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Dario Lessing´s new single “Sheperd” is out now! It is the third track of Lessing´s up-coming Modern Recordings debut album “Frequency”. With the assistance of his sister SHAMS, Lessing created a atmospheric and beautifully nuanced piece of avant-pop. We hope you enjoy this single and also the amazing music video! The track is now available for download and on all major streaming sites!

Sven Helbig released his new single “Metamorphosis” today. It is the 4th single of his up-coming 5th studio album “Skills”, which will be out on January 4! On the track Helbig works with the Mondena Quartet Leipzig, Anne Grethen and Jörg Brückner, to create a powerful compositional work. The accompanying music video will be released next Tuesday, January 27. We hope you enjoy this beautiful piece as much as we did! Available now as download and on all major streaming sites!

We have great news for all concert enthusiasts and classical music fans! Our very own Sebastian Knauer will perform four recitals of his highly praised 2021 project “The Mozart Nyman Concert”, which he created in a joint effort with composer Arash Safaian. Knauer will perform in his hometown of Hamburg (01.02), moving on to the extensive US-segment of his up-coming tour, where he will perform “The Mozart Nyman Concert” in Savannah (02.04) and Washington (10.04). After this Knauer will return back to Germany where he will perform the final recital of the project in Neuhardenberg (15.05). We hope to see you there! To view all Tour Dates of Sebastian Knauers up-coming Tour please visit the “Tour-Dates” segment on the Modern Recordings website.

The second bonus single from Craig Armstrong’s piano duet album “Nocturnes – Music For 2 Pianos” is here. “Nocturne 16” follows in the incredible personal piano performance by Craig of the previous album tracks. The award winning composer says of the track, “In Nocturne 16, I wanted to explore the full textural possibilities of having two pianos performing at the same time. Producing clouds of ever changing delicate harmonies.” Enjoy! Now available for download and on all major streaming services.

The remix of Nils Petter Molvaer´s – Nearly Invisible Stitches is here! Created by Martux_m and Lymbic the remix is a beat-driven track , full of warm, atmospheric synth-arpeggios. This is now the third track of Molvaer´s highly praised project “Stitches” to be remixed and there is more to come, so stay tuned and enjoy! Now available for download and on all major streaming services.

The first single of the new year is here! Tara Nome Doyle today released her powerful new track “Caterpillar”, a dark & powerful song from the upcoming Modern Recordings debut-album »Værmin«. Though it has a classical songwriting structure, the instrumentation and vocals give the song a distinctly modern art-pop sound. “Caterpillar” is a exiting new deviation from Tara´s usual sound, introducing the listener to a whole new realm of her vocal style. Congrats to Tara and everyone involved, for this wonderful single!

Today Tara Nome Doyle, the 24-year old singer-songwriter with Norwegian-Irish roots, and newest member of the Modern Recordings family, released the second single “Crow”, from her up-coming studio album “Værmin”. “Crow” is a melancholic, haunting song that effortlessly fuses pop, folk and neo-classical elements. The track was produced by the Grammy-award winning Simon Goff. Available now for download and streaming. Enjoy!

Modern Recording´s Sven Helbig released the third single “Lore”, of his up-coming studio album “Skills”. “Lore” is a nostalgic track, beautifully presenting folkloric roots in modern texture. As with the last releases, the track will be accompanied by another great music video, which will be released on November 09. The Artwork was created by Jacob de Graaf. Now available for streaming and download. Enjoy!

Rufus Wainwright´s long anticipated live album in collaboration with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, “Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live 2017”, is finally here! The album reflects the immense bandwidth of Wainwright’s musical influences and interests, featuring beautiful covers as well as Wainwright´s own songs, some of them written just for this program. “Rufus Wainwright and Amsterdam Sinfonietta Live 2017” will be released. The album was mixed by multiple Grammy winner Ryan Freeland and mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty both in Los Angeles and is comprised of live recordings from five of the ten concerts. Available now as vinyl, CD, digital release with two bonus tracks and of course for streaming. Enjoy!

Today is a great day for all Pat Metheny Fans! This Friday Modern Recordings releases the Pat Metheny – “Road to the Sun” Limited edition deluxe box-set, featuring a specially designed lenticular cover of the album artwork, a CD and vinyl copy of the recording, 2 books containing the full scores and a numbered art card hand signed by Pat. Available now on JPC, Amazon and Port Merch!