Supported by a grant from Chamber Music America, Sylvan Winds’ newest release from December 2026 features four recent commissions by women composers — all written for wind quintet, one with narrator and another with electronics:
Aleksandra Vrebalov – Xenia and the Bishop (2017)
Elizabeth Brown – Pentalogue (2021)
Svjetlana Bukvich – Unraveling the Linear (2022)
Stephanie Griffin – Calling (2024)
With actress Mary Beth Peil
Albany Records webpage for this release
Albany Inside Story feature
Gramophone review
Tracks:
- Pentaloque: III. walking and waltzing
- Pentalogue: I. prologue
- Unraveling the Linear
- Calling
- Xenia and the Bishop
- Pentaloque: IX. of mice and Mahler
- Pentaloque: II. procession
- Pentaloque: V. epilogue