As Fast as Possible
Works by Conlon Nancarrow for orchestra, ensemble and pianos, including Player Piano Studies in live transcriptions, plus Paul Usher's Nancarrow Concerto for pianola, with Ensemble Modern, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Rex Lawson, WDR production 2004-2005.
Spektren / Sinfonie Nr. 2 / Kantate / Meditation / „Welt, Leb Wohl ...!“
Early works by Valentin Silvestrov (1965-1977): Spectrums, Symphony No. 2, Cantata, Meditation and Farewell, O World...!, conducted by Igor Blazhkov in concert and studio recordings from Leningrad and Kiev, 1965-1991.
Hommages
Chamber and solo pieces by Hans Werner Henze dedicated to friends and colleagues, most in first recordings, performed by ensemble recherche, a coproduction with Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
Desires / Kybele / X für Verschlüsse / Roses / Spices 3
Five works by Gerhard Stäbler for percussion, soprano and percussion quartet, conception for any number of players, and percussion with tape, performed by Schlagquartett Köln with soprano Annette Robbert.
Stirrings Still
Five chamber works by Rebecca Saunders, four in first recordings, including blaauw for double-bell trumpet, vermilion and Stirrings Still, played by soloists of Ensemble Musikfabrik in coproduction with DeutschlandRadio.
nicht mehr - noch nicht / Contrasubjekte / Musik für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 / Tanzmusik / Anabasis / Aus dem Zusammenhang
Portrait CD of Ulrich Stranz: six works from 1971-2001 for chamber ensemble, strings, piano and orchestra, winds and solo piano, with Tzimon Barto, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Christoph Eschenbach, Münchener Kammerorchester, Banda Classica and Linos-Ensemble.
Sphäre um Sphäre / Frage
First recordings of Wolfgang Rihm's Sphäre um Sphäre for ensemble and Frage for female voice and ensemble, played by ensemble recherche, which premiered both, with Salome Kammer and conductor Lucas Vis. A coproduction with WDR.
Bread and Roses
Christian Wolff's For 1, 2 or 3 People, Exercise 27, Bread and Roses and Edges, played by violinist Malcolm Goldstein and percussionist Matthias Kaul (also voice and hurdy-gurdy), recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk in 1999 and 2002.
Werke für zwei Pianisten
Hindemith's works for piano four hands and two pianos, including his four-hand Mathis der Maler symphony, Rag Time (wohltemperiert), the Walzer op. 6 and the sonatas of 1938 and 1942, played by Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher.
Polifonica - Monodia - Ritmica / Canti per 13 / Canciones a Guiomar / Hay Que Caminar Soñando
Four works by Luigi Nono from 1951 to 1989: Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica, Canti per 13, Canciones a Guiomar and his last work, "Hay que caminar" soñando for two violins, with Ensemble UnitedBerlin, United Voices and Angelika Luz under Peter Hirsch.
Griechenland / Trio für Oboe, Viola und Harfe / Diaphonie
Orchestral and chamber works by Frank Michael Beyer: Griechenland (1981), the Trio for oboe, viola and harp (1980) with Heinz and Ursula Holliger and Hirofumi Fukai, and Diaphonie (1975), from radio recordings of 1978-1983.
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.
Naturell / Concent / Lack / Infrarot / Sepia / Aceton
Portrait CD of Achim Bornhöft: six works from 1999-2010 for computer, string quartet, flute and clarinet, percussion quartet, quintet and four electric guitars with live electronics, played by Helios Streichquartett, Ensemble Phorminx, Freiburger Schlagzeugensemble and GoGuitars.
Musik für übers Sofa
Portrait CD of Hannes Seidl: five works for trombone quartet, mixed ensemble with tape, contrabass clarinet with environmental sound, piano with tape and cello with mixing desk, played by Composers Slide Quartet, ensemble Intégrales, Theo Nabicht, Sebastian Berweck and Andreas Lindenbaum. 2009.
Potemkin I: Baby Baby / Fehlstart (Detail) / Alkan / In der Hölle / Charms: Dub
Five works (1996-2004) by Sebastian Claren, with Teodoro Anzellotti and trio recherche, ensemble mosaik under Enno Poppe, pianist Ernst Surberg and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR under Matthias Hermann.
Prelude I: Harmonic Encounters / Weird Scenes Inside the Mirror Cages I / Vertical Horizon I / Umbrellas & Sewing Machines / I'm Dancing on the Edge of Time II / The Lonely Monk's Reflections
Six works by Tobias PM Schneid for seven instruments, solo clarinet and piano with ensemble, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Peter Rundel with Carl Rosman (clarinet) and Ulrich Löffler (piano).
Voices and instruments
Feldman works for voices and instruments from 1949 to 1971, three of them first recordings, including Journey to the End of Night, The O’Hara Songs and Four Instruments, played by The Barton Workshop.
Indeterminate music
Feldman's indeterminate works: the complete Projections and Durations series on one disc, the first recording of Two Pieces for Six Instruments, and The Straits of Magellan, played by pianist Philipp Vandré and the Turfan Ensemble.
Ain’t Nuthin’ but Fairy Dust
Portrait CD of Matthias Krüger: le vide à perdre, Wie ein Stück Fett (Redux) and Bellygoat Boom (substrate), played by Ensemble Ascolta under Nicholas Kok, Ensemble BRuCH and the WDR Sinfonieorchester under Elena Schwarz.
Anatomy
Portrait CD of Mark Barden: seven works from solo piano and duos to amplified nonet and orchestra, played by Helen Bledsoe, Séverine Ballon, ensemble mosaik under Enno Poppe and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Peter Rundel.