Contemporary Composition / Extended Percussion Techniques

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.

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…

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.

Seven percussion works by Vinko Globokar, including Toucher for a speaking percussionist, ?Corporel for body percussion and Ombre with tape and rhythm machine, played by Matthias Kaul, a coproduction with Deutschlandfunk.

James Wood's Stoicheia (1987-88) for two percussion soloists, two percussion ensembles, keyboards and electronics, played by Steven Schick, Wood, the Darmstadt and Cornwall Percussion Ensembles, recorded at All Saints', Petersham, London.

Hochschul-Percussion Trossingen under Hermann Gschwendtner play percussion works by Regner, Brouwer, Henze (Five Scenes from the Snow Country, marimba), Heider and Hiller. Recorded 1981 and 1984.

Portrait of Portuguese composer Luís Antunes Pena: works for double bass and drummers, organ, cello, thirty cymbals and electronics (2000-2012), with Edicson Ruiz, Drumming Grupo de Percussão, Dominik Susteck and Francesco Dillon. Released 2013.

First complete set of Iannis Xenakis's percussion works on three CDs: sextets, duos and solos, including Persephassa, Pléïades, Psappha, Kassandra and Rebonds, played by Steven Schick and the ensemble red fish blue fish.