The River
ETHEL with Robert Mirabal
Producer: Jesse Lewis
The River: a product of a week spent together on the Taos Pueblo, a truly tactile and immersive product of this transformative musical experience. Native flute, string quartet, story-telling, and the actual, natural sound of the Pueblo itself through field recordings. Thank you all - Jesse Lewis
Beethoven Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin
VOLUME II
Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata
Producer: Jesse Lewis
Engineers: Tom Caulfield, Jesse Lewis
Early music and audiophilia have primary source seekers in common, and both take what is hard to see and make it ALIVE to hear!!! I am absolutely obsessed with early music and with hearing old music LIVE again. Susanna and Ian are the most delightful, witty and energetic duo. We are lucky to have these Beethoven Sonatas available now in such vivid color. Thanks to you both! Only two more volumes to go! - Jesse Lewis
Trio Celeste
The Variations Project | Beethoven | Dvorak
Producer: Jesse Lewis
Engineers: Kyle Pyke, Jesse Lewis
This is the kind of album I feel so lucky to make. We recorded in one of the absolute treasures of a hall (Soka University) some of the world's most beautiful music for piano trio. I have NEVER heard a piano trio sound like this. PERIOD. - Jesse Lewis
Documerica
ETHEL
Producers: Jesse Lewis and ETHEL
Engineers: Kyle Pyke and Jesse Lewis
Tour de force! The story of the American homeland as told by those known and meant to tell it: ETHEL. Recorded in a little cabin in upstate New York. Thank you ETHEL for this week of recording, for your incredible talent and the communicative power of your music. -Jesse Lewis
The Source
Ted Hearne
Producers: Nick Tipp, Ted Hearne, Jesse Lewis
Engineers: Kyle Pyke, Jesse Lewis
Mastering: Carl Saff
The libretto is from Wikileaks. The music is by Ted Hearne. This is journalism. It's opera. It's pop culture. This is IMPORTANT - Thank you Ted for this, a masterpiece of our modern melting pot. - Jesse Lewis
American Duos
Jennifer Frautschi and John Blacklow
Producer: Jesse Lewis
Engineers: James Allington, Jesse Lewis
Additional Editing: Shauna Barravecchio
Mastering: Kyle Pyke
Recorded in the stunning Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, New Jersey. A stunning and under-recognized recording. This is a sound we are incredibly proud of, and are so glad to have been part of this beautiful process with Jennifer and John. - Jesse Lewis
The Latin Project
Boston Cello Quartet
Producer: Jesse Lewis
Engineers: Tom Caulfield, Jesse Lewis
Mastering: Kyle Pyke
What a delight of classical music reimagination. These guys pull of the technically and musically impossible. A reaffirmation that the cello is the most virtuosic and versatile instrument in the world. You have never heard cello like this. Thanks guys. - Jesse Lewis
Steve Reich
Third Coast Percussion
Producer: Jesse Lewis
Engineers: Dan Nichols, Jesse Lewis
Mastering: Kyle Pyke
Third Coast Percussion is a quartet of Reich veterans. The familiar Reich intensity and focus with the bleeding heart of this amazing young band of percussion virtuosi. A particular shout-out in this case to the great Dan Nichols for his obsessive approach to engineering that brought a special kind of warmth and sensitivity to the sound. - Jesse Lewis