Almost Home
Inspired by Walt Whitman’s poems for the open road- these solo piano compositions inspire a spirit of expansiveness and adventure.
CD price: $14.98 / MP3 price: $9.98
JEFFEREY CLAYTON & JENNIFER LOUPE: Phase Blue
A soulful connection between steelpan and oboe.
CD price: $10.00
CAROLYN MORRIS: Learn to Fly
The musical style of Learn to Fly is easy listening/soundtrack music with a classical influence.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
STEVEN KING: Classical Swing
Both Classical and Jazz fingerstyle guitar on one album, performing the world's finest compositions
CD price: $17.97 / MP3 price: $17.97
THE ROSETTE GUITAR DUO: Wooden Dragons EP
Powerful acoustic instrumental music in the spirit of Rachel's, Dominic Frasca, and even with hints of GodSpeedYouBlackEmperor thrown in for good measure.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
BRIAN CRAIN: Piano and Cello Duet
Brian Crain's newest album with cellist Yujeong Lee
Recommended if you like Sir Edward Elgar.MP3 price: $9.95
NEIL HOGAN: On The Horizon
Instrumental solo acoustic guitar compositions combining elements of ragtime, folk, blues, jazz, and classical, played fingerstyle on steel strings.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
ACOUSTIC EIDOLON: A Simpler Time
New acoustic duo - Celtic, folk, bluegrass, light classical and pop
Recommended if you like Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Alchemy.CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
ROBIN COX ENSEMBLE: Level 7
A strings and percussion chamber group performing the contempoary classical influenced music of Robin Cox, Evan Ziporyn, HyeKyung Lee, Joseph Koykkar, and Leslie Hogan.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ACOUSTIC EIDOLON: Joy To The World
Cello & acoustic double-neck guitjo instrumental music for the christmas season
CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
ORLANDO COTTO: A Little Prayer
Elements of Latin, classical, and percussion to create an unique blend of soothing, inspiring music.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
LOUIS VALENTINE JOHNSON: Goodbye To Mexico
Passionate, acoustic guitar music from around the world by contemporary and traditional composers.
CD price: $16.99 / MP3 price: $16.99
LOUIS VALENTINE JOHNSON: La Hora Azul
A lyrical collection of acoustic guitar solos that is both meditative and passionate.
CD price: $16.99
CUARTETO HISPANOAMERICANO WITH JOSE LUIS MERLIN: Al Peregrino
A vibrant and beautiful Hispanic American guitar with oboe, cello and flute, playing original compositions by one of the foremost Latin american composers of our time.
CD price: $16.99
WATER BEAR: Pre-Release
Eclectic folk-jazz original instrumentals with quirky good humor and uplifting attitude.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
ALAN VIVIAN, JOHN GOULD QUARTET: Today -Yesterday
Modern "classical" music with strong melodies, jazz-influenced rhythms and harmonies. Neo-romantic String Quartet paired with neo-classical Clarinet Quintet. Debts to Benny Goodman, Mozart and Beethoven.
Recommended if you like Ludwig van Beethoven, Aaron Copland.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
MICHAEL LICH: Uraka
A recording of original compositions and more for classical guitar and banjo.
CD price: $15.00
MICHAEL PARTINGTON: 20th Century Guitar volume II
Contemporary music from the second half of the Twentieth Century by this award-winning guitarist. Berkeley, Bennett, Brouwer, Dyens, Gilardino, Johanson, Baker.
Recommended if you like Andrés Segovia.CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
JOSE LUIS MERLIN: Dreams of Argentina
Contemporary classical guitar at its finest. World-renowned artist and composer plays tribute to memories of love, horses and intrigue on the vast Argentine Pampa.
MP3 price: $16.99
BURGER/KLEWITZ: Spiritual Standards (Secunda)
warm blend of the greatest melodies of classical music and contemporary intimate duet improvisations, uplifting instrumental music with a lot of depth.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
KURT KLEINHANS: Submergency
12 Original Classical guitar compositions by an artist who claims a wide variety of musical influences.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
TOM SALVATORI AND IRIS LITCHFIELD: When Evening Falls
Contemporary instrumental album of soothing and melodic music showcasing original Piano (Litchfield) and Classical Guitar (Salvatori) compositions, gently entwined together and supported by warm and tender Cello arrangements (John Catchings).
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
ROBERT EEN: Mystery Dances
Infectious, post-minimalist music on a CD that Meredith Monk calls "an exhilarating listening experience."
CD price: $14.50
SIMON BUDD: The Wait is Over
Fingerstyle Guitar, Jazz, Celtic, Easy Listening, Classical
CD price: $15.00
LUKE PARKIN: Things I Didnt Know I loved
Modern Classical piano music set to twentieth century poetry
MP3 price: $18.95
STEVE NIEVE: It's Raining Somewhere
Contemplative jazz. a solo piano improvisation recorded in an intimate live setting.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
EDGAR CRUZ: The A.R.T. of Edgar Cruz
Acoustic Solo Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar, Classic Rock, Solo Guitar Transcriptions, Classical Guitar,
CD price: $15.99
DAN MENZONE: Menzone Drive
Instrumental bluegrass music created by a master 5 string banjoist.
CD price: $16.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
SETH KAUFMAN: Cascadilla
Debut solo piano album first released in 1993 recorded in Ithaca, NY
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
ROBERT SKILES: Flowers: Wild
The music is the flower. Each cut is a solo piano meditation on 16 different wild flowers: from Black Dahlias to Indian Paint Brushes. Beautiful,lyrical and colorful impressions of floral personalities.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JORGE CABALLERO, JON MARGULIES AND SCOTT RIFKIN: The Exploration Project- Reflections
This music can be considered to have three classical acoustic guitars. The style is that of Avant Garde mixed with Classical Music. Many other musical styles are blended into this Cd.
