Cello
All records with cello · Solo cello only
Sondes
Six works by the Toronto composer Randall Smith from 1995 to 1999, three for tape alone and three mixed pieces for cello, accordion, double bass and alto flute, remastered by Ernest Cholakis.
Filz
Three works by Enno Poppe for Ensemble Resonanz: the viola concerto Filz with Tabea Zimmermann, Stoff in its version for nine strings, and Wald for four string quartets, conducted by the composer. First recordings, co-produced with Deutschlandfunk Ku…
Seidener Faden - Silken Thread
Six chamber works by Younghi Pagh-Paan, including BIDAN-SIL (Silken Thread) and two TA-RYONG pieces, in first recordings by the E-MEX Ensemble conducted by Christoph Maria Wagner. Co-production with Deutschlandradio, 2020.
Im Bau
First recording of Michel Roth's Im Bau, fifteen sound spaces after Kafka for mezzo-soprano, ensemble and live electronics, in its radiophonic version, with Anne-May Krüger and ensemble æquatuor, recorded in Basel in 2017.
Streichquartett Nr. 2
First recording of Manfred Trojahn's String Quartet No. 2 (1979/80) with clarinet and mezzo-soprano, setting three poems by Georg Trakl, played by the Minguet Quartett with Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and Thorsten Johanns. Co-production with Deutschland…
Big Data
Decoder Ensemble plays first recordings of works on remix, sampling and copy-paste by Brigitta Muntendorf, Ole Hübner, Stefan Prins, Matthias Kranebitter and Leopold Hurt, most commissioned for its 2017 Big Data Weekend. Coproduced with Deutschlandfu…
Una Carta
Eight chamber works (1968-2006) by Uruguayan composer Coriún Aharonián (1940-2017), played by Ensemble Aventure, and the orchestral Mestizo (1993) with the SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden under Zoltán Peskó.
Space
Three chamber works by Marco Stroppa, Un segno nello spazio for string quartet, Hommage à Gy. K. for clarinet, viola and piano, and Osja for piano trio, in first recordings by Ensemble KNM Berlin. A WDR production.
Got Lost
Helmut Lachenmann's Got Lost for high soprano and piano (2007/08), Streichtrio (1965) and Serynade for piano (1997/98), performed by soprano Yuko Kakuta, pianist Yukiko Sugawara and trio recherche. A Südwestrundfunk production.
Amplified Imagination
Five works (2013-2015) by Sarah Nemtsov for amplified instruments, effect pedals, loop station, kaoss pad and Electribe SX, played by Ensemble Adapter, Sonar Quartett, members of ensemble mosaik and the composer. First recordings, coproduced with Deu…
Libres en el Sonido
Seven chamber works (1984-2013) by Graciela Paraskevaídis (1940-2017), the Argentine composer who worked in Uruguay, four in first recordings, played by Ensemble Aventure. Coproduced with Deutschlandradio.
The Philosophy of Composition
Eight works for cello and piano by South African composer Michael Blake (1951), from Song Without Words (1972) to the Sonata (Hours with the Masters) of 2016, in first recordings by Friedrich Gauwerky and Daan Vandewalle. Coproduced with Deutschlandr…
Hidden
Chaya Czernowin's HIDDEN for string quartet and electronics (JACK Quartet, IRCAM) and Adiantum Capillus-Veneris for voice and breath (Inbal Hever), first recordings made in Cologne on 11-13 April 2016 at Deutschlandfunk's Forum neuer Musik.
Wechselspiele
Seven works (1994-2016) by the Bucharest-born composer Tom Sora, in first recordings by Sarah Maria Sun, TrioCoriolis, the Steuber-Öllinger guitar duo, Andreas Skouras, Thomas Hastreiter and Sora himself. Co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2017…
Streichquartette
Helmut Zapf's four string quartets (1984-2013), including Verschwommene Ränder after Hendrik Jackson, played by the Sonar Quartett in first recordings. Co-production with Deutschlandradio, released by Wergo in 2017.
Disseminate
Three 22-minute drone works by Phill Niblock: Disseminate Ostrava for orchestra, Kontradictionaries for the Kontra-Trio of contrabass flute, saxophone and tuba, and Disseminate Q-O2 for the Q-O2 Ensemble.
Geste zu Vedova
Four string works by Wolfgang Rihm: the quartets of 1966 and 1968, Geste zu Vedova (2015) and Epilog for string quintet (2012/13). Minguet Quartett with cellist Jens Peter Maintz, recorded in Cologne in 2015/16, co-produced with Deutschlandradio.
Being Beauteous / Kammermusik 1958
Hans Werner Henze's cantata Being Beauteous (Rimbaud) with Anna Prohaska, and Kammermusik 1958 (Hölderlin) with Peter Gijsbertsen and Jürgen Ruck, first recording of the string orchestra version; NDR Sinfonieorchester, Peter Ruzicka, Hamburg 2013 and…
Streichquartette 1, 3 & 4
Pēteris Vasks's String Quartets No. 4 (1999), No. 1 (1977/97) and No. 3 (1995), played by the Spīķeru String Quartet; recorded at the GORS concert hall, Rēzekne, in 2014.
Dédalus / Invención / Núcleos / Concreción
Four works by Juan Carlos Paz (1950-64), Dédalus, Invención, Núcleos and Concreción, played by Ensemble Aventure with pianist Akiko Okabe, conducted by Alexander Ott; Invención and Concreción are first recordings.