SPACES Yang Bao, Sam Perkin, Stefania de Kenessey, Kian Ravaei

• Donnacha Dennehy (b. 1970): Woven:
• 1 Dennehy: Woven: I. Knit 04:41
• 2 Dennehy: Woven: II. Thread 06:24
• 3 Dennehy: Woven: III. Loom 05:20
• Stefania De Kenessey: Fooled You:
• 4 Kenessey: Fooled You 05:26
• Sam Perkin: Le Monde des Adultes:
• 5 Perkin: Le Monde des Adultes 08:27
• Anna Clyne (b. 1980): Zero at the Bone:
• 6 Clyne: Zero at the Bone 05:54
• Zoe Yost: Three Hymns for Wind Quintet:
• 7 Yost: Three Hymns for Wind Quintet: I. Hymn to Serenity 04:42
• 8 Yost: Three Hymns for Wind Quintet: II. Hymn to Playfulness 05:00
• 9 Yost: Three Hymns for Wind Quintet: III. Hymn to Awe 02:03
• Yang Bao (b. 1991): SOL ONE:
• 10 Bao: SOL ONE 03:40
• George Lewis (b. 1952): Melodies for Miles:
• 11 Lewis: Melodies for Miles 09:17
• Sarah Kirkland Snider (b. 1973): Stanzas in Meditation:
• 12 Snider: Stanzas in Meditation 10:39
• Kian Ravaei (b. 1999): Ecstasies:
• 13 Ravaei: Ecstasies 09:48
• Total Runtime 01:21:21

Info for SPACES

Celebrating 25 years of PENTATONE, SPACES brings together world premiere recordings of contemporary works by composers from across the globe. From established names such as Anna Clyne and Sarah Kirkland Snider to new, emerging voices, this collection reflects the diversity of music being created today and PENTATONE’s commitment to giving new music a place at the heart of classical recording. A celebration of the present, and a glimpse of where music is heading next.

From established names such as Anna Clyne, Donnacha Dennehy, George Lewis, and Sarah Kirkland Snider to emerging voices such as Zoe Yost, SPACES reflects the diversity of music being created today and PENTATONE's commitment to giving new music a place at the heart of classical recording.

The collection was shaped through recommendations from leading music publishers, as well as through PENTATONE's existing relationships with composers including Yang Bao and Sam Perkin, who were invited to contribute new works. Alongside more established names, composers such as Stefania de Kenessey and Kian Ravaei demonstrate the breadth of contemporary composition, with each work offering a distinctive perspective.

The collection also highlights a composer at the very beginning of her career. At the suggestion of David Conte, distinguished head of composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, rising graduate Zoe Yost is represented by her first commercial recording. As a proud Alliance partner of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and its affiliated organisations, including Askonas Holt and Opus 3 Artists, PENTATONE is committed to creating opportunities for emerging talent and providing a platform for new voices.

Together, these recordings offer a celebration of the present and a glimpse of where music is heading next.

'As both composer and director of one of the world's leading independent labels, it is critical to me that we celebrate not just our past achievements but to give opportunity to the voices of today as well as tomorrow. PENTATONE has redoubled our efforts in ensuring that classical music is very much a living, evolving, and multifaceted organism whose brightest days are surely in the future.

'We hope that you, the listener, enjoy this humble survey of contemporary music in our 25th anniversary year. As always, thank you for listening.' (Sean Hickey, Managing Director, PENTATONE)

Yang Bao
(b. 1991) is a New York-based installation artist, pianist, and composer who works in sound sculpture, performance, video, and painting. Renowned for his large-scale stainless steel sound sculptures and Infinity Music compositions, Bao transforms landscapes and architectures into monumental super-instruments. His site-specific works harness time and chance to create evolving, multidimensional visual-soundscapes, reimagining sound as a tangible force that reshapes our perception of space and time. Through a minimalist approach, he visualizes sound as physical forms, creating an experiential synthesis of the arts.

His groundbreaking sound sculpture complex, HYPERSPACE, permanently collected and exhibited at The Donum Estate in California, stands among the world’s largest sculpture collections. This dynamic installation blends Infinity Music with natural elements such as wind, sunlight, and rain, merging sound and visuals into a fluid, living experience. He has been awarded the Maria Manetti Shrem Composer Prize, Forbes China’s Most Influential Young Artists, and Robb Report’s Young Artist of the Year. His artworks are in the permanent collection of the Long Museum and have been commissioned by DIOR, Louis XIII, and Devialet. Bao’s solo shows include: MADLANDS (Long Museum, Shanghai, 2024), Hear A Century Ahead (Former British Consulate, Shanghai, 2021), Late Night Savage (Cc Foundation, Shanghai, 2021).

A Juilliard and New England Conservatory-trained classical pianist, Bao studied under Wha-Kyung Byun and Bruce Brubaker and has performed with prestigious orchestras worldwide, merging classical mastery with his original compositions. He recently premiered his composition First Day on Mars: Piano Fantasie at Carnegie Hall in New York and his orchestral composition Sol: Piano Concerto at Festival Napa Valley in California. He also performed Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Maestro Long Yu and China Philharmonic Orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

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