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Cage After Cage
Six works by John Cage for solo percussion, among them Variations I, Child of Tree, Inlets and 27'10.554", performed by Matthias Kaul on some ninety instruments and objects; recorded at Deutschlandfunk, Cologne, April 2014.
The Quiet
Five orchestral works by Chaya Czernowin (2010-13), including The Crescendo Trilogy, with the BR Symphony Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, SWR Sinfonieorchester, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and others, recorded live 2011-2013.
Orquoy / Changó / Marcha de la Humanidad
Thierry Pécou's orchestral works Orquoy, Changó for three flutes and orchestra, and Marcha de la Humanidad, first recordings by the Orchestre National de France under Jonathan Stockhammer, Paris, November 2013.
HEISS!
The five organ works of Gerhard Stäbler (1983-2009), among them HEISS!, TAP for pedals alone and the fantasy ABER …, played by Dominik Susteck at the Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, in January 2014.
Lenz in Moskau / Im Nachtigallental / Ton für Ton (weiße Straßen Babylons) / Au bord d’une source
Four works by Rolf Riehm (2007-2011): Lenz in Moskau with Ensemble ascolta, Im Nachtigallental for cello (Erik Borgir), Ton für Ton for contrabass clarinet (Theo Nabicht) and Au bord d'une source with Jeremias Schwarzer and the hr-Sinfonieorchester u…
The Negotiation of Context
David Brynjar Franzson's three-part the Negotiation of Context (2009-2011) for pianos, pump organ and modified bass drums, played by Yarn/Wire (Laura Barger, Ning Yu, Ian Antonio, Russell Greenberg), recorded at EMPAC in Troy, NY, in January 2013; wi…
TRACES
Chamber music by Detlev Müller-Siemens (2002-2009): String Trio, distant traces, ...called dusk and the piano quartet lost traces, two of them in memory of György Ligeti, played by the Mondrian Ensemble Basel; a co-production with Radio SRF 2 Kultur.
Erbe
Edition Musikfabrik: Sampo Haapamäki's Heritage, Martin Smolka's Wooden Clouds and Carola Bauckholt's Voices for Harry Partch, new works for Musikfabrik's replica Partch instruments, recorded in Cologne 2015-2018 under Siân Edwards and Clement Power.
Fall
Edition Musikfabrik: Brian Ferneyhough's La Chute d'Icare with clarinettist Carl Rosman, Stephan Winkler's Von der Gewissensnot der Insekten and Oscar Bettison's Livre des Sauvages, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Diego Masson, Clement Power and…
Sturm
Edition Musikfabrik: Steffen Schleiermacher's Das Tosen des staunenden Echos, Kaija Saariaho's The Tempest Songbook (Olivia Vermeulen, Peter Schöne) and Michael Wertmüller's antagonisme contrôlé with Peter Brötzmann, Dirk Rothbrust and Marino Pliakas…
Fächer
Edition Musikfabrik: Caspar Johannes Walter's Metrische Dissonanzen (2009) for percussion and large ensemble with Dirk Rothbrust, and Isabel Mundry's five-part cycle Schwankende Zeit (2006-09) after Louis Couperin, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik unde…
Kreuzungen
Edition Musikfabrik: Vassos Nicolaou's Farbenmaschinen, Johannes Schöllhorn's Pièces croisées, Gérard Grisey's Partiels and Dieter Mack's Kammermusik V, recorded live at the WDR in Cologne by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Emilio Pomàrico, Peter Rundel a…
Stille
Edition Musikfabrik: Georg Friedrich Haas's "Ich suchte, aber ich fand ihn nicht." and ... wie stille brannte das Licht (with Sarah Wegener), Evan Johnson's Die Bewegung der Augen and Jani Christou's Anaparastasis III, recorded live in Cologne 2009-2…
Schlamm
Edition Musikfabrik: Brian Ferneyhough's Finis Terrae (with EXAUDI), Klaus Lang's The Ocean of Yes and No, Carola Bauckholt's Schlammflocke and Jorge E. López's Gonzales the Earth Eater, first recordings by Ensemble Musikfabrik under four conductors.
Sterben
Edition Musikfabrik: Francesco Filidei's Finito ogni gesto, Michael Beil's Black Jack and Mauricio Kagel's unfinished Heine cycle In der Matratzengruft with tenor Markus Brutscher, all first recordings by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Marcus Creed, Otto…
Scherben
Edition Musikfabrik: Jonathan Harvey's Sringāra Chaconne, Enno Poppe's Scherben, Kaija Saariaho's cello concerto Notes on Light (with Dirk Wietheger) and Emmanuel Nunes' Chessed I, recorded live 2005-2010 by Ensemble Musikfabrik with four conductors.
Tongue of the Invisible
Liza Lim's song cycle Tongue of the Invisible (2010-11) after Hafiz, for improvising pianist, baritone and 16 musicians, recorded live in Cologne by Uri Caine, Omar Ebrahim and Ensemble Musikfabrik under André de Ridder.
Unerwartet
Edition Musikfabrik vol. 7: David Lang's Are You Experienced?, Philippe Boesmans' Sextuor à clavier, Richard Barrett's interference and Luca Francesconi's Unexpected End of Formula, recorded live in Cologne 2003-2008 by Ensemble Musikfabrik.
Nach innen
Edition Musikfabrik vol. 6: Ian Willcock's Grave, Mark Andre's ni and Kaija Saariaho's violin concerto Graal théâtre (chamber version), played live in Cologne in 2004-2007 by Ensemble Musikfabrik with Hannah Weirich, conducted by James Wood, Rupert H…
Krönung
Edition Musikfabrik vol. 5: Baltakas's (co)ro(na), Saunders's cinnabar with Juditha Haeberlin and Marco Blaauw, Lindberg's Joy and Xenakis's Thalleïn, recorded live by Ensemble Musikfabrik in Cologne, 2004-2006.