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The Cedille 2025 Holiday Sale is on, now until 1/5!
Every year Cedille provides a selection of current and festive recordings for you to enjoy during the holiday season. Each of these recordings are unique, artist-driven projects that feature music about which these musicians are most passionate, and that help these great performers and composers gain recognition outside of Chicago. As you browse through our holiday recommendations, please remember that your purchase supports Cedille’s work of recording, promoting, and sharing with a worldwide audience the best of Chicago’s classical music. Enjoy our Holiday Sale playlist while you shop!
Visit our Holiday Gift Recommendations page, curated by Jim Ginsburg, below!
Recommended
Winner of Cedille Records’ 2025 Emerging Artist Competition, Chicago-born oboist Oliver Talukder makes his solo recording debut with Briefly Gorgeous. Joined by pianist Moriah Trenk, Talukder presents an album inspired by themes of identity, love, family, and belonging. Drawing on his Mexican and Bengali heritage and his Chicago upbringing, the program explores where classical music intersects with Latino and South Asian traditions, creating a musical portrait shaped by Talukder’s unique story.
Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh’s 16th album on Cedille Records, The American Concerto, Volume One, features Vijay Iyer’s Trouble and the world premiere recording of Courtney Bryan‘s Syzygy, performed with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Tim Weiss.
With the new month comes a new featured playlist on Spotify — or, in this case, a refresh of our Artist Debuts on Cedille playlist, originally created in 2022 to celebrate the inaugural album by the first Emerging Artist Competition winner, saxophonist Julian Velasco.
The update is to celebrate oboist Oliver Talukder, winner of Cedille’s second competition, as well as other artists who have made their Cedille debus since 2022. (Oliver’s track will be added on Friday when his album, Briefly Gorgeous, is released.)
Enjoy Cedille’s Weekly Featured Release.