Piano
All records with piano · Solo piano only
First recordings: 1950s
Thirteen first recordings of early Feldman works from 1950 to 1953, including Intersection for magnetic tape, the Music for Jackson Pollock film score with Pollock's narration, Nature Pieces and Variations, played by pianist Philipp Vandré and the Turfan Ensemble.
Composing By Numbers: The Graphic Scores 1950-67
Thirteen of Morton Feldman's graphic scores, 1950-67, played by the Barton Workshop and soloists including Frank Denyer and Taco Kooistra, with first recordings of several ensemble works. Volume 9 of Mode's Feldman Edition.
Triadic Memories
Marilyn Nonken plays Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories, a single-movement solo piano work of almost 90 minutes, recorded in 2003 and available on two CDs and on DVD-Audio.
Voices and instruments
Feldman works for voices and instruments from 1949 to 1971, three of them first recordings, including Journey to the End of Night, The O’Hara Songs and Four Instruments, played by The Barton Workshop.
Indeterminate music
Feldman's indeterminate works: the complete Projections and Durations series on one disc, the first recording of Two Pieces for Six Instruments, and The Straits of Magellan, played by pianist Philipp Vandré and the Turfan Ensemble.
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.
Me du Ça / Narcissus & Echo / Messenger / Calling Sirens / Your Smartest Choice
Portrait CD of the Chinese composer Huihui Cheng: five works from 2016-2019 for voices, prepared piano, piano trio with dancer and ensembles with electronics, performed by Youmi Kim, Claudia Chan, Ensemble uBu, ensemble mosaik and Ensemble Experimental.
Lines and Spaces
Portrait CD of the British composer Naomi Pinnock: String Quartet No. 2, Words, Lines and Spaces and Music for Europe (2010-2016), played by Quatuor Bozzini, Omar Ebrahim with the London Sinfonietta under Beat Furrer, Richard Uttley and Ensemble Adapter.
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.
Ulenflucht
Portrait of the Ukrainian-born composer Anna Korsun with five works from 2011-2017 for organ, guitar, voices, ensemble and objects, with Korsun as soprano, Dominik Susteck, Flavio Virzì, Looptail and members of Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart.
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.
Neolithic Brass
CD and DVD portrait of the Stuttgart-born composer Steffen Krebber, twelve works from 2008-2015 including the Konfusionen series, played by Ensemble Garage, Sonar Quartett, Ensemble Praesenz, LUX:NM and soloists.
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.
Werke für Klavier
First recording of piano works by Johanna Senfter (1879-1961), Max Reger's pupil, from early character pieces to the late op. 129, played by Monica Gutman; recorded in Mainz in March and April 1994.
Une petite phrase / Lucy Escott Variations / Cherubino/ 6 Stücke für junge Pianisten / Variationen op. 13 / Sonata
Hans Werner Henze's solo piano music, including Une petite phrase, the Lucy Escott Variations, Cherubino, pieces from Pollicino, the Variations op. 13 and the Sonata per pianoforte, played by Homero Francesch.
Cantabile per Archi / Botschaft / Musica Dolorosa / Symphonie "Stimmen"
String orchestra works by Pēteris Vasks: Cantabile per archi, Vēstījums (Message), Musica dolorosa and the symphony Balsis (Voices), with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, recorded in Riga in May 1992.
Das Klavierwerk - Vol. III
Volume III of Siegfried Mauser's Hindemith piano series: the Third Sonata (1936), short pieces from 1920-22, the Kleine Klaviermusik op. 45 no. 4, Wir bauen eine Stadt (1930) and a sonata movement from 1941.
Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch / 'Herbstzeit - Autumn' / Streichquartett Nr. 4 'Assonanzen'
Günter Bialas's Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch for piano, the piano quartet Herbstzeit and String Quartet No. 4 Assonanzen, played by Siegfried Mauser, Christian Altenburger, Barbara Westphal, Julius Berger and the Auryn Quartet. Recorded 1988-89.
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.