Today, Craig Armstrong shares with us »Nocturne 4«. The first single of his upcoming album »Nocturnes: Music for 2 Pianos«. Also, we are excited to release a single by the Moritz Von Oswald Trio called »Chapter 4«. Enjoy

What can classical pianist Sebastian Knauer and rock singer Johannes Strate talk about for an hour? Find out by tuning into “Knauer trifft Strate” this Thursday (13th May) at 1pm on NDR Kultur.

Meredi and Robert Ames will premiere their new releases at the XJazz Festival this Thursday live. You have the chance to get a free ticket to our Modern Recordings label event. Find out more!

Today, Vince Mendoza shares with us »Freedom Over Everything«. A classical-jazz groove played by bassist Derrick Hodge, drummer Antonio Sanchez and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra – featuring Black Thought of The Roots. Also, we are excited to release a new single by Sebastian Knauer. An interpretation of the first movement from the Mozart Sonata C Major K 545. Enjoy!

Moritz von Oswald Trio returns with »Dissent«, a striking new album that explores the scope of jazz and dance music within abstracted electronic music – to be released August via Modern Recordings.

Starting the new month with a new update of our „Modern Recordings Selections“ playlist. This time curated by the Robert Ames featuring works by Galya Bisengalieva, Alex Somers, some Modern Recordings releases and more. On Apple Music and Spotify!

Elina Nechayeva, 2019 Eurovision finalist, teams up with Kristjan Järvi and Robot Koch in this new ambient pop sound painting – half story telling, half singing. »Burnt« is based on »Nebula« from Järvi’s recent album »Nordic Escapes« and will be released as a multitrack in three languages: English, Estonian and Russian. Stay tuned!

Mark your calendars! On May 13th, we will host an event at the XJAZZ festival in Berlin. Get ready for performances by Meredi and Robert Ames presenting their upcoming releases on Modern Recordings. The concert will be streamed live to your living room. Stay tuned!

Stay tuned for this Friday as we have two new releases coming up! Robert Ames shares with us »Change Ringing«. It’s the second single of the same-titled album that will be released May 28th via Modern Recordings. Also, we are excited to release “K4” – the fourth of six original compositions by Michael Nyman composed exclusively for Sebastian Knauer who performs the pieces on his upcoming album “The Mozart / Nyman Concert”.

Today we are releasing Van Dyke Parks’ and Verónica Valerio’s newly recorded interpretation of Agustin Lara’s »Veracruz«. It is the first single of their upcoming 10” »Only in America – Solo en América«. Let yourself be taken away by this classic to “a place of pyramids and pre-Columbian history”.

To all vinyl lovers and Pat Metheny fans in the US: the vinyl of »Road To The Sun« will be available this Friday, April 9th. Get a physical copy to enjoy Pat’s compositions at home – performed by Jason Vieaux and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ). The vinyl is out already in Europe.

Today, Sebastian Knauer shares with us his interpretation of the second movement of the Mozart Sonata K 330. It is the first single of his upcoming album »The Mozart Nyman Concert«. The album features six pieces by Mozart and six original compositions by Michael Nyman – exclusively written for Sebastian Knauer – to be released 4th June. Enjoy

To all vinyl lovers and Pat Metheny fans in the US: the vinyl of »Road To The Sun« will be available this Friday, April 9th. Get a physical copy to enjoy Pat’s compositions at home – performed by Jason Vieaux and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ). The vinyl is out already in Europe.

This biweekly Spotify playlist is the choice of our artists and our team. It’s not about one genre – it’s about quality beyond specific genres. It’s about discovering new songs and all-time modern recordings. It’s about music that matters. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Music!

On his virtual journey around Europe, Daniel Hope „visits“ Estonia to talk to Kristjan Järvi about local traditions, Estonian music characteristics and Järvi’s last album „Nordic Escapes“ – released last year via Modern Recordings. Europe@Home – a living room concert to be aired this Friday, 26th March.

Our second release this year will be a new album called »429 Hz Formen von Stille« on March 19th by Hendrik Weber. It is the first time that Pantha Du Prince is releasing an album under his given name. Stay tuned!

In his release week, Pat Metheny leads classical the album charts in UK and US and is ranked among the top 10 in several other countries such as Sweden, Germany, Italy or France. Congrats to Pat, Jason Vieaux, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and everyone involved. We’re proud to be a part of this!

We’re excited to announce a collaboration album between recordings artists and arranger Van Dyke Parks and harpist and poet Verónica Valerio – to be released June 11th via Modern Recordings.

Conducted by Modern Recordings artist Robert Ames, the innovative ensemble presents orchestral versions of new electronic masterpieces and a UK premiere on March 19th-20th.

Coming up in July, the composer and arranger Vince Mendoza shares with us his latest composition “Freedom over everything” – played by the Czech National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and featuring a wide range of artists like Black Thought from The Roots, Derrick Hodge, Joshua Redman, Julia Bullock, Jan Hasenöhrl and Antonio Sánchez.