Sacred Black Records

Sacred Black Records

Independent classical music label and publisher

For Whom the Bell Tolls album cover
New release

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Stephen Mattingly, solo guitar · October 2, 2026

Music written in response to authoritarian violence, and in praise of the compassion that resists it: Roberto Gerhard’s Hemingway score, with elegies for Chile and Panama.

Guitar Music of Iceland, Vol. 1 album cover
Out December 3

Guitar Music of Iceland, Vol. 1

Svanur Vilbergsson, solo guitar

World-premiere recordings of new Icelandic guitar music by Daniele Basini, Egill Gunnarsson, Sigurður Árni Jónsson and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, with Svanur Vilbergsson’s arrangements of Jón Leifs and Jón Nordal.

  • Magma Guitar DuoConcert at the Ja Kitara Soi music festivalLappeenranta, Finland
  • Magma Guitar Duo: New Icelandic Music for Guitar DuoRecording sessionCathedral Barn, Traverse City, MI, USA
  • Svanur Vilbergsson and Berta Dröfn Ómarsdóttir, sopranoVoice and guitar concertHannesarholt, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Florida All-State Guitar OrchestraFMEA Professional Learning ConferenceTampa, FL, USA
Stephen Mattingly plays Two Young FishFrom For Whom the Bell Tolls
Kara Huber plays Love Letter by Joan TowerWorld premiere recording
Cochran & McAllister play InterstellarFrom Pale Blue Dot