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Five world premiere recordings of orchestral works by Mexican composers Hilda Paredes, Ana Lara, Andrea Chamizo, Marcela Rodríguez and Georgina Derbez, with the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Scott Yoo.

Two first recordings of John Cage's Scottish Circus (1990) with the Scottish traditional group The Whistlebinkies, plus indoor and outdoor versions of 4'33" for ensemble, recorded at Inverleith House in Edinburgh on DVD with bonus interviews.

Morton Feldman plays piano in a 1978 Deutschlandfunk concert recorded in Cologne, with flutist Eberhard Blum and percussionist Jan Williams: Why Patterns?, Extensions 3, Intermission 5 and The King of Denmark.

Three first recordings of works for saxophone quartet by Colombian composers Juan Antonio Cuéllar, Carolina Noguera and Rodolfo Acosta, performed by the Madrid-based Sigma Project in composer-supervised sessions.

First recordings of two long microtonal works by Kraig Grady, The Molten Wind and Crow on the Dark Side of Gloss, built from individually recorded single notes played by an international group of soloists in Grady's just-intonation tunings.

Two works by Luc Ferrari: Chansons pour le corps, for voice and ensemble, built on interviews with women, and the symphonic tale Et si tout entière maintenant for actress, tapes and orchestra. First release in Mode's Ferrari series.

Vincent Royer plays viola with tape and electronics in three Ferrari-related works: Luc Ferrari's Ephémère (1974) in a 2012 version by Brunhild Ferrari, her Le piano englouti, and Royer's improvisation on Ferrari's Ce qu'a vu le Cers.

A long-form drone piece by David First built on the 16th to 32nd harmonics of G, performed by the twelve-member ensemble The Western Enisphere, with liner notes by Sarah Hennies.

Works by Luigi Nono for flute and live electronics from his 1980s collaboration with Roberto Fabbriciani, with Musiche per Manzù for tape (1969) and Fabbriciani's own tribute for piccolo, Omaggio a Luigi Nono.

Two-CD set of works by Gerald Eckert, mostly for orchestra and often with live electronics, performed by Ensemble Reflexion K and the norddeutsche sinfonietta, with the composer as cellist and conductor.

First reissue of Walter Zimmermann's solo piano work Beginner's Mind, played by Herbert Henck and first released in 1978 on Beginner Records. The CD adds Abgeschiedenheit, after Meister Eckhart, released for the first time.

The complete music for cello and piano by Morton Feldman, played by cellist Stephen Marotto and pianist Marilyn Nonken, including unpublished pieces, a first recording of the 1946 Sonatina and the 89-minute Patterns in a Chromatic Field (1981).

Six first recordings for solo percussion by Luis Tabuenca, each named after a work by Paul Klee, played acoustically with no electronics beyond amplification, with liner notes by Steven Schick.

Two first recordings of electroacoustic works by Gerard Pape for 8-channel tape: Vers la lumière II, dedicated to Ana-Maria Avram, and Héliophonie, written for the solar eclipse of 29 March 2006. Binaural release, stereo compatible.

Three world premiere recordings by Carol Robinson that pair a live soloist (basset horn, double bass, electric guitar) with computer music, each inspired by weather: a winter thaw, a green sky over South Dakota and a hurricane.

First recording of Maria de Alvear's Asking (2001), a 53-minute open-structure work for solo piano composed for and performed by Eve Egoyan.

Four electroacoustic works by Paul Koonce, Walkabout, Hothouse, Pins and The Flywheel Dream, composed between 1992 and 1998 from recorded materials using collage and computer manipulation.

Five chamber works with tape and electronics composed by Gerard Pape between 1993 and 1997, performed by soprano Janet Pape, the Arditti Quartet, bassist Nicholas Isherwood, Vox Nova, saxophonist Daniel Kientzy and Ensemble 2e2m.

John Cage's One⁸ (1991), a 43-minute solo for cello with curved bow, in the first recording with the BACH.Bow, played by Michael Bach, for whom it was written. Number Pieces 3, Cage Edition 32.

Portrait of harpist-composer Anne LeBaron: two solo pieces for prepared and electric harp, excerpts from her blues-opera The E&O Line to a libretto by Thulani Davis, and two chamber works, one conducted by Leon Fleisher.