Wonkak Kim, Eunhye Grace Choi - Peter Lieuwen: Nambé (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Heartland: I. Spirited
02. Heartland: II. Dark and Pensive
03. Heartland: III. Robust
04. Bright River
05. Skylines for Orchestra
06. Nocturne Samba
07. Nambé

It can be a true spectacle to discover orchestral music that feels both freshly minted and innately inevitable. On composer Peter Lieuwen’s NAMBÉ, performed with clarity and vigor by the Hungarian Pannon Philharmonic, listeners encounter an American sound world not filtered through nostalgia, but illuminated from within: expansive, accessibly structured yet rich in spontaneity, and dazzlingly, uncompromisingly alive. Born in the Netherlands but raised amid the luminous sprawl of New Mexico, Lieuwen composes like someone who has seen vast landscapes within and without — and chose capturing their essence over mere romanticization. With its blend of driving rhythms, wind-swept lyricism and bold structural flow, NAMBÉ doesn’t follow tradition, but transcends it: not by revering classical ashes, but by passing on the fire.

Peter Lieuwen composer
Pannon Philharmonic | Franz Anton Krager conductor
Wonkak Kim clarinet
Eunhye Grace Choi piano
Proyecto Sonora string quartet

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