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First Inversion@first-inversion· 25d

🌾🎶 Out today! Joseph Havlat's incredible performance of Cassandra Miller's “Broadly (Surveilling the Great Expanse)” movement from “Philip the Wanderer”! Listen now ➡️ https://listn.fm/millerfinnissy

First Inversion@first-inversion· 25d

Announcing the first single from Conspirare's world premiere recording of Joby Talbot's Piedra de sol (Sunstone)! 🎧🎶 Listen today: https://listn.fm/piedradesol

First Inversion@first-inversion· 25d

For the second single from Olmos Ensemble's new #MadeInGermany recording, we take a look back at the recording sessions of this stunning solo from cellist Julian Schwarz in Variation V from Laszlo Varga's arrangement of Strauss' Don Quixote, Op. 35! 🎧 Listen now: https://listn.fm/madeingermany

First Inversion@first-inversion· 25d

Métier is delighted to present Lieder Zyklen by contemporary Swiss composer Thomas Fortmann. Featuring settings for voice and piano trio, a Hommage to Schubert’s Winterreise, and his arrangement of this iconic song cycle for baritone and string quartet! ▶️ https://listn.fm/liederzyklen

First Inversion@first-inversion· 26d

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Micael Ellison's Triptych of Transcultural Operas in the August issue of BBC Music Magazine! “These three operas represent landmarks in Michael Ellison’s intensive immersion in Turkish culture, history and music, which he combines seamlessly with a piquant postwar Western modernism.…”

First Inversion@first-inversion· 27d

Great to see Burkard Schliessmann's new 3xLP Deluxe Set featured as a “Not to be missed” release on Fanfare! “Allow me to add my praise and strongly recommend that you buy this album” —Mark Gabrish Conlan

First Inversion@first-inversion· 28d

On 14 August, Divine Art is delighted to present The Complete Piano Music of Anthony Hedges (1931-2019) Vol 1, the first of three albums from pianist Adam Davies presenting the entirety of this prolific composer’s concert music for piano. 🎧 First single out now ➡️ https://listn.fm/hedgespianov1/

First Inversion@first-inversion· 29d

Don't miss Mary Dullea's new recording of Eric Craven's “Set Two for Piano” in top playlists and features from #Spotify, #Deezer, #Idagio, and #AppleMusicClassical! Add it to your collection at https://listn.fm/cravensettwo

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jul 10

Métier presents “Set Two for Piano" from visionary composer Eric Craven, the latest in a series of releases showcasing his ‘non-prescriptive’ method of composition. Pianist Mary Dullea is Eric Craven’s collaborator, bringing a wonderfully instinctive performance. ▶️ https://listn.fm/cravensettwo/

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jul 6

Don't miss Friday's all-new singles in Spotify & Deezer's New Classical Playlists! ▶️ Spotify: https://listn.fm/spotifyclassicalnew 🎧 Deezer: https://listn.fm/deezerclassical

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jul 3

🙌 The first single from Olmos Ensemble is out now! ▶️ https://listn.fm/madeingermany Listen to the opening movement from Laszlo Varga's arrangement of Strauss' Don Quixote on all digital platforms, and find it featured in Spotify & Deezer's Classical New Release Picks!

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jul 3

🎻 Out now from Métier! Listen to the “Gute Nacht” movement from Thomas Fortmann's recreation of Schubert's Winterreise for voice and string quartet in Spotify and Deezer's New Classical Playlists! ▶️ https://listn.fm/liederzyklen Featuring baritone Florian Prey and the Amar Quartett

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jul 2

🌾🎶 Announcing the August 7th release of “Sinner, Don’t Let This Harvest Pass” on Métier from pianist Joseph Havlat! Listen to the first single tomorrow, July 3 ➡️ https://listn.fm/millerfinnissy/ This ground-breaking album includes works by Robert Schumann, Michael Finnissy, and Cassandra Miller.

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 30

In David Hackbridge Johnson's “3 Disused Stations”, Op. 463, Peter Sheppard Skærved takes up the viola to create sonic commentaries on abandoned or entirely absent railway architecture. Listen now to “Beeches Halt” in Spotify & Deezer's New Classical Playlists ▶️ https://listn.fm/apocketfulloftunes

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 29

🔥 Rob Hao and Antony Gray's new “Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos” release is hot! Check it out on all platforms via https://listn.fm/poulencmusicfortwopianos and streaming in top playlists from Idagio, Tidal, Spotify, Deezer, and #AppleMusicClassical!

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 26

Divine Art is delighted today to present Francis Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos performed by pianists Antony Gray and Rob Hao! Add it to your library ➡️ https://listn.fm/poulencmusicfortwopianos Don't miss it featured in Spotify, Deezer, and Idagio's New Release picks and on #AppleMusicClassical!

