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Release

(2010)

Danny Holt’s latest album features ambient/new age works by Mike Garson, Caleb Burhans, Nico Muhly, Graham Fitkin, Michael Jon Fink, Ludovico Einaudi, Zbigniew Preisner, and Radiohead/O’Riley.

Holt is mostly known for his athletic performances of edgy, virtuosic contemporary classical music. But when his father passed away in 2008, he turned to the other extreme: quiet, contemplative music that was both a comfort during the grieving process, and which also expressed some of the tumult and complexity of grief. That is the music of “Release”.

Recorded in the solitude of a classic turn-of-the-century New England concert hall on an exquisite Bosendorfer Imperial Concert Grand piano, this recording is both luscious and intimate—a rich tapestry of colors and moods that moves the listener through complex emotional landscapes.

Currently available in limited release only from CDBaby.com.

Fast Jump

(2009)

“…a brilliant player…he attacks the instrument with verve.”
Sequenza21.com

“a compelling showcase for Holt’s innate virtuosity and gregarious temperament.”
Gramophone Magazine

“remarkable”
Other Minds Radio, KALW 91.7 San Francisco

Selected by John Schaefer of WNYC’s New Sounds as one of the best new releases of June, and featured on iTunes alongside releases by John Adams, Philip Glass, etc.

After several years in the making, Innova Recordings has released Fast Jump, which features new music by David Lang, Lona Kozik, Graham Fitkin, Caleb Burhans, and Jascha Narveson.

Produced by Danny Holt and Mike Garson.

For more information and to order your copy today, visit the label’s website. Or click on the icons above to buy from Amazon or iTunes.

Can’t wait to get yours? Listen to several free tracks here.

L.A. Phil: Minimalist Jukebox

(2006)

Deutsche Grammophon and iTunes teamed up to make several concerts from the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2006 festival available for download on iTunes. Danny performed on two works by Steve Reich: Variations for Winds, Strings, and Keyboards and Three Movements.

Visit www.itunes.com and search for “Minimalist Jukebox”.

Right Now

(2002)

“Holt’s debut CD offers a taste of his offbeat take on the classics and cutting-edge music.”
-Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.)

“Eclectic and fun…Imagine my surprise when I opened Danny Holt’s new album and saw him playing the piano with his head underneath the instrument.”
-The Reminder (Springfield, Mass.)

“There isn’t a wayward or weird rhythm out there that Danny cannot lasso in, tame, and master.”
-Monica Jakuc, concert pianist

Right Now captures the essence of Danny’s adventurous and experimental musical spirit. Combining the serene and the spastic, the peaceful and the violent, the old and the new, Right Now includes music by the masters, some neglected treasures, and the newest of the new from some of the 21st century’s cutting-edge composers.

Right Now features the world-premiere recordings of two major new works by the next generation of young American composers: the Sonata for Piano No. 1 by James Welsch, and Lona Kozik’s Suite of Carnatic Rhythms. Also included are rarely-heard works such as the Mozart baroque suite (K. 399), a Bach chorale prelude re-composed by Busoni, and The Anti-Abolitionist Riots by Ives. Top it off with Brahms, Debussy, Beethoven, and a few surprises, and it’s 74 minutes of jam-packed fun!

[Right Now is out of print. But if you're feeling nostalgic and you've just got to hear it, contact Danny and in exchange for some fine dark chocolate, he can be persuaded to send a copy, or e-mail some mp3s...]