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Q and A with Elisa Thorn

Q and A with Elisa Thorn

Vancouver harpist Elisa Thorn came onto our radar when we noticed a writeup about her a few weeks ago in the Vancouver Sun. Thorn has just released "Hue," an improvisational recording based on the paintings of her father, Bruce Thorn. Thorn was drawn to creative...

Anaïs Gaudemard releases Harp Concertos

Anaïs Gaudemard releases Harp Concertos

French harpist Anaïs Gaudemard has released the new recording Harp Concertos on the Claves Records label. The recording includes Alberto Ginastera's  Harp Concerto; the Concerto for Harp by François-Adrien Boieldieu; and Claude Debussy's "danses sacrée et profane,"...

Lavinia Meijer releases “The Glass Effect”

Lavinia Meijer releases The Glass Effect with a video trailer about the project. Lavinia Meijer's new collaboration with Philip Glass, The Glass Effect has just been released on the Sony Classical label. The two-CD set includes 10 piano etudes by Glass, arranged by...

Silke Aichhorn releases “Miniaturen 3”

Silke Aichhorn releases “Miniaturen 3”

German harpist Silke Aichhorn has recently released her twenty-second CD, "Miniaturen 3," on her own record label – Hörmuzik. It is available on her website. Aichhorn is also a featured artist on Harp Column Music, where her arrangements for harp can be purchased for...

Anneleen Lenaerts releases “Schumann & Schubert”

Anneleen Lenaerts releases “Schumann & Schubert”

Vienna Philharmonic harpist Anneleen Lenaerts' new recording "Schumann & Schubert" has just been released on the Warner Classics label. The album also features clarinetist  Dionysis Grammenos. The two perform 13 tracks of unusual transcriptions of works by the two...

Ginastera: One Hundred

Ginastera: One Hundred

Ginastera: One Hundred—the latest project by recording artist Yolanda Kondonassis—has just been released by Oberlin Music with distribution by Naxos. Kondonassis is the executive producer of the new album, which celebrates the 2016 centennial of the iconic Argentine...

Erin Hill releases Harp Town

Erin Hill releases Harp Town

Erin Hill has just released a new album entitled Harp Town, with Cleopatra records. Featured in the July-August 2013 issue of the Harp Column, Hill not only plays the harp, but is also a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor. Her new album combines pop...

New record release from harpist Mary Lattimore

New record release from harpist Mary Lattimore

Music Inspired by Philippe Garrel's Le Révélateur is available for pre-order now, and will be out on July 22nd. Thrill Jockey Records has recently announced the upcoming release of a new album by harpist Mary Lattimore in collaboration with guitarist/synth player Jeff...

Claire Jones’ North American Release

Claire Jones’ North American Release

On February 5, 2016, Welsh harpist Claire Jones released Royal Harp Strings, originally released in the UK as Journey. This album for harp and string orchestra features classical and folk arrangements, as well as a bonus track recording of a solo harp version of the...

New Recordings for the Season

New Recordings for the Season

Just in time for the holidays, three new independently released harp recordings to check out: A Christmas Collection Fans of Carlos Salzedo's popular Christmas arrangements will want to check out the new release by Elisabeth Remy Johnson, Principal Harp with the...