EARsalon
Works by Henning Christiansen for recorder, tenor flute, piano, tuba and bassoon, played by Michala Petri, Christoffer Møller and Jakob Munk at Klanghallen 44MØEN in 2023. Edition of 100 CDs.
Körper
Enno Poppe's Körper (2021) for big-band ensemble, played by Ensemble Modern under the composer, and Gold for mixed choir a cappella on texts by Arno Holz, sung by the SWR Vokalensemble under Marcus Creed.
Chattering Birds
Percussion works by Péter Eötvös, Vinko Globokar, Sara Glojnarić, Dai Fujikura, Ursula Mamlok, Toshio Hosokawa and Uroš Rojko, played by Leonie Klein solo and with Isao Nakamura as ISANIE Percussion Duo. Co-production with SWR2, mostly first recordin…
Prozession
First recordings of Enno Poppe's Fleisch for tenor saxophone, electric guitar, keyboard and drumset, played by Ensemble Nikel, and Prozession for large ensemble (2015-2020), played by Ensemble Musikfabrik conducted by the composer.
SAX - Contemporary Concertos for Saxophone
Four contemporary saxophone concertos by Péter Eötvös, Georg Friedrich Haas, Vykintas Baltakas and Johannes Maria Staud, all premiered by soloist Marcus Weiss, with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, Teodoro Anzellotti and Windkraft Tirol. A WDR production.
Out Into the Open
Four works written for Trio Accanto by Beat Furrer, Brice Pauset, Misato Mochizuki and Rebecca Saunders, recorded in 2024 by Marcus Weiss, Nicolas Hodges and Christian Dierstein, a WDR production.
Brisk
The idea for this album began taking shape in 2021 and has slowly evolved into a seven-track snapshot of Juli Deák’s musical world and artistic thinking. Coming from the challenging, refined, and often seemingly flawless sound of classical music, the…
New Orchestral Music from Mexico
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.
Scottish Circus
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.
Feldman Edition 15: Morton Feldman Plays Feldman
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.
BLK+LND / K&L for KL
Big tip! K&L for KL and BLK+LND bring together two of Phill Niblock's final compositions, conceived by Niblock as companion works and intended to travel together. Released by Sub Rosa, the record preserves a pairing that Niblock himself wanted heard …
Avant-Garde Organ
*2026 stock* The connection between these works is subtle. Nevertheless, there is an incessant search for a new sonic language, breaking an imposed norm of a secular legacy. The organ, an apparatus that is the sum total of wind, pipes and keys, becom…
Space Guitars
Music for New String Instruments, composed and performed by Allan Bryant. A pioneer of underground American electronic music, Bryant helped push the boundaries as a founder member of Musica Elettronica Viva alongside Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, a…
Works for Organ
The album Works for Organ documents and brings to life Bernhard Lang’s engagement with this instrument – which dates back to his youth – in its most diverse forms. The musical roots lie in his own improvisational practice as part of a band, in his on…
Mineralization
“The role of the composer is to act as a filter between reality and the listener, transforming real life into something different from what the listener is accustomed to,” summarizes composer Mioko Yokoyama, reflecting her personal view on her profes…
Explorations + Further Explorations Bundle
Bundled together, Gentle Fire’s Explorations (1970–1973) 3‑CD box and Further Explorations CD form the most complete portrait yet of this seminal British experimental ensemble. Studio and festival recordings of Cage, Stockhausen, Wolff, Brown and Ich…
itself between, of saying farewell
*50 copies limited edition* itself between, of saying farewell is an opera in two parts by Bridget Ferrill, Áslaug Magnúsdóttir and Olivia Rivière. Written through harp, electric harp, clarinet, voice, microphone, clavichord and electronics, the work…
Bionic Environments
Bionic Environments by Qba Janicki is an illustrative sonic work in which organic matter and mechanical intelligence merge into a single, continuously evolving organism. Composed for amplified soundboard, electronics, electromechanics, extended voice…
Exotica, The Great Learning, Cybernetics III / Contrappunto Dialettico Alla Mente
Earlier this year, Deutsche Grammophon announced and delivered one of the most exciting initiatives in recent memory: a brand-new audiophile vinyl reissue series dedicated to crucial avant-garde and experimental works from its own extensive catalog. …
Waldmusik
Forests have inspired composers from Schubert to Messiaen, but Christopher Shultis takes it one step further with Waldmusik, a sonic chronicle of fourteen years of walking and listening. This cycle of compositions traces a personal and artistic evolu…