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Sharon Ruchman has been writing for piano and strings for years, but From the Heart marks the first time she’s narrowed the frame to just violin and piano for a full release. It’s a focused setup that suits her writing. She comes from a classical background: New England Conservatory, Yale – and her work often…
Gianfranco Malorgio has spent decades moving between jazz, film, and classical guitar. Based in Rome, he’s played with figures from the Gypsy Jazz world like Dorado Schmitt and Angelo Debarre, and his background shows in the precision of his writing. Lately, Malorgio has turned toward composition for film, creating pieces meant to live between sound…
Christchurch-based composer and pianist Mark Sutton builds his music around tone, balance, and atmosphere. Odyssey opens with a soft piano figure that sets the scene in a quiet, open space. As strings rise around it, the sound widens and deepens. A low choir moves in slowly, adding weight and dimension without overpowering the piano. Sutton…
Nikita Noebel records under the name Walilamdzi, a project rooted in Berlin but drawn to landscapes that stretch far beyond the city. The music sits in that space between instrumental songwriting and film score: guitar-driven, slow-burning, shaped as much by atmosphere as by melody. Noebel calls each set of songs a “chapter,” small arcs that…
Richard Green has a habit of making classical compositions feel immediate. Based between Milan and London, he’s spent the last few years building a neoclassical trilogy – composed at home, recorded in Italy, and performed by some of the country’s best players. “A Story,” featuring Irene Veneziano on piano and Archimia on strings, is the…
Katy Jarzebowski has spent the last decade scoring everything from documentaries to ballets, and her debut album FEATHERS pulls directly from that experience. Originally written for a pandemic-era ballet, the six tracks now stand alone as a kind of experimental suite—one that blends orchestral tools with sound design tricks and a willingness to let weird…
This instrumental piece paints a clear picture of place. Right up front you get wind, waves and seabirds – real outdoor sounds that point straight to Drumadoon Point on the Isle of Arran. The piece works like a postcard: you can hear walkers on the shore, gulls and the distant foghorn, and when the plucked…
Satiety by CAVN opens with slow, rising strings that immediately set the tone for something intimate but not gentle. There’s a strong cinematic edge from the first bar – nothing decorative, just a focused escalation that keeps shifting rather than settling. As the track expands, it doesn’t lean on melody as a hook. Instead, the…
Rome’s Solo Artist Turns a Memory into Music That Speaks Without Words There’s a kind of restraint in AfterGlow Bridge that’s rare. The single from Indomitus Pax, a solo composer and producer based in Rome, doesn’t build with bombast or collapse into cliche. Instead, it unfolds gently, like someone turning over a memory in their…
“Frameworks” is a collection of four tracks that shows a clear mix of different influences, and it’s refreshing to hear how they all come together. The composer, producer, and guitarist behind this release brought in a few key collaborators to help shape the sound, including bass players Alex Burak and Matt Copson, who both bring…