NEW ON NAXOS | SEPTEMBER 2025
Marin Alsop © Theresa Wey
8.574620 Release date: 26 Sep 2025
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Anna CLYNE (b. 1980) Abstractions Within Her Arms • Abstractions Restless Oceans • Color Field Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop
About Marin Alsop, Conductor Marin Alsop is one of the foremost conductors of our time, internationally recognised for her innovative approach to programming and audience development, and for her deep commitment to education. She is the first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and the first woman to serve as the head of major orchestras in the United States, South America, Austria and Great Britain. Alsop is the chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, artistic director and chief conductor of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, music director laureate and OrchKids founder of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. DIGITAL PRE-RELEASE SINGLE
Anna Clyne, described as a ‘composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods’ by The New York Times , is one of the most in- demand composers today, working with orchestras, choreographers, filmmakers and visual artists around the world. Clyne’s unique voice combines tradition with postmodern techniques, giving her listeners a sense of musical adventure that is grounded in the past. From the beautiful elegy Within Her Arms to the defiant power of Restless Oceans , Anna Clyne’s music strikes a positive and resilient tone. Anna Clyne is rapidly becoming one of today’s leading lights in the world of new classical music, with success upon success enhancing her reputation with each commission. This Naxos debut includes one of her most popular and widely performed works, Within Her Arms for strings, which the Chicago Classical Review described as ‘a powerful work, a sombre, deeply felt meditation on loss’. This album is also representative of Clyne’s close relationship with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra . Abstractions was a Baltimore commission, and Color Field was also written for them. • Key features: • Clyne’s music is represented on several record labels. Her works Prince of Clouds and Night Ferry were nominated for 2015 GRAMMY Awards, and Clyne’s cello concerto DANCE , recorded by soloist Inbal Segev, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Marin Alsop, has garnered over 12 million plays on Spotify. • The combination of Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a mark of quality when it comes to recordings of all kinds of repertoire, from an ‘an intense, voluptuous and pliant account’ ( The Guardian ) of Prokofiev’s complete ballet music Romeo and Juliet (Naxos 8.573534-35), to modern works by composers such as Kevin Puts, whose Marimba Concerto (8.559926) is ‘filled with virtuosity and creative inspiration’ ( Pizzicato ).
Anna CLYNE Abstractions – III. Seascape * Only available for download and streaming
9.50345 * Release date: 29 Aug 2025
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Companion titles – Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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