Helena Tulve, Arianna Savall, Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
Arboles Iloran por lluviaFive works by Estonian composer Helena Tulve, with soprano Arianna Savall, Vox Clamantis, Ensemble Hortus Musicus and the NYYD Quartet under Jaan-Eik Tulve and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Olari Elts, recorded in Tallinn in 2009 and…
David
Eleni Karaindrou's stage cantata on an anonymous 18th century verse drama from Chios, with violist Kim Kashkashian, mezzo Irini Karagianni, baritone Tassis Christoyannopoulos, ERT Choir, Camerata Orchestra under Alexandros Myrat, recorded live at the…
Concert in Athens
Live recording of Eleni Karaindrou's theatre and film music with guests Kim Kashkashian (viola) and Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone), oboist Vangelis Christopoulos and the Camerata Orchestra under Alexandros Myrat, Megaron, Athens, 19 November 2010.
Witold Lutosławski / Béla Bartók: Musique funèbre
Lutosławski's Musique funèbre and Bartók's Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances and seven choruses, played by the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester under Dennis Russell Davies with the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, recorded at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart,…
Elegie
Jörg Widmann's Messe and Elegie, played by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under Christoph Poppen with Widmann as clarinet soloist, plus Fünf Bruchstücke with Heinz Holliger on piano. Recorded 2008 in Saarbrücken and 2009 in Cologne.
Landscapes
Four works by Toshio Hosokawa, three featuring Mayumi Miyata on shō, with the Münchener Kammerorchester conducted by Alexander Liebreich. Recorded October 2009 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Strata
Erkki-Sven Tüür's Symphony No. 6 'Strata' (2007) and Noēsis, concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra (2005), with Jörg and Carolin Widmann, the Nordic Symphony Orchestra and Anu Tali; recorded at the Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, in 2007 and 200…
Farewell - Joseph Haydn / Isang Yun
Haydn's Symphonies No. 39 and No. 45 'Farewell' with Isang Yun's Chamber Symphony I (1987), played by the Münchener Kammerorchester under Alexander Liebreich; recorded in May 2007 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling.
Alfred Schnittke: Symphony No. 9 / Alexander Raskatov: Nunc dimittis
World premiere recording of Alfred Schnittke's Symphony No. 9, reconstructed by Alexander Raskatov, with Raskatov's Nunc dimittis; Dresdner Philharmonie, Elena Vassilieva, the Hilliard Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies, recorded January 2008 in Dresden…
Gustav Mahler / Dmitri Shostakovich
Kremerata Baltica directed by Gidon Kremer play Mahler's Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (strings version, Riga, October 2001) and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14 with Yulia Korpacheva and Fyodor Kuznetsov (live, Musikverein Vienna, November 2004).
Alexander Knaifel, Ivan Monighetti, Tatiana Melentieva, Piotr Migunov, State Hermitage Orchestra, Lege Artis Choir
BlazhenstvaTwo works by Alexander Knaifel: Lamento for solo cello (1967, rev. 1987) and Blazhenstva (The Beatitudes, 1996) for soloists, orchestra and choir, with Ivan Monighetti, the State Hermitage Orchestra and the Lege Artis Choir, recorded in St. Petersbur…
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Pedro Carneiro, Leho Karin, Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
OxymoronFour works by Erkki-Sven Tüür (1990-2005): Salve Regina, the marimba concerto Ardor with Pedro Carneiro, Dedication and Oxymoron, with Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Olari Elts. Recorded in Tallinn, 20…
Violinkonzert "Hommage à Louis Soutter"
Heinz Holliger's Violin Concerto "Hommage à Louis Soutter", played by Thomas Zehetmair with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg under the composer, preceded by Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3. Recorded September and December 2002 in St. Gerold an…
Friedrich Cerha / Franz Schreker
Friedrich Cerha's Cello Concerto (1989/1996), with its dedicatee Heinrich Schiff as soloist, and Franz Schreker's Chamber Symphony (1916), played by the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra under Peter Eötvös. Recorded September 2003 in Hilversum.
Metamusik / Postludium
Valentin Silvestrov's Metamusik (1992) and Postludium (1984) for piano and orchestra, played by Alexei Lubimov with the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien under Dennis Russell Davies, recorded at the ORF Studio, Vienna, in April 2001.
Béla Bartók / Peter Eötvös / György Kurtág
Kim Kashkashian plays Bartók's Viola Concerto, Peter Eötvös's Replica and György Kurtág's Movement for Viola and Orchestra with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra under Eötvös, recorded in 1999 at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht.
Surrogate Cities
Heiner Goebbels's Surrogate Cities for orchestra, sampler and voices, with Jocelyn B. Smith, David Moss and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie under Peter Rundel; orchestra recorded 1996 at Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, vocals 1999 in Frankfurt.
Lament
Giya Kancheli's Lament, music of mourning in memory of Luigi Nono, for violin, soprano and orchestra, performed by Gidon Kremer, Maacha Deubner and the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra under Jansug Kakhidze, recorded in Tbilisi in March 1998.
Giya Kancheli: Vom Winde beweint / Alfred Schnittke: Konzert für Viola und Orchester
Giya Kancheli's Vom Winde beweint and Alfred Schnittke's Viola Concerto, with Kim Kashkashian and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn (Nov 1991) and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken (May 1986).
The Orchestral Works 2
Three orchestral works by Giacinto Scelsi recorded in Vienna in 2005: Quattro Pezzi (su una nota sola), Uaxuctum, and the first recording of La Nascita del Verbo, with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and choirs.