Viola
All records with viola · Solo viola only
Occam Ocean 1-4
The first four volumes of Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean on five CDs: solos, chamber pieces and orchestra, all shaped through oral transmission around images of water. Bundle of four Shiiin releases.
Occam Ocean Vol. 1
First instalment of Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean on two CDs: five solo, duo and trio pieces for harp, viola, birbyné and bass clarinet with Rhodri Davies, Julia Eckhardt and Carol Robinson. With a 40-page booklet.
Rosebud
Five works by Matthias Krüger (born 1987), from the organ piece conTemp[s]lations to rosebud for dancer, motion sensors and live electronics made at IRCAM, played by Tobias Hagedorn, Claudia Chan, Xavier Larsson Paez and others, with dancer Victor Vi…
Grat - Edge
Works for and with cello by Wolfgang Rihm, 1969 to 1993, including Grat for solo cello and first recordings of duomonolog and Streichtrio op. 9, played by Friedrich Gauwerky with Alexandra Greffin-Klein, Axel Porath and Florian Uhlig, recorded in Col…
Deep Siesta
Amen Feizabadi's chamber opera Deep Siesta, on a libretto by Dilek Mayatürk about two artificial beings, with Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and Zafraan Ensemble conducted by Yalda Zamani, plus AI voices and electronics. A Deutschlandfunk Kultur coprod…
Crunch
Portrait CD of Eloain Lovis Hübner: crunch modes 1.0 and 3.0, [untitled] and Trauma und Zwischenraum 1-3, played by Schallfeld Ensemble, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna, AuditivVokal Dresden, airborne extended, the Arditti Quartet and Lange//Berweck//Lorenz.
In-between
Portrait CD of Turgut Erçetin: five works including the cycle Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wörtern for Baroque ensemble and orchestra, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik, the ELISION Ensemble and the SWR Symphonieorchester under Brad Lubman.
A Sun of One's Own
Portrait CD of the Iranian composer Elnaz Seyedi: five works for duo, trio and ensemble, played by the Zöllner-Roche Duo, Alice Belugou and David Eggert, Trio Aventure, Ensemble Musikfabrik and the Kommas Ensemble, plus two online videos.
Farzia Fallah
Portrait CD of the Iranian-born composer Farzia Fallah: five works from solo violin to nonet, played by Benedikt Bindewald, the guitar duo Henrik Dewes and Tobias Klich, Sonar Quartett, Ensemble DEHIO and Ensemble Aventure.
Gasser
Portrait CD of Jonah Haven: six chamber and ensemble works, played by Wolftone, Ensemble Proton Bern under Gregor Mayrhofer, ensemble recherche, Trio Catch and Duo XAMP.
Instant
The Ex's 1995 album of 32 instrumental miniatures with Han Bennink, Ab Baars, Wolter Wierbos, Tristan Honsinger and Michael Vatcher: small-ensemble improvisation, on vinyl for the first time.
Occam Ocean Vol. 3
Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean 3: three pieces for viola, violin and cello with Julia Eckhardt, Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker, recorded in 2019 in an abbey near Bologna. Music born of oral transmission and water images.
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.
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…
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.
Polyphone Schatten / Drittes Labyrinth
Jörg Widmann's Polyphone Schatten (Lichtstudie II) for viola, clarinet and orchestral groups and Drittes Labyrinth for soprano and orchestral groups, in their 2002 and 2014 Cologne premiere recordings with the WDR Sinfonieorchester under Heinz Hollig…
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.
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.
Musik für Saxophone
Paul Hindemith's works with saxophone, including the Trio op. 47 and the Konzertstück, plus pieces arranged by Christoph Enzel, played by the clair-obscur saxophone quartet with Barbara Buntrock, Robert Kolinsky and Florian von Radowitz. Recorded in …