Recommended if you like Project A.CD price: $10.98 / MP3 price: $7.00
RYAN HALL: Ambiance
Instrumental, fingerstyle, acoustic guitar that will relax any listener.
Recommended if you like John Morgan.CD price: $9.98
KEYDRAGON: Jonquils & Daffodils
Classical/Contemporary Piano solo pieces performed on a 1918 Chilton Upright Grand Piano.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
JOHN SHAW: The Curmudgeon's Apprentice
An Artistic Blend of original Classical and Steel String Guitar Compositions
CD price: $14.00
BETH DENISCH: Jordan and the Dog Woman
Contemporary Classical " ... sparing and imaginative ... bucolic and serene ... syncopated and delightfully stylized ... Beautiful and humorous too, ... created the desire to hear more of Beth Denisch." Richard Johnson, Bay Windows
Recommended if you like Osvaldo Golijov, Sofia Gubaidulina.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BARRETT SMITH: Solo Guitar
Intricate, mellow, passionate, clever, beautiful compositions for solo acoustic guitar - blending jazz, folk, popular, and classical sensibilities.
CD price: $12.97
PAUL MADRYGA: Acoustic Pencil Sketches (and Songs for Home)
Folk-influenced classical guitar, or classically-influenced folk - Either way, Paul brings to his music a strong tone and solid technique, both borne of years of classical guitar study, as well as thoughtful insights that come from life in Western Canada.
Recommended if you like Bruce Cockburn, Barenaked Ladies.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
KATE STEINBECK & BYRON HEDGEPETH: Light in the Corner
Lite-tribal classical tapestry(flute and percussion).
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
JOHN BUZZ GUERRA: Tu Solo Tu
Easy listening smooth acoustic classical mexican guitar with jazz & latin influences.
CD price: $13.00
THE MONTANA MANDOLIN SOCIETY: The Bridger Waltz
A passionate and eclectic sound of strings that was named on National Public Radio as "The Montana Sound".
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
APASSIONATA: Kiss of Fire
Passionate music from around the world, featuring acoustic guitar and violin.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
ORLANDO COTTO: Caribenos - Latin American Music for the Marimba
The sound of new Latin American music. The rhythms of traditional Latin American favorites become alive again on the versatile sounds of the marimba. Featuring Giovanni Hidalgo
CD price: $12.97
NATHAN KOLOSKO: Sonatas & Sonatinas
Exciting and artistic performances of four major works for the classical guitar. Rich liquid tone and vibrant sound.
Recommended if you like Andrés Segovia and John Williams, Sharon Isbin.CD price: $14.97
MAZDAK KHAMDA: Pieces from a Diary
Solo piano with romantic, jazz and 20th century influences. Reminiscence of 19th century romanticism in a modern day setting.
Recommended if you like Frédéric Chopin, Keith Jarrett.CD price: $8.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
OLIVIA REVUELTAS: Angel of Scissors
"The music on this CD is what jazz is all about" Bubba Jackson,XM Satellite Radio. This CD was recorded with the legendary Billy Higgins on drums and is dedicated to his Memory
CD price: $15.00
AMY K: Reflections
Most unique for a classical guitar CD â “Reflections” is heartfelt,introspective, and can help soothe the listener to relieve them of the stresses of daily life.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
TIM SMITH: The Lonesome Blueridge
Whatever he plays - bluegrass, old-time breakdowns and hornpipes, blues, celtic, jazz or classical violin - He performs with ultimate good taste, tone and authenticity.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
ERIC ALAN FOSTER: Paint the Wind
Original classical guitar solos with influences from Baroque to Bossa Nova. Soothing to the soul and yet with enough serious thought to entertain the mind.
CD price: $12.00
JIM BAJOR: Gentle Images
Solo Acoustic New-Age Piano Music. From Ambient to melodic to almost intense. Many people say it reminds them of George Winston.
MP3 price: $12.00
DENNIS TURECHEK: Dennis Turechek plays Dennis Turechek
Solo Classical Guitarist, original compositions, comtemporary.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
OPHELIA'S LOOKING GLASS: Ophelia's Looking Glass
Twin sisters combine thought-provoking lyrics with a classical voice and a rock-edged guitar.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
TINO ROZZO: Dreaming Swan
Classical Music-Guitar Works-Original Acoustic Guitar Compositions
Recommended if you like Frank Zappa, Powell.MP3 price: $12.97
BYRON ESTEP: The First Night
Instrumental, solo acoustic guitar. Melodic, edgy, and inspiring.
Recommended if you like Michael Hedges.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
ANGELINA GALASHENKOVA-REED: String Virtuoso
This one of a kind CD features the charming sound of primo domra and alto domra duet that brings out the lush unique sounds of world famous classical works by Mozart, Strauss, and Telleman along with the virtuosic of traditional Russian folk music
Recommended if you like Niccolò Paganini.CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
MICHAEL KENT SMITH: After the Harvest
Inspired by medieval musical ideas, played largely on traditional American folk instruments and composed in a style derived from minimalist classical music, these pieces combine to tell a tale of how our lives are inexorably tied to the ever turning cycle
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
KEYDRAGON: Dragon Pond
Classical and con temporary piano pieces recorded on a 1918 Chilton upright Grand piano.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
