Piano
All records with piano · Solo piano only
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.
Kinderlieder / Nacht-Räume / Neun Sonette der Louize Labé
Aribert Reimann's Kinderlieder (1961), Neun Sonette der Louize Labé (1986) and Nacht-Räume (1988), sung by Christine Schäfer and Liat Himmelheber with Axel Bauni and the composer at the piano. Recorded May 1989.
Werke für Violoncello und Klavier - Vol. II
Hindemith's late music for cello and piano: the Sonata (1948), Drei leichte Stücke (1938), Kleine Sonate (1942) and the variations A Frog He Went A-Courting (1941). Julius Berger and Siegfried Mauser, recorded in Munich 1988-89.
Werke für Violoncello und Klavier - Vol. I
Hindemith's Three Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 8 (1917), and the Cello Sonata, Op. 11 No. 3 (1919-21), played by Julius Berger and Siegfried Mauser. Volume I of their Hindemith cello and piano series.
Piano Pieces
Charles Ives's shorter piano pieces, from Study No. 20 to the Three Quarter-tone Pieces for Two Pianos, played by Herbert Henck with Deborah Richards. Recorded July 1984 at the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich.
Grete Sultan - Piano Seasons
Four CDs of the pianist Grete Sultan, recorded in New York 1969-2000: Bach's Goldberg Variations, Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Schubert, Schumann, and twentieth-century works by Schoenberg, Copland, Weber, Wolpe, Hovhaness, Cage and Ichiyanagi.
Transición II. Phonophonie
First recordings, supervised by the composer, of two early works by Mauricio Kagel: Transición II (1958-59) for piano, percussion and tapes with live electronics, and Phonophonie (1963-64), four melodramas for two voices and other sound sources.
Invisible Cities
Michael McNabb's Invisible Cities, made at CCRMA, Stanford, and first conceived in 1985 for dance theatre after Italo Calvino: six pieces for computer, synthesizer, piano (Artis Wodehouse) and soprano saxophone (McNabb).
The Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas
The first complete recording of Luciano Berio's Sequenzas for solo instruments, with the alternate versions and nine further solo works, on four CDs with verses by Edoardo Sanguineti and a 104-page book.
The Piano Works 7 - Chess Serenade
First recording of John Cage's Chess Pieces (1944), rediscovered in a painting and transcribed by Margaret Leng Tan, with her recording of Sonatas and Interludes and the first recording of Vittorio Rieti's Chess Serenade.
The Piano Works 2 - Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano
John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano played by Philipp Vandré, the first recording on a Steinway “O”-type baby grand, the piano Cage composed on, with corrections to discrepancies in the printed score.
Complete Short Works for Prepared Piano
All of John Cage's short works for prepared piano on two CDs, everything except Sonatas and Interludes, played by Philipp Vandré.
The Works for Piano 4
Piano works by John Cage played by Margaret Leng Tan: 1940s pieces found at his publisher including Triple-Paced, Ad Lib and Jazz Study, the Works of Calder film score, and One2 for three pianos.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum I: two CDs compiled by Keith Jarrett from his ECM recordings of 1974-1994, solo piano, clavichord, pipe organ, the overdubbed Spirits, the European Quartet and the Standards trio. Released 2002.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum XX: nine tracks featuring Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen, recorded 1974-1997 with Keith Jarrett, Ralph Towner, Terje Rypdal, Masqualero, Ketil Bjørnstad and the Bobo Stenson Trio. Released 2004.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 19 (2004): thirteen pieces chosen by Arild Andersen from his ECM albums recorded 1975-1999, with Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, Masqualero, Ralph Towner, Nana Vasconcelos, Vassilis Tsabropoulos and others.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 17 (2004): twelve pieces chosen by Tomasz Stańko from seven ECM albums recorded 1975-1998, with Dave Holland, Edward Vesala, Gary Peacock, Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Tony Oxley and others; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 16 (2004): nine Paul Motian compositions chosen by the drummer from six ECM albums recorded 1972-1987, with Keith Jarrett, Charles Brackeen, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Paul Bley and John Surman.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 14 (2004): ten tracks chosen by John Abercrombie from ten ECM albums recorded 1974-2000, with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Ralph Towner, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Feldman and others; original sessions produced by Manfred Eicher.