Murail Disc Named Among Best of 2007

Argento’s conductor rehearses with Tristan Murail

Time Out New York critic Steve Smith placed Argento's CD release of music by Tristan Murail on his list of the Top Ten Classical Recordings of 2007. Recorded at studios in Istanbul and New York, the disc includes three premiere recordings: Unanswered Questions, Feuilles à travers les cloches, and Murail's nature-inspired landscape for chamber orchestra, Le Lac.

Rounding out the disc are the groundbreaking work Ethers for flute and ensemble, and the title track Winter Fragments for chamber ensemble and electronics. Winter Fragments is released on the Aeon label (AECD0746). Please visit Aeon's website for more infomation. Available now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Arkivmusic.

Argento Records Hurel

Argento has completed the premiere recording of Philippe Hurel's Quatres Variations, a concerto for vibraphone and chamber orchestra. Matt Ward is the vibraphone soloist in this virtuoso piece. Argento will share the CD with two world-class ensembles, the Oslo Philharmonic and Ensemble Court-Circuit, to create an all-Hurel disc. The album release is schedule for May 2008. For more information, visit the Hurel page at Editions Henry Lemoine.

Argento Makes West Coast Debut

In February 2007 the Argento Chamber Ensemble traveled to Los Angeles to make its west coast debut with its program Expressionism in Motion: Schoenberg, Stockhausen, and Beyond. As part of the evening concert series at Los Angles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the program was presented in connection with LACMA's permanent collection of German expressionist art.

Argento Records Lunsqui

At studios in Brooklyn, Argento has recorded three new chamber works by Brazilian composer Alexandre Lunsqui. Drawing on his early experiences jazz and contemporary improvisation, Lunsqui's work is infused with incredible timbral and rhythmic vitality. His work is widely performed both in the U.S. and abroad. Pieces on the disc include Spira Mondana for 13 instruments, Tempi Intermedi for 6 instruments, and p-Orbital for 10 instruments. The CD will be available in Spring 2008 on the Gravina Música label.