Percussion
All records with percussion · Solo percussion only
Poema de Balcones
Martin Smolka's choral works Poema de balcones (Lorca), Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews (Thoreau, with percussion) and Słone i smutne (Różewicz), sung by the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart under Marcus Creed.
Sala / Musica Appassionata / Credo
Pēteris Vasks's Sala (2006), Musica appassionata for strings (2002) and Credo (2009), played by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under Atvars Lakstīgala; recorded at the Liepāja Latvian Society House in 2014.
Cage After Cage
Six works by John Cage for solo percussion, among them Variations I, Child of Tree, Inlets and 27'10.554", performed by Matthias Kaul on some ninety instruments and objects; recorded at Deutschlandfunk, Cologne, April 2014.
Orquoy / Changó / Marcha de la Humanidad
Thierry Pécou's orchestral works Orquoy, Changó for three flutes and orchestra, and Marcha de la Humanidad, first recordings by the Orchestre National de France under Jonathan Stockhammer, Paris, November 2013.
The Negotiation of Context
David Brynjar Franzson's three-part the Negotiation of Context (2009-2011) for pianos, pump organ and modified bass drums, played by Yarn/Wire (Laura Barger, Ning Yu, Ian Antonio, Russell Greenberg), recorded at EMPAC in Troy, NY, in January 2013; with a performance video.
Erbe
Edition Musikfabrik: Sampo Haapamäki's Heritage, Martin Smolka's Wooden Clouds and Carola Bauckholt's Voices for Harry Partch, new works for Musikfabrik's replica Partch instruments, recorded in Cologne 2015-2018 under Siân Edwards and Clement Power.
Fall
Edition Musikfabrik: Brian Ferneyhough's La Chute d'Icare with clarinettist Carl Rosman, Stephan Winkler's Von der Gewissensnot der Insekten and Oscar Bettison's Livre des Sauvages, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Diego Masson, Clement Power and Emilio Pomàrico.
Fächer
Edition Musikfabrik: Caspar Johannes Walter's Metrische Dissonanzen (2009) for percussion and large ensemble with Dirk Rothbrust, and Isabel Mundry's five-part cycle Schwankende Zeit (2006-09) after Louis Couperin, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Peter Rundel and Emilio Pomàrico.
Liebeslieder
Twenty-nine love songs commissioned by ensemble recherche for its 25th anniversary in 2010, by Abrahamsen, Czernowin, Haas, Huber, Poppe, Widmann, Zender and others, plus Sciarrino's Mozart arrangement. A WDR production.
Wie ein gläsernes Meer, mit Feuer gemischt
Three works for organ by Adriana Hölszky: ... und ich sah wie ein gläsernes Meer, mit Feuer gemischt ... (1996/97), Efeu und Lichtfeld with violin (2008) and ... und wieder Dunkel I with percussion (1985/90), played by Dominik Susteck, Akiko Ahrendt and Jens Brülls.
Aus dem Leopardi-Zyklus
Three works from Klaus Ospald's Leopardi cycle: Così, dell'uomo ignara ..., Sovente in queste rive ... and Sopra un basso rilievo antico sepolcrale ..., with Collegium Novum Zürich, the WDR Sinfonieorchester and WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Schlagquartett Köln and Hans Nickel.
Kammermusik
Six chamber works (2005-2008) by Benjamin Schweitzer, including Abgesang from the chamber opera Dafne and Anfänge/Netze after Calvino, played by the Dresden ensemble courage under Titus Engel, recorded in Berlin in December 2011.
Spektren / Sinfonie Nr. 2 / Kantate / Meditation / „Welt, Leb Wohl ...!“
Early works by Valentin Silvestrov (1965-1977): Spectrums, Symphony No. 2, Cantata, Meditation and Farewell, O World...!, conducted by Igor Blazhkov in concert and studio recordings from Leningrad and Kiev, 1965-1991.
Desires / Kybele / X für Verschlüsse / Roses / Spices 3
Five works by Gerhard Stäbler for percussion, soprano and percussion quartet, conception for any number of players, and percussion with tape, performed by Schlagquartett Köln with soprano Annette Robbert.
Concerto funebre / Burleske Musik / Konzert für Klavier, Bläser und Schlagzeug / Konzert für Viola und Klavier
Four concertante works by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1931-1955), including the Concerto funebre, with Benjamin Schmid, Elisabeth Kufferath, Yorck Kronenberg, Florian Uhlig and the SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern under Paul Goodwin, recorded 2004-2007.
The Drum Speaks
Poems by South African poet Sandile Dikeni, recited from memory in Johannesburg in 2005, alternating with Klaus Hinrich Stahmer's works for flutes, piano, percussion, African drums and two pianos, recorded in Würzburg and Münster in 2004-2005.
Sphäre um Sphäre / Frage
First recordings of Wolfgang Rihm's Sphäre um Sphäre for ensemble and Frage for female voice and ensemble, played by ensemble recherche, which premiered both, with Salome Kammer and conductor Lucas Vis. A coproduction with WDR.
Toucher
Seven percussion works by Vinko Globokar, including Toucher for a speaking percussionist, ?Corporel for body percussion and Ombre with tape and rhythm machine, played by Matthias Kaul, a coproduction with Deutschlandfunk.
Bread and Roses
Christian Wolff's For 1, 2 or 3 People, Exercise 27, Bread and Roses and Edges, played by violinist Malcolm Goldstein and percussionist Matthias Kaul (also voice and hurdy-gurdy), recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk in 1999 and 2002.