Intimate
Streichquartett Nr. 2 F-Moll, op. 10 / Streichquartett Nr. 6 in Es
Hindemith's String Quartets No. 2 in F minor, op. 10, and No. 6 in E flat (1943), played by the Juilliard String Quartet (Mann, Smirnoff, Rhodes, Krosnick), recorded in New York in June 1996 for the Edition Paul Hindemith.
Werke für Klavier
First recording of piano works by Johanna Senfter (1879-1961), Max Reger's pupil, from early character pieces to the late op. 129, played by Monica Gutman; recorded in Mainz in March and April 1994.
Une petite phrase / Lucy Escott Variations / Cherubino/ 6 Stücke für junge Pianisten / Variationen op. 13 / Sonata
Hans Werner Henze's solo piano music, including Une petite phrase, the Lucy Escott Variations, Cherubino, pieces from Pollicino, the Variations op. 13 and the Sonata per pianoforte, played by Homero Francesch.
Das Klavierwerk - Vol. III
Volume III of Siegfried Mauser's Hindemith piano series: the Third Sonata (1936), short pieces from 1920-22, the Kleine Klaviermusik op. 45 no. 4, Wir bauen eine Stadt (1930) and a sonata movement from 1941.
Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch / 'Herbstzeit - Autumn' / Streichquartett Nr. 4 'Assonanzen'
Günter Bialas's Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch for piano, the piano quartet Herbstzeit and String Quartet No. 4 Assonanzen, played by Siegfried Mauser, Christian Altenburger, Barbara Westphal, Julius Berger and the Auryn Quartet. Recorded 1988-8…
Kinderlieder / Nacht-Räume / Neun Sonette der Louize Labé
Aribert Reimann's Kinderlieder (1961), Neun Sonette der Louize Labé (1986) and Nacht-Räume (1988), sung by Christine Schäfer and Liat Himmelheber with Axel Bauni and the composer at the piano. Recorded May 1989.
Werke für Violoncello und Klavier - Vol. II
Hindemith's late music for cello and piano: the Sonata (1948), Drei leichte Stücke (1938), Kleine Sonate (1942) and the variations A Frog He Went A-Courting (1941). Julius Berger and Siegfried Mauser, recorded in Munich 1988-89.
Grete Sultan - Piano Seasons
Four CDs of the pianist Grete Sultan, recorded in New York 1969-2000: Bach's Goldberg Variations, Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Schubert, Schumann, and twentieth-century works by Schoenberg, Copland, Weber, Wolpe, Hovhaness, Cage and Ichiyanagi.
Tài Tú Nam Bô
Tài tử music from southern Vietnam played by Vũy Chỗ, Ba Tu, Phạm Văn Môn and Đoạn Văn Dũng on zithers, lutes, guitar, flute and violin, recorded on 26 May 1999 at Sender Freies Berlin.
La Limite du Bruit
Five acousmatic works by John Young from 1995 to 2001, each grown from one intimate or environmental sound: hands, a single breath, wind across two microphones, a childhood swing and rain falling on leaves, windows and puddles.
Complete Short Works for Prepared Piano
All of John Cage's short works for prepared piano on two CDs, everything except Sonatas and Interludes, played by Philipp Vandré.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum I: two CDs compiled by Keith Jarrett from his ECM recordings of 1974-1994, solo piano, clavichord, pipe organ, the overdubbed Spirits, the European Quartet and the Standards trio. Released 2002.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 16 (2004): nine Paul Motian compositions chosen by the drummer from six ECM albums recorded 1972-1987, with Keith Jarrett, Charles Brackeen, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Paul Bley and John Surman.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum volume VIII: Bobo Stenson's own selection of thirteen recordings from 1971 to 1999, with his trios (Arild Andersen, Anders Jormin, Jon Christensen) and with Jan Garbarek, Don Cherry, Charles Lloyd and Tomasz Stanko.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Keith Jarrett plays C.P.E. Bach's six Württemberg Sonatas Wq 49 on piano, recorded in May 1994 at his Cavelight Studio, New Jersey, and first released on two CDs by ECM New Series in 2023.
Klavierstücke
Two-CD recital of Brahms piano works (Albumblatt, Klavierstücke op. 76, Fantasien op. 116, Intermezzi op. 117, Klavierstücke opp. 118 and 119) played by András Schiff on an 1859 Blüthner, recorded in March 2021 at the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn.
Clavichord
András Schiff plays Bach's Capriccio BWV 992, Inventions and Sinfonias, Four Duets, Ricercar à 3 and Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue on a 2003 Joris Potvlieghe copy of a 1743 Specken clavichord. Recorded July 2018 at the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn; produced b…
Six Suites for Viola Solo, BWV 1007-1012
Kim Kashkashian plays Bach’s six cello suites BWV 1007-1012 on viola, the Sixth on a five-string viola by Francesco Bissolotti. Recorded November 2016 and February 2017 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Sei Solo - The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
Thomas Zehetmair’s second recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, on two Baroque violins with gut strings. Recorded August 2016 at Propstei St. Gerold, Vorarlberg; released 2019.
Sonatas & Impromptus
András Schiff plays Schubert’s Four Impromptus D 899, Three Pieces D 946 and Sonatas D 958 and D 959 on a Franz Brodmann fortepiano (Vienna, c. 1820). Recorded July 2016 at the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn.