CLMA Prize

Dressing the Silence

Eduardo Frías.

Non Profit Music Ensemble

NPM 2210 | 8437005650152

COMPOSER Oliver Caplan · Rebecca Clarke · Daniele Di Virgilio · Pavel Karmanov · Andrea Montalbano · Marjan Mozetich ARTIST Eduardo Frías · Non Profit Music Ensemble

• World Premiere Recordings of works awarded in 2020 Cum Laude Music Awards
• A Consonant Chamber Music Recital for the 21st Century

Whispering Colors

Habemus Quartet. Eduardo Frías. Stamen Nikolov.

NPM 2011 | 8437005650145

COMPOSER Howard Blake · Elena Kats-Chernin · Gordon Kennedy · Gabriel Bussi · Georgs Pelecis · Liliane Secco · Jesse Voogt · James Whitbourn ARTIST Habemus Quartet · Eduardo Frías · Stamen Nikolov

• World Premiere Recordings of works awarded in 2018 Cum Laude Music Awards
• A Consonant Chamber Music Recital for the 21st Century

WORLD MAGAZINE
"... The rich, moving, and new music on the Habemus Quartet’s Whispering Colors: Consonant Chamber Music for the 21st Century grew out of a chamber-music composition contest sponsored by the Spanish composer Jorge Grundman’s Non Profit Music Foundation. Its criterion? “Exceptional communicative quality.”

It’s a quality that Whispering Colors’ nine pieces (by eight still-living composers) possess in abundance, their predominantly legato phrasing serving as a metaphor for the unity that once existed between serious music and serious listeners and that can exist again..."

In Crescendo

Daniel del Pino. Habemus Quartet

NPM 1807 | 8437005650138

COMPOSER Andreas Foivos Apostolou · Pavel Karmanov · José González Granero · Elena Kats-Chernin · Iván Palomares de la Encina · Jan Wachowski ARTIST Daniel del Pino · Habemus Quartet

• World Premiere Recordings of works awarded in 2016 Cum Laude Music Awards
• A Consonant Chamber Music Recital for the 21st Century

ALLMUSIC 4 Stars
"... Six contemporary composers from different countries, each with their own perspective on what consonance means. Kudos to the Non Profit Music Foundation for sponsoring the competition. And kudos to pianist Daniel del Pino and the Habemus Quartet. Their committed performances brought this music to life ..."

FANFARE MAGAZINE
"...The recording quality is of the very top drawer... This is a fascinating snapshot of one aspect of music today ..."