Mass/Seven Pious Pieces
This collection of two tonal works by composers known for their non-tonal compositional style is a fine example of contemporary approaches to sacred choral music. Salvatore Martirano’s Mass is a setting of a traditional Latin Mass whilst Donald Marti…
Tracer - Chamber Works 1952-1999
Chamber works by Earle Brown from 1952 to 1999, from Folio and Four Systems to Tracer, with Christian Wolff and Joan La Barbara among the performers and the tape piece Octet in a new transfer.
An Hour For Piano
"First, the booklet notes. If you pine for Gertrude Stein speaking circles around herself, meaning what she doesn’t mean, and not meaning what she means, you’ll probably like Tom Johnson’s non-sort-of-explanation of his magnum keyboard opus, An Hour …
Yellow Man With Heart With Wings
1990 CD issue of Robert Ashley's 1978 piece for voice and electronics. A two-part composition with narration (part one in Spanish and part two in heavily altered English) commissioned by public radio station KUNM in Albuquerque, this music has a plai…
Composing By Numbers: The Graphic Scores 1950-67
Thirteen of Morton Feldman's graphic scores, 1950-67, played by the Barton Workshop and soloists including Frank Denyer and Taco Kooistra, with first recordings of several ensemble works. Volume 9 of Mode's Feldman Edition.
Triadic Memories
Marilyn Nonken plays Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories, a single-movement solo piano work of almost 90 minutes, recorded in 2003 and available on two CDs and on DVD-Audio.
String quartet N°2
Morton Feldman's String Quartet No. 2, a continuous work of more than six hours, played by the Flux Quartet, in a deluxe DVD-audio edition with liner notes by Christian Wolff and Flux founder Tom Chiu.
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.
Transición II. Phonophonie
First recordings, supervised by the composer, of two early works by Mauricio Kagel: Transición II (1958-59) for piano, percussion and tapes with live electronics, and Phonophonie (1963-64), four melodramas for two voices and other sound sources.
The Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas
The first complete recording of Luciano Berio's Sequenzas for solo instruments, with the alternate versions and nine further solo works, on four CDs with verses by Edoardo Sanguineti and a 104-page book.
Works 1939 - 2000
Overview of Lou Harrison's work from 1939 to 2000, with first recordings including the original septet version of Marriage at the Eiffel Tower, Mass to St. Anthony, Easter Cantata, arias from Young Caesar and Music for Remy.
Freeman Etudes, Books One and Two
John Cage's Freeman Etudes, Books 1 and 2 (the first sixteen etudes for solo violin), played by Irvine Arditti at blistering speed under the composer's supervision.
The Piano Works 2 - Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano
John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano played by Philipp Vandré, the first recording on a Steinway “O”-type baby grand, the piano Cage composed on, with corrections to discrepancies in the printed score.
Freeman Etudes, Books Three And Four
First recording of the second half of John Cage's Freeman Etudes for violin, Books Three and Four, played by Irvine Arditti, the second release in his traversal of Cage's complete violin works for Mode. Released 1989.
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.
Ensemble Music Vol.2
Five Xenakis works for ensemble recorded in New York in 1996 with the composer's participation: Akrata, Echange, Xas, Okho and the first recording of A la Mémoire de Witold Lutoslawski, by the ST-X Ensemble.
Ensemble Music Vol.1
Xenakis's works for ensemble and voice recorded in concert by New York's ST-X Ensemble under Charles Zachary Bornstein: Plektó (first recording), Eonta, Akanthos, Rebonds and N'Shima.
Percussion Works
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.