Album Releases

ANATOMY OF THE RECOVERING BRAIN is an extended single-movement composition (in six parts) for bass clarinet and electronics by Canadian composer Frank Horvat, performed by Dr. Kathryn Ladano. In the fall of 2020, life changed instantly for acclaimed Canadian bass clarinetist Kathryn Ladano when she was rear-ended at a Toronto intersection, sustaining a traumatic brain injury that upended her world. Though the collision was small, its effects continue to shape her daily life. Inspired by her personal recovery, ANATOMY OF THE RECOVERING BRAIN is a deeply immersive one-hour musical journey. It features Kathryn Ladano on bass clarinet, supported by fixed electronics and musical cameos from Richard Burrows (vibraphone), Morgan Lovell (cello), Greg Turner (piano), and Pam Patel (soprano) — friends and fellow artists who stood by her during her darkest hours.

TREES.LISTEN, a new album of music for harp and electronics by Canadian composers Frank Horvat and Sharlene Wallace. This suite creates an immersive sonic journey, inspired by the profound knowledge of acclaimed botanist and climate change visionary Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger and her book, To Speak for the Trees. The soundscape comes to life with the intimate and evocative tones of the Celtic lever harp, fused with meticulously crafted electronic atmosphere. Experience the resonance of trees through the harp’s voice as every movement captures the spirit and wisdom of each tree. Trees.Listen is a musical storytelling experience that weaves the ancient past with modern sound design, offering a new way of “listening” to the planet.

Fractures is an expansive song cycle that draws its inspiration from the environmentally detrimental practice of hydraulic fracking. Each song possesses its own unique narrative, yet collectively, the cycle weaves a compelling story, presenting different perspectives by twelve Canadian and American poets.

This album starts pessimistically with a track called Oblivion, which is an easy headspace to live in these days, especially in the context of the pandemic and its outcomes. As the album progresses, the tone evolves into something more optimistic, ending with a heartfelt work simply called Hope.

It is time to make time and take the time. Innertation gives you that opportunity. It takes you on a 60-minute inward exploration where time becomes irrelevant, seconds turn into hours and an hour turns into not long enough. Let this piece wash over your inner thoughts to see what remains in the end.

An album at a time when the world needs time to heal and start a new year afresh. This mesmerizing album of ambient electronic music is inspired by the final 6 chapters of the book, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, MD.

Composer and pianist Frank Horvat returns a decade later with a follow-up album to his original instrumental ode to the planet. A Little Dark Music 2 is introspective and powerful, a very personal reaction to the current state of our environment ten years on. Angry yet full of hope and beauty, this album also features a sequel to Horvat’s frequently performed 60-minute composition Earth Hour, a solo piano piece always experienced in the dark.

From Gaze to Lust to Bliss and on in a downward spiral, Love in 6 Stages takes you through the journey of an ill-fated relationship using the simplicity of voice and piano.

A follow-up response to Horvat’s first solo piano album a decade earlier (I’ll Be Good), You Haven’t Been takes on a beautiful and captivating tone. Introspective, full of hope and despair, the music looks at this storytelling pianist’s own struggles with mental health. By getting these feelings out into the world, they are given a life all their own. You leave the experience changed.