Robert Schumann, Heinz Holliger: Aschenmusik
Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d'amore), Anita Leuzinger (cello) and Anton Kernjak (piano) play Holliger's Romancendres framed by Schumann's chamber works, recorded in July 2012 and November 2013 at Radio Studio Zürich.
in Tokyio
Implosive Eternity -- computer assisted music; 'Abysses Latents -- for voice, tenor saxophone and percussion; 'Bolids & Contemplations (III) -- computer assisted music; 'La Legende D'Icaire' -- for bass clarinet, ensemble and computer assisted sounds; 'Penumbra' -- for saxophone solo. Performed by: Keiko Hatanaka, Robert Reigle, Gustavo Aguilar, Tim Hodgkinson, Hyperion Ensemble
Soleil Explosant
First CD in a while from the Romanian composers Dumitrescu and Avram (potenially associated with the European "spectralism" contingent, what The Wire referred to as "the altered harmonic dimensions and numinous sonorities of the European avant garde composition movement"). Iancu Dumitrescu: "Remote Pulsar (I)" (computer assisted music), "Movemur (III)" (spectral music for viola solo, performed by: Cornelia Petroiu), and "Numerologie Sect*te (I)" (computer assisted music). Ana-Maria Avram : "Inca…
Hieroglyphen der Nacht
Valentin Silvestrov's works for solo cello and for two cellos, played by Anja Lechner (cello, tam-tam) and Agnès Vesterman, recorded in December 2013 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Visions fugitives
Solo piano recital by Anna Gourari: Prokofiev's complete Visions fugitives op. 22, Medtner's Fairy Tale op. 26/3 and Chopin's Sonata No. 3 op. 58, recorded in October 2013 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
El Cuchi bien temperado
Guitarist Pablo Márquez plays his own solo arrangements of seventeen songs by the Salta composer Gustavo "Cuchi" Leguizamón, recorded in May 2012 at the Auditorio RSI in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Imágenes - Music for Piano
Argentine pianist Horacio Lavandera plays ten piano pieces written by bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi between 1960 and 2002, recorded with the composer present in October 2013 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Erik Satie, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Kim Kashkashian, Sarah Rothenberg, Steven Schick, Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Rothko ChapelMorton Feldman's Rothko Chapel with music by Satie and Cage, played by Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sarah Rothenberg (piano, celesta), Steven Schick (percussion) and the Houston Chamber Choir under Robert Simpson, recorded in Houston in May 2012 and February 2013.
Arcanum - Dmitri Shostakovich, Lera Auerbach
Violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Lera Auerbach play Auerbach's viola and piano transcription of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes op. 34 and her sonata Arcanum (2013), recorded in October 2013 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.
Moderato cantabile
Cellist Anja Lechner and pianist François Couturier play their own arrangements of Gurdjieff, Komitas and Mompou plus three Couturier pieces, recorded in November 2013 at the Auditorio RSI in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Maidan
Valentin Silvestrov's choral cycle Maidan 2014 and Shevchenko settings, sung a cappella by the Kyiv Chamber Choir conducted by Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2016 at St. Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.
Francis Poulenc, William Walton, Luigi Dallapiccola, Alfred Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, Duo Gazzana
Poulenc, Walton, Dallapiccola, Schnittke, SilvestrovDuo Gazzana (Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano) play Schnittke, Poulenc, Silvestrov, Walton and Dallapiccola, recorded in June 2013 at the Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Il cor tristo
The Hilliard Ensemble sings Roger Marsh's Il Cor Tristo, a 2008 setting of cantos from Dante's Inferno, framed by Petrarch madrigals by Bernardo Pisano and Jacques Arcadelt. Recorded in November 2012 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Tre Voci
First album by the trio Tre Voci (Kim Kashkashian, viola; Marina Piccinini, flute; Sivan Magen, harp): Takemitsu, Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp and Gubaidulina, recorded in April 2013 in Lugano.
monades
Two pieces by Dumitrescu: "Au Dela de Movemur" (for orchestra & strings) & "Monades (Gamma & Epsilon)" (for 6 monocords, crystals & metallic objects). Avram is a young Rumanian composer, and of similar interest, with 3 pieces: "Ekagrata" (for orchestra), "Signum Geminai" (for ensemble and tape) & "Zodiaque III" (for prepared piano, percussion and tape).
galaxy
GALAXY ( acousmatic music for gongs, harryphones, metallic plaques and percussions ) & MOVEMUR ET SUMUS for 2 cellos 2 double basses. ( HYPERION Ensemble ) & RELIEFS for piano and orchestra (Alexandrina ZORLEANU) & ALTERNANCES for string quartet & BAS-RELIEFS for large orchestra
Dances and Canons
Kate Moore's music for one, two, four and multiple pianos, all played by Saskia Lankhoorn, recorded in April 2013 at the Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
s/t
PIERRES SACREES ( acousmatic music ) & HARRYPHONIES - alpha ( with Fernando GRILLO & HYPERION Ensemble /Cond.; Iancu Dumitrescu ) & ìGRANDE OURSEì chamber ensemble and tape ( Hyperion Ensemble/ Cond. Iancu Dumitrescu ) & HARRYPHONIES - epsilon, Large orchestra and soloists: Fernando GRILLO, Barry WEBB, Melvin POORE, ConductorS Iosif CONTA & Iancu DUMITRESCU - Romanian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Medium III
Medium III" for double bass (1983), "Cogito / Trompe L'Oeil" for prepared piano, two double basses, Javanese gongs, crystals & metallic objects (1982), "Aulodie Mioritica (gamma)" for double bass and orchestra (1984), "Perspectives au Movemur" for string quartet (1978), "Apogeum" for 22 wind instruments & 3 percussion groups (1972).Fernando Grillo (double bass), Ion Ghita (double bass), Iancu Dumitrescu (prepared piano), Costin Petrescu (Javanese gong), Cristian Valeanu (metallic objects), Horia…
La vallée des cloches
Japanese pianist Momo Kodama plays Ravel's Miroirs, Takemitsu's Rain Tree Sketch (1982) and Messiaen's La fauvette des jardins (1970), recorded in September 2012 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt.