Alexander’s second album with Rubicon Classics — threnodies — will be released on 25th June 2021.

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The Isolation Songbook CD will be released on 26th March 2021 by Delphian Records. Click here to pre-order.

Alexander joins forces with Helen Charlston, mezzo soprano, and Michael Craddock, baritone. In their project, 15 composers were commissioned to create new works during the first lockdown in 2020.

Picked up by Delphian Records, the album was recorded in The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, and provides a testament to musical life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

★★★★★
Alexander’s performance of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time received a 5-star review in The Independent. The City Music Foundation concert, with Emily Sun (violin), Ariana Kashefi (cello) and Joseph Shiner (clarinet) was reviewed by Michael Church:

“But as it progresses, the textures become ever more magical, with Ariana Kashefi’s persuasive cello underpinning the flights of Emily Sun’s violin and Alexander Soares’s piano. This work may be frequently played, but it can never have sounded as transcendental as this.”

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NowState released by KAIROS: Alexander performs the solo piano works by talented Portuguese composer Gonçalo Gato. Gato’s ensemble works are recorded by some of today’s leading contemporary music ensembles, including ensemble research, CHROMA and the Remix Ensemble. Alexander recorded the works with the composer in the Casa da Música, Porto, and the Centro Cultural de Belém, with Hugo Romano Guimarães engineering.

Notations & Sketches, featuring the solo piano works of Boulez, Dutilleux and Messiaen was recorded in Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican. Produced by the renowned Andrew Keener with the talented recording engineer Oscar Torres, the project was generously supported by City Music Foundation, and a range of private sponsors. It will be released on January 25th 2019 by Rubicon Classics.

Producer and pianist Philippe Cassard has praised Alexander’s debut recording as “A stunning album” on FranceMusique (November 2019).

Click here to listen to the broadcast, which includes the broadcast of Alexander’s recording of Boulez’s Notations.

Alexander’s debut album has been selected as one of Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice for May 2019.

“Although most of these pieces have been collated on various anthologies of French piano music, few of them can match this new release in its balanced conception or consistency of execution…Soares has their measure in abundance, resulting in what could hardly be a more auspicious debut album.”