Complete string quartets, volume 2
Two string quartets by John Cage played by the Arditti Quartet: String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50), in a new recording, and Four (1989), a first recording written for the ensemble. Composer-supervised sessions.
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.
One11 And 103
First commercial release of John Cage's only major film, One11 (1992), directed by Henning Lohner, with the orchestral work 103 as soundtrack in two performances (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Spoleto Festival Orchestra), plus a documentary and an interview.
A Cage of Saxophones 2
Second volume of John Cage works for saxophones, played by Ulrich Krieger and his ensemble: early pieces of unspecified instrumentation, saxophone parts drawn from Atlas Eclipticalis and Concert for Piano and Orchestra, and the first saxophone version of Two.
44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776
First recording of all 44 Harmonies from Cage's Apartment House 1776, arranged for string quartet by Irvine Arditti and played by the Arditti Quartet, with Arditti's solo violin performance of Cheap Imitation.
The Works for Piano 4
Piano works by John Cage played by Margaret Leng Tan: 1940s pieces found at his publisher including Triple-Paced, Ad Lib and Jazz Study, the Works of Calder film score, and One2 for three pianos.
A House of Call - My Imaginary Notebook
Heiner Goebbels's cycle for large orchestra and archival voice recordings, in four parts and fifteen movements, played by the Ensemble Modern Orchestra under Vimbayi Kaziboni. Recorded September 2021 at the Prinzregententheater, Munich.
Christian Gerhaher, Juliane Banse, Ivan Ludlow, Sarah Maria Sun, Annette Schönmüller, Philharmonia Zürich, Basler Madrigalisten, Heinz Holliger
LuneaHeinz Holliger's opera Lunea on the poet Nikolaus Lenau, libretto by Händl Klaus, recorded live at Opernhaus Zürich in March 2018 with Christian Gerhaher, Juliane Banse, Sarah Maria Sun, Annette Schönmüller, Ivan Ludlow, Philharmonia Zürich and Basler Madrigalisten, Holliger conducting.
Arche
Concert recording of the premiere of Jörg Widmann's oratorio Arche, written for the opening of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie: Kent Nagano, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Marlis Petersen, Thomas E. Bauer, Iveta Apkalna, three choirs. Recorded 13 January 2017.
Beethoven - Bruckner - Hartmann - Holliger
Zehetmair Quartett in string quartets by Beethoven (Op. 135), Bruckner (C minor), Holliger (No. 2), recorded Zürich 2010, and Hartmann (No. 2), recorded 2002 with cellist Françoise Groben.
Lauds and Lamentations - Music of Elliott Carter and Isang Yun
Elliott Carter's Oboe Quartet and solo pieces, and Isang Yun's Piri and Quartet for oboe and string trio, played by Heinz Holliger, Thomas Zehetmair, Ruth Killius and Thomas Demenga. Recorded 2001-2002 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.
Toshio Hosokawa / J.S. Bach / Isang Yun
Thomas Demenga (cello) plays Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 5 and 6 between chamber works by Toshio Hosokawa and Isang Yun, with Teodoro Anzellotti, Asako Urushihara, Hansheinz Schneeberger, Thomas Larcher, Aurèle Nicolet and Heinz Holliger. Recorded 1985-2000.
Kanon Pokajanen
Arvo Pärt's Kanon Pokajanen, a complete a cappella setting of the Orthodox Canon of Repentance in Church Slavonic, sung by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded June 1997, Niguliste Church, Tallinn. Two CDs.
Silent Songs
Valentin Silvestrov's song cycle Silent Songs (1974-77) and Four Songs after Osip Mandelstam, sung by baritone Sergey Yakovenko with Ilya Scheps and the composer at the piano. Recorded in Moscow in 1986, released 2004.
Hasretim - Journey to Anatolia
Marc Sinan's Hasretim for mixed ensemble and Anatolian field recordings: a live CD with the Dresdner Sinfoniker (Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, July 2011) and a DVD of the 2010 Hellerau premiere plus the field recordings made in Anatolia in 2010.
Selected Signs III - VIII
Six-CD anthology compiled by Manfred Eicher and Steve Lake for the exhibition ECM: A Cultural Archaeology (Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2012-13): recordings from 1961 to 2012 by Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, Eleni Karaindrou, Old and New Dreams and many others.
Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
György Kurtág's complete works for ensemble and for ensemble and choir, 1959-2011, performed by Asko|Schönberg and the Netherlands Radio Choir under Reinbert de Leeuw. Recorded 2013-2016 in Amsterdam and Haarlem. 3CD.
Liaisons - Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano
Pianist Anthony de Mare plays 37 solo piano pieces commissioned from 36 composers (Steve Reich, Wynton Marsalis, Frederic Rzewski, Fred Hersch and others), each reworking a Stephen Sondheim song. Recorded 2010-2014 in New York. 3CD.
Jani Christou (Enantiodromie / Praxis / Epicycle / Anaparastasis)
An expanded version of the previous rz LP by Jani Christou. All works by Christou, the late, legendary "freely-atonal" Greek composer. Features: "Enantiodromia" (1965-68, for orchestra); "Praxis" (1966-69, for string orchestra and piano), "Epicycle" (1968, for instruments, actors and voices); "Anaparastasis III" (1968-69, for soloist, ensemble and continuum [tapes]); "Mysterion" (1965-66, for narrator, actors, 3 choirs, orchestra and tapes)"Jani Christou tried to use and incorporate philosophica…