Voice
Stella Maris
Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem Ossum) sing 12th- and 13th-century English and Notre Dame pieces with Sungji Hong's Missa Lumen de lumine (2002). Recorded February 2005 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Pedro Carneiro, Leho Karin, Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
OxymoronFour works by Erkki-Sven Tüür (1990-2005): Salve Regina, the marimba concerto Ardor with Pedro Carneiro, Dedication and Oxymoron, with Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Olari Elts. Recorded in Tallinn, 20…
there is still time
Seventeen scenes for speaking voice and cello: Paul Griffiths reads his poems drawn from Ophelia's words in Hamlet, Frances-Marie Uitti plays her own music. Recorded August 2003 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Soir, dit-elle
Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem Ossum) sing Leonel Power's Missa Alma redemptoris mater alongside new works by Gavin Bryars, Ivan Moody, Andrew Smith and Oleh Harkavyy, recorded in April 2003 at Propstei St. Ger…
Tituli / Cathedral in the Trashing Rain
Two vocal works by Stephen Hartke, Tituli (1999) and Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain (2000), sung by The Hilliard Ensemble with violinist Michelle Makarski and two percussionists, conducted by Donald Crockett, recorded in February 2003 at Mechanics H…
Elliott Carter / Paul Griffiths: What Next?
Elliott Carter's one-act opera What Next? (libretto by Paul Griffiths), recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, in September 2000, and his Asko Concerto (Hilversum, 2001), with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös.
Giya Kancheli, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, Mamuka Gaganidze, Zaza Miminoshvili, Rustavi Choir, Children's Choir, Nika Memanishvili
Little ImberTwo choral works by Giya Kancheli: Little Imber, recorded in August 2003 in the evacuated village of Imber with the Matrix Ensemble, Rustavi Choir and Mamuka Gaganidze, and Amao Omi, recorded in May 2006 in Amsterdam by the Nederlands Kamerkoor and t…
Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten
Heiner Goebbels's opera Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten, with texts by Stein, Bruno, Michaux, Eliot, Leonardo and Poussin, performed by Georg Nigl, David Bennent, Ensemble Modern and Deutscher Kammerchor under Franck Ollu, recorded live in Octob…
Trojan Women - Music for the Stageplay by Euripides
Eleni Karaindrou's music for Antonis Antypas's 2001 Epidaurus staging of Euripides' Trojan Women, for women's chorus, soprano and traditional Greek and Eastern instruments, recorded in July 2001 at Studio Polysound, Athens, produced by Manfred Eicher…
Eislermaterial
Heiner Goebbels's homage to Hanns Eisler, built from Eisler's songs, instrumental music and recorded voice, performed by Ensemble Modern with actor Josef Bierbichler, recorded live at the Hebbel-Theater, Berlin, in October 1998.
Anja Lechner, Silke Avenhaus, Maacha Deubner, Simon Fordham, Valentin Silvestrov, Rosamunde Quartett
leggiero, pesanteChamber music by Valentin Silvestrov (1974-2001) played by Anja Lechner, Silke Avenhaus, Maacha Deubner, Simon Fordham and the Rosamunde Quartett, with the composer at the piano; recorded January 2001 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt.
Morimur
Bach's Partita in D minor BWV 1004 played by Christoph Poppen on baroque violin, interleaved with chorales sung by The Hilliard Ensemble after Helga Thoene's analysis; recorded September 2000 at Propstei St. Gerold, Austria.
Scardanelli
German-language audio book from Harald Bergmann's 2000 film on Hölderlin's last 36 years in Tübingen: poems read by Walter Schmidinger, testimony voiced by actors, music by Mozart, Schubert, Bach and Peter Schneider. Recorded 1997-1998.
Hayren - Music of Komitas and Tigran Mansurian
Kim Kashkashian (viola), Robyn Schulkowsky (percussion) and Tigran Mansurian (piano, voice) play two Mansurian works of 1998 and his arrangements of Komitas songs. Recorded May 2000 at Teldec Studio, Berlin.
Words of the Angel
Debut album of the Norwegian vocal trio Trio Mediaeval: the 14th-century Messe de Tournai with English polyphony, Italian laude and Ivan Moody's title piece. Produced by John Potter, recorded December 1999 in Gönningen.
Alexander Knaifel, Mstislav Rostropovich, Tatiana Melentieva, Boy Choir Glinka Choral College, State Hermitage Orchestra, Arkady Shteinlukht
Amicta SoleAlexander Knaifel's Psalm 51 (50) for solo cello, played by Mstislav Rostropovich (St. Gerold, 2001), and Amicta Sole for soprano Tatiana Melentieva, Glinka Choral College boys and State Hermitage Orchestra under Arkady Shteinlukht (St. Petersburg, 2…
Signs, Games and Messages - Friedrich Hölderlin / Samuel Beckett
Three cycles by György Kurtág: Hölderlin-Gesänge op. 35a and ...pas à pas – nulle part... op. 36 sung by baritone Kurt Widmer, and Signs, Games and Messages for strings, with the Orlando Trio and Mircea Ardeleanu. Recorded 2002 at Radio Studio DRS, Z…
Wenn Wasser wäre - T.S. Eliot / Giorgos Seferis
Bruno Ganz reads T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (German translation by Ernst Robert Curtius) and poems by Giorgos Seferis, linked by music by György Kurtág, Giya Kancheli and Nikos Xydakis. Recorded 1999 in Zürich and Basel.
Surrogate Cities
Heiner Goebbels's Surrogate Cities for orchestra, sampler and voices, with Jocelyn B. Smith, David Moss and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie under Peter Rundel; orchestra recorded 1996 at Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, vocals 1999 in Frankfurt.
Lament
Giya Kancheli's Lament, music of mourning in memory of Luigi Nono, for violin, soprano and orchestra, performed by Gidon Kremer, Maacha Deubner and the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra under Jansug Kakhidze, recorded in Tbilisi in March 1998.