• Americus Records currently has 27 ALBUMS in its catalog - all of which can be found on iTunes and other e-music sites that carry classical music.
• Americus is pleased to announce the release of the Washington Saxophone Quartet's 4th album on our label. Entitled Tis the Season it features many old favorities and tunes that will likely become new ones. It was a CD pick of the week on WETA-FM (90.9) in Washington DC and is available from iTunes.
• Download a PDF of the sheet music for John DesMarteau's Spanish Nights (Track 15 on Walter Hautzig's My Favorite Encores).
  
• Walter Hautzig, one of the world's last great Romantic pianists, played a recital that included the Brahms Sonata in F minor at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina on January 27, 2012. He then taught a number of master classes Jan 28-30, 2012.
• Walter Hautzig's autobiography, Playing Around...The World has recently been released in a 2nd edition. The format of the book has been greatly improved, and the contents brought up to date, including the addition of a significant number of photographs. It is available on Amazon.
  

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OUR LATEST ALBUMS
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Marianna Rashkovetsky Plays J. S. Bach
Marianna Rashkovetsky

Marianna Rashkovetsky, pianist, plays a selection from the French Suites and the Partitas of the immortal J.S. Bach. That the performances on this CD are worthy of the composer is something with which we are certain you will agree.
25 Tracks; Total Time: 74:02:00

Soirée
Linda Montesa

Linda Montesa, pianist, plays a selection of works from four composers, all of whom lived in the 20th Century. Her renditions of Ravel, Poulenc, Granados, and Ginastera are sure to please even the most discerning of tastes. As it was recorded at the famed Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, the sound is impeccable.
28 Tracks; Total Time: 65:12:00

My Favorite Encores
Walter Hautzig

For this recording, Walter Hautzig plays some of his all-time favorites that he uses as encores at his concerts and recitals. They are sure to become some of yours as well. The selection includes a short work by Americus founder John DesMarteau.
19 Tracks; Total Time: 73:26:00

A Musical Toast
The Capitol Woodwind Quintet

The Capitol Woodwind Quintet toasts the music of Bizet, Ravel, Claude Arrieu, Morton Gould and Jean-Michel Damase. This is one of those must-have CDs by a group that plays so well together and sounds so good that you will wonder why your collection has been missing something from them for so long.
31 Tracks; Total Time: 43:52

Extraordinary Vistas
Susan Narucki

Grammy® award-winning soprano, Susan Narucki, sings a selection of songs composed by artists who were in residence at the MacDowell colony. Edward MacDowell, widely recognized as America's first great classical musician began this haven for American composers in 1907. Since then artists of all genres have found respite there to work. Consummate pianist Alan Feinberg accompanies Ms. Narucki and narrator Nathan Randall reads a number of poems written by such literary luminaries as James Baldwin and Willa Cather. This CD was supported in part by grants from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the Elizabeth A. Dodson Fund, managed by Columbia University in New York City. This is a must-have CD for anyone with a love for American music and poetry.
26 Tracks; Total Time: 73:01:00

Enoch Arden
Michael York/John Bell Young

Actor Michael York and pianist John Bell Young render Richard Strauss' melodramatic setting of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's epic poem, Enoch Arden in such a way that you will be instantly drawn into this timeless tale of two men in love with the same women. And for the first time, the entire poem is available in in print in the CD booklet. Its 39 pages also contains extensive interpretative notes and personal reelections of both Mr. York and Mr. Young.
8 Tracks; Total Time: 66:08:00