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All records with orchestra · Solo orchestra only

Wachsfigurenkabinett
First recording of Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Wachsfigurenkabinett, five little operas of 1929-30, with Claudia Barainsky, Michelle Breedt, Tom Harper, Michael Kraus and members of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Roger Epple, recorded 1999.
Drei sinfonische Etüden / Quattro Poemi / Nachtstücke und Arien / La selva incantata
Hans Werner Henze's Drei sinfonische Etüden, Quattro Poemi, Nachtstücke und Arien (Ingeborg Bachmann) and La selva incantata, played by the NDR Sinfonieorchester under Peter Ruzicka with Michaela Kaune, recorded 1999.
Commentary on a Vision / Xenia
Alexander Raskatov's Commentary on a Vision for solo percussion and orchestra and Xenia for chamber orchestra (both 1991), with Mark Pekarski and the Symphony Orchestra "S. Rachmaninov" Moscow under Valentin Ponkin, recorded in Moscow in December 2000.
Griechenland / Trio für Oboe, Viola und Harfe / Diaphonie
Orchestral and chamber works by Frank Michael Beyer: Griechenland (1981), the Trio for oboe, viola and harp (1980) with Heinz and Ursula Holliger and Hirofumi Fukai, and Diaphonie (1975), from radio recordings of 1978-1983.
Potemkin I: Baby Baby / Fehlstart (Detail) / Alkan / In der Hölle / Charms: Dub
Five works (1996-2004) by Sebastian Claren, with Teodoro Anzellotti and trio recherche, ensemble mosaik under Enno Poppe, pianist Ernst Surberg and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR under Matthias Hermann.
Ain’t Nuthin’ but Fairy Dust
Portrait CD of Matthias Krüger: le vide à perdre, Wie ein Stück Fett (Redux) and Bellygoat Boom (substrate), played by Ensemble Ascolta under Nicholas Kok, Ensemble BRuCH and the WDR Sinfonieorchester under Elena Schwarz.
Anatomy
Portrait CD of Mark Barden: seven works from solo piano and duos to amplified nonet and orchestra, played by Helen Bledsoe, Séverine Ballon, ensemble mosaik under Enno Poppe and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Peter Rundel.
Verbinden und Abwenden
Portrait CD of Zeynep Gedizlioğlu: five works from 2013-2018 for piano duo and string quartet, ensemble, voices and orchestra, played by Quatuor Diotima, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and the hr-Sinfonieorchester, recorded 2017-2018.
Pietà
Portrait of the Swedish composer Lisa Streich with five works from 2012-2017, from Pietà for motorised cello and ensemble to Stabat for four choirs, with the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, hand werk, ensemble recherche and two choirs.
Untergegangen der Mond
Portrait of Karola Obermüller with ten works from 2006-2018, several on Sappho, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik with Kai Wessel, Emanuele Arciuli, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Camilla Hoitenga, Ensemble Phorminx and Ensemble Modern.
Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e / kommen und gehen / Dialog imaginär 4 / Streichquartett Nr. 3 / De musica
Georg Katzer: Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e (Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Eötvös), kommen und gehen, Dialog imaginär 4 for bass clarinet and tape (Wolfgang Fuchs), String Quartet No. 3 (Arditti Quartet) and De musica; recordings 1984-1993.
Missa Moguntina
Volker David Kirchner's Missa Moguntina for soloists, choir and orchestra, recorded at its premiere in Mainz Cathedral on 21 November 1993 with the Mainz Cathedral choirs and orchestra under Mathias Breitschaft.
Die Menschen
Detlev Müller-Siemens' opera Die Menschen after Walter Hasenclever, recorded live at the Theater Basel on 14 and 16 February 1993 with Mark Holland, Marianne Larsen and the Basler Sinfonie-Orchester under Michael Boder.
Die Nacht aus Blei / Sappho-Gesänge
Hans-Jürgen von Bose's suite from Die Nacht aus Blei (SWF Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert, May 1983) and Sappho-Gesänge (Liat Himmelheber, Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös, live Donaueschingen, October 1983). CD reissue (1993) of a 1985 Wergo LP.
Sinfonie 'Totentanz' / Requiem 'Messa di Pace'
Volker David Kirchner's Symphony Totentanz, with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Peter Gülke, and his Requiem Messa di Pace with Maria Bayo, Iris Vermillion, Victor von Halem, the Hamburg Philharmonic and the Riga State Academic Choir under Gerd Albrecht.
Bildnisse I / Der blaue Harlekin / Trio / Nachtstück
Volker David Kirchner's Bildnisse I, Der blaue Harlekin, Trio and Nachtstück, played by the Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden (Siegfried Köhler), Bläser Ensemble Mainz, Kreisler Trio and violist Bodo Hersen. CD reissue (1991) of a 1985 Wergo LP.
Schubert-Variationen / Under Neonlight I / Konzert für Klavier und Orchester
Portrait of Detlev Müller-Siemens: Variations on a Schubert Ländler (Ensemble 13), Under Neonlight I (John Carewe) and the Piano Concerto with Volker Banfield and the SWF orchestra under Kazimierz Kord.
Vinding's Music - Songs From The Alder Thicket
Double CD tied to Ketil Bjørnstad's Vinding novels: solo piano improvisations recorded December 2009 in Hønefoss, and a March 2009 Oslo concert of Mozart, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Ravel, Beethoven and Barber with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Christian Eggen.
Now, And Then
Bruno Maderna's chamber orchestra transcriptions of Frescobaldi, Legrenzi, Gabrieli, Viadana and Wassenaer, with the first recording of Luciano Berio's Chemins V (Pablo Márquez, guitar); Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Dennis Russell Davies, recorded in Lugano in August 2015.
Seventh Symphony, Piano Concerto
Erkki-Sven Tüür's Piano Concerto (2006), with soloist Laura Mikkola, and Seventh Symphony 'Pietas' (2009), with the NDR Choir, played by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, recorded in Frankfurt in June 2009 and June 2010.