Louth Contemporary Music Society has launched its own record label.

A Place Between, the first release on Louth Sounds, a new label dedicated to contemporary music, features world premiere recordings of music by four of the 20th Century's most important composers—Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, Valentin Silvestrov and Alexander Knaifel—as well as pieces by Henryk Górecki and John Cage.

Created with funding from the Music Network/Arts Council Music Recording Scheme, Drogheda Arts Office, Louth County Arts Office and Dundalk Arts Office, A Place Between features the Callino Quartet, pianist Michael McHale, violinist Ioana Petcu-Colan, flautist Vourneen Ryan, percussionist Stephen Kelly and the British soprano Patrizia Rozario.

Recorded in St Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda, it includes first performances on disc of Tavener's The Ikon of Joy/Sorrow, a version for string quartet of Pärt's Da Pacem Domine, Silvestrov's Ikon, and Knaifel's O Heavenly King in an arrangement for piano, string quartet and voice.

Other featured works are Pärt's Hymn to a Great City, Górecki's Good Night, Silvestrov's 'Lullaby' from 25.X.1893... in memoriam P.I.Tch, and Cage's In a Landscape.

A Place Between is available for sale through iTunes and CD Baby.

Further details from excerpts are available at www.louthcms.org.

Posted: 5 June 2009