Voice
Eine Olive des Nichts - Zagajewski, Tranströmer, Jaccottet
Poetry and sound collage by radio author Burkhard Reinartz: texts by Adam Zagajewski, Tomas Tranströmer and Philippe Jaccottet read in German by Reinartz, Anja Lais and Bruno Winzen, woven with ECM recordings. Recorded August 2013, Rheinklang Tonstudio, Cologne.
Aquilonis
Sixth ECM New Series album by Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Berit Opheim): Icelandic chant of St Thorlak, Italian laude, English carols, Norwegian hymns and works by Jormin, Brooks and Andrew Smith, recorded June 2014 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Transeamus
Final album by The Hilliard Ensemble: 15th-century English carols and motets by John Plummer, Walter Lambe, William Cornysh, Sheryngham and anonymous composers, sung by David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold and Gordon Jones, recorded in 2012 at Propstei St. Gerold.
The Fifth Century
Gavin Bryars's The Fifth Century, a setting of Thomas Traherne for choir and saxophone quartet, and his Two Love Songs after Petrarch, sung by The Crossing under Donald Nally with the PRISM Quartet, recorded in Philadelphia in 2014 and 2015.
Erik Satie, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Kim Kashkashian, Sarah Rothenberg, Steven Schick, Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Rothko ChapelMorton Feldman's Rothko Chapel with music by Satie and Cage, played by Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sarah Rothenberg (piano, celesta), Steven Schick (percussion) and the Houston Chamber Choir under Robert Simpson, recorded in Houston in May 2012 and February 2013.
Maidan
Valentin Silvestrov's choral cycle Maidan 2014 and Shevchenko settings, sung a cappella by the Kyiv Chamber Choir conducted by Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2016 at St. Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.
Il cor tristo
The Hilliard Ensemble sings Roger Marsh's Il Cor Tristo, a 2008 setting of cantos from Dante's Inferno, framed by Petrarch madrigals by Bernardo Pisano and Jacques Arcadelt. Recorded in November 2012 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Seventh Symphony, Piano Concerto
Erkki-Sven Tüür's Piano Concerto (2006), with soloist Laura Mikkola, and Seventh Symphony 'Pietas' (2009), with the NDR Choir, played by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, recorded in Frankfurt in June 2009 and June 2010.
Tõnu Kõrvits, Veljo Tormis, Anja Lechner, Kadri Voorand, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
MirrorSix works by Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits, three of them based on songs by Veljo Tormis, with cellist Anja Lechner, singer Kadri Voorand, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste, recorded February 2013 in Tallinn.
Sacred Songs
Six sets of a cappella sacred songs, psalms and prayers by Valentin Silvestrov (2006-2008), sung by the Kyiv Chamber Choir under Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2008 at St Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.
Chamber Music
Chamber works and songs by Harrison Birtwistle (1998-2011): two sets of Lorine Niedecker settings, the Trio and Bogenstrich, played by Till Fellner, Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel, Amy Freston and Roderick Williams, recorded at the Herkulessaal, Munich.
Helena Tulve, Arianna Savall, Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
Arboles Iloran por lluviaFive works by Estonian composer Helena Tulve, with soprano Arianna Savall, Vox Clamantis, Ensemble Hortus Musicus and the NYYD Quartet under Jaan-Eik Tulve and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Olari Elts, recorded in Tallinn in 2009 and 2010.
Arvo Pärt, Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Vox Clamantis, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Adam's LamentEight choral works by Arvo Pärt, led by the 24-minute Adam's Lament, sung and played by Latvian and Estonian choirs and string orchestras under Tõnu Kaljuste, recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn, in 2007 and 2011.
Heinz Holliger, Guillaume de Machaut, Geneviève Strosser, Jürg Dähler, Muriel Cantoreggi, The Hilliard Ensemble
Machaut-TranskriptionenHeinz Holliger's Machaut-Transkriptionen (2001-2009) for four voices and three violas, alternating with Machaut originals, sung by The Hilliard Ensemble with violists Geneviève Strosser, Jürg Dähler and Muriel Cantoreggi, recorded November 2010 in Zürich.
Transformations
Five soundscape compositions by Hildegard Westerkamp from 1979 to 1992, among them Kits Beach Soundwalk and Beneath the Forest Floor, recorded on Vancouver streets, a Mexican desert and old-growth forest on Vancouver Island, with hornist Brian G’froerer.
David
Eleni Karaindrou's stage cantata on an anonymous 18th century verse drama from Chios, with violist Kim Kashkashian, mezzo Irini Karagianni, baritone Tassis Christoyannopoulos, ERT Choir, Camerata Orchestra under Alexandros Myrat, recorded live at the Athens Megaron, November 2010.
Ordo Virtutum
Hildegard of Bingen's sung morality play Ordo Virtutum (c. 1150) in a free, contemporary-minded arrangement by Dietburg Spohr for the Ensemble Belcanto, recorded October 2010 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main.
Stifters Dinge
Audio edition of Heiner Goebbels' music-theatre installation for five mechanised pianos, archival voices and texts after Adalbert Stifter, recorded 20-21 October 2007 at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Heinz Holliger, Sylvia Nopper, Kai Wessel, Olivier Darbellay, Matthias Würsch, Swiss Chamber Soloists
InduuchlenChamber and vocal works by Heinz Holliger: Puneigä (soprano Sylvia Nopper), Induuchlen (countertenor Kai Wessel, horn Olivier Darbellay), Toronto-Exercises and Ma'mounia, with the Swiss Chamber Soloists under Holliger. Recorded 2006-2010.
Quinto Libro di Madrigali
The Hilliard Ensemble, joined by soprano Monika Mauch and countertenor David Gould, sings Carlo Gesualdo's complete Fifth Book of five-voice madrigals (1611), recorded in November 2009 at Propstei St. Gerold.