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 24

“From the moment that we began to talk, exchange music, ideas, writing, meeting over endless cups of tea and coffee, it seemed our new conversation was already running…” —@psskaervedviolin.bsky.social on his relationship with David Hackbridge Johnson 🎶➡️ https://listn.fm/apocketfulloftunes

Peter Sheppard Skærved and David Hackbridge Johnson

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 22

Tino Brütsch and Trio Accademia Amiata's new single from Thomas Fortmann: Lieder Zyklen is a Spotify Classical New Release Pick! 🎧➡️ listn.fm/spotifyclassicalnew 💿➡️ On all platforms at listn.fm/liederzyklen

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 19

Métier proudly presents composer Michael Ellison’s ground-breaking set of Three Transcultural Operas all performed with the Hezarfen Ensemble, the leading Turkish contemporary music ensemble co-founded by Michael Ellison! Available on all platforms today ➡️ https://listn.fm/ellisonoperas

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 18

“If you choose this set, you will not be disappointed.” We certainly agree with MusicWeb International on this one! Add Brian Hsu's “impressive” Liszt Années De Pèlerinage to your library today ➡️ listn.fm/anneesdepelerinage

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 16

Rob Hao and Antony Gray's new Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos gets a MusicWeb “Recommended” distinction! See the full review at https://musicwebinternational.com/2026/06/poulenc-music-for-two-pianos-divine-art/ Pre-order & listen to the first three tracks today: listn.fm/poulencmusicfortwopianos

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 15

Don't miss our latest album and singles in New Release playlists from Spotify, Deezer, Presto Music, and Qobuz! Plus featured on Idagio & #AppleMusicClassical!

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 13

Out Now! Infrastructure: The Songs of David Sisco! Featuring David Fung, Michael Kelly, Elizabeth Mondragon & Laura Strickling! ➡️ listn.fm/infrastructure “Not just a big, bold début recording… an invigorating exploration of what art song can look like in our own time.” @prestomusic.bsky.social

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 12

Beautiful to see this incredible write up from Katherine Cooper at @prestomusic.bsky.social for David Sisco’s #Infrastructure album! “An album to brandish in the face of anyone that thinks classical song has nothing new to say and nowhere left to go.” www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...

Presto Music New Release Round-Up feature for Infrastructure: The Songs of David Sisco: “Not just a big, bold début recording - though it is certainly that - but an invigorating exploration of what art song can look like in our own time. Sisco draws on poems about travels in Italy, the lonely hearts and ships-in-the-night of 'missed connection' ads on semi-defunct websites from the early days of the Internet, the caustic and often unhinged wit of today's online reviews, the unfiltered naïveté of prayers written by children, and more. An album to brandish in the face of anyone that thinks classical song has nothing new to say and nowhere left to go.”

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 8

Don't miss “Wüsste ich” from Thomas Fortmann's Hofmannsthal Verse on Spotify's New Classical playlist! 🎧 ➡️ listn.fm/spotifyclassicalnew 🎶 On all platforms at listn.fm/liederzyklen

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 3

Out now at top vinyl retailers, a new, collector's edition, triple-gold LP deluxe package of Burkard Schliessmann's acclaimed “Fantasies” recording, previously released on SACD and Dolby Atmos® Digital! Available direct at https://bit.ly/4x6hEpF

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 2

We are thrilled to announce “Made in Germany”, from San Antonio, Texas-based Olmos Ensemble, the first in an exciting series of albums to be released on August 7 on Divine Art Records! Learn more: https://first-inversion.com/olmos-ensemble-made-in-germany/

First Inversion@first-inversion· Jun 1

We're delighted to see the second single from Rob Hao and Antony Gray's Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos in Spotify's New Classical Playlist! 🎧➡️ https://listn.fm/spotifyclassicalnew Listen now to this Épilogue from the Sonata for two pianos, arguably Poulenc’s finest keyboard work!

First Inversion@first-inversion· May 29

🎹 Announcing “Set Two for Piano” from visionary composer Eric Craven and pianist Mary Dullea — available July 10 on Métier! Listen to movement “Three” today on all digital platforms ➡️ https://listn.fm/cravensettwo

First Inversion@first-inversion· May 29

🏗️ It's officially #Infrastructure week! David Sisco's title work is #nowplaying on all digital platforms! 🎧 ➡️ listn.fm/infrastructure David Sisco joins pianist David Fung in his setting of Barbara Worton's poem, one which he states, “perfectly encapsulates a New Yorkers' skepticism.”