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 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...
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...
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...
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...
USA International Harp Competition winner Remy van Kesteren has released a track preview from his upcoming album Tomorrow Eyes, due out Jan. 8. (Listen.) The recording includes 11 tracks, most written by van Kesteren. "It started with a idea about a melody when I flew...
This season has ushered in many new harp CD releases. A few we're particularly excited about: "French Reflections," Sivan Magen's new disc for Linn Records, includes quintessential staples of the French harp repertoire such as Tournier's Sonatine,...
Singer/songwriter/harpist Joanna Newsom, who we featured in 2007, has announced the release of her new album Divers on October 23. It has been five years since the release of Newsom's last recording, Have One on Me. The music on Divers is described as "a wheeling...
"Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble; Live at the Jazz Standard" is the latest release by Colombian jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda. The recording features Castaneda, performing on his Llanera style harp, with friends from around the world in a November 2014 concert at the...
Harpists are abuzz with talk of the recent Metropolitan Opera Orchestra audition, where Emmanuel Ceysson emerged victorious to fill the Principal Harpist vacancy left by the late Deborah Hoffman. Between winning a dream gig and releasing a new CD, it's been quite a...
