La journée de l'existence
Wyschnegradsky's visionary poem for narrator and orchestra, conceived in 1916 and first heard only in 1978: the live premiere with Mario Haniotis and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, plus interviews with the composer.
The Minimalists
Six minimalist works by Reich, Riley, Andriessen, Gann, Adams and David Lang played by Orkest de Volharding under Jussi Jaatinen, including first recordings of City Life for wind orchestra and Kyle Gann's Sunken City.
Atlas Eclipticalis With Winter Music
Two live 1983 performances of John Cage conducting Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music at Seattle's Cornish Institute, first issued on LP in 1986, with a bonus disc of the 86-part Atlas Eclipticalis and Winter Music for 20 pianos.
Der Klang Der Offenbarung Des Göttlichen
Double 10" of Kjartan Sveinsson's four-part opera after Halldór Laxness's World Light, staged by Ragnar Kjartansson in Berlin in 2014, with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg and Filmchor Berlin.
Lab.Oratorium
First recording of Philippe Manoury's Lab.Oratorium (2019) for actors, soprano, mezzo-soprano, choirs, live electronics and orchestra, on the deaths of refugees in the Mediterranean, with the Gürzenich Orchestra conducted by François-Xavier Roth, directed by Nicolas Stemann.
Hij
Mark Andre's hij 1 for orchestra (WDR Sinfonieorchester, Mariano Chiacchiarini, 2015) and hij 2 for 24 voices and live electronics (SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed, SWR Experimentalstudio, live 2013). First recordings.
Minnesang für zwölf Stimmen / Musivus für Orchester
Emmanuel Nunes's Minnesang for twelve voices a cappella on texts by Jakob Böhme (SWR Vokalensemble, prepared by Marcus Creed) and Musivus for orchestra in four groups (WDR Sinfonieorchester), conducted by Emilio Pomàrico.
Una Carta
Eight chamber works (1968-2006) by Uruguayan composer Coriún Aharonián (1940-2017), played by Ensemble Aventure, and the orchestral Mestizo (1993) with the SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden under Zoltán Peskó.
Die schrecklich-gewaltigen Kinder / O Daddy
Rolf Riehm's Die schrecklich-gewaltigen Kinder (Piia Komsi, Ensemble Modern, Hermann Bäumer, Frankfurt 2003) and O Daddy for orchestra and recorded sounds (SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Kazimierz Kord, Donaueschingen 1984), both live premiere recordings.
Polyphone Schatten / Drittes Labyrinth
Jörg Widmann's Polyphone Schatten (Lichtstudie II) for viola, clarinet and orchestral groups and Drittes Labyrinth for soprano and orchestral groups, in their 2002 and 2014 Cologne premiere recordings with the WDR Sinfonieorchester under Heinz Holliger and Emilio Pomàrico.
Unanswered Love
Juliane Banse sings Reimann's Drei Gedichte der Sappho, Henze's Nachtstücke und Arien (Bachmann) and Rihm's Aria/Ariadne (Nietzsche) with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern under Christoph Poppen. SR/SWR production, 2017.
Shifting / Archipel Remix
Rolf Riehm's violin concerto Shifting (Guy Braunstein, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Dennis Russell Davies) and Archipel Remix for orchestra and electronics (Peter Rundel), WDR productions issued as first recordings in 2016.
Flute Concerto / Symphony no. 3
Pēteris Vasks's Flute Concerto (2007/08, rev. 2011) with soloist Dita Krenberga and his Third Symphony (2004/05), played by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under Atvars Lakstīgala. Recorded in Liepāja in February and May 2016.
Sinfonie in einem Satz (1. Fassung)
Four orchestral works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, including the first version of the Sinfonie in einem Satz and Giostra Genovese in first recordings. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Peter Hirsch, recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie in 2013 and 2015.
Dialog mit Haydn / Issei no Kyo / Nanzen no Kyo
Three works by Hans Zender: Dialog mit Haydn (Kretzschmar, Wiget, Bundesjugendorchester, Zender), Issei no kyō (Claron McFadden, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Johannes Kalitzke) and Nanzen no kyō with the WDR Rundfunkchor. MDR/WDR productions, 2017.
Spiralat halom / Eingedunkelt / Neun Stücke
Aribert Reimann's Spiralat halom (2002), the Celan cycle Eingedunkelt in its first recording for countertenor (Tim Severloh), and the orchestral Neun Stücke (1993); NDR Sinfonieorchester under Christoph Eschenbach.
Being Beauteous / Kammermusik 1958
Hans Werner Henze's cantata Being Beauteous (Rimbaud) with Anna Prohaska, and Kammermusik 1958 (Hölderlin) with Peter Gijsbertsen and Jürgen Ruck, first recording of the string orchestra version; NDR Sinfonieorchester, Peter Ruzicka, Hamburg 2013 and 2015.
Beckett Material
Morton Feldman's 1976 trilogy Orchestra, Elemental Procedures (soprano, choir, orchestra; Beckett text) and Routine Investigations, with Claudia Barainsky, WDR Rundfunkchor and WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln under Peter Rundel; recorded 2010 and 2013.
Sala / Musica Appassionata / Credo
Pēteris Vasks's Sala (2006), Musica appassionata for strings (2002) and Credo (2009), played by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under Atvars Lakstīgala; recorded at the Liepāja Latvian Society House in 2014.
…Auf…
Mark Andre's orchestral triptych …auf… (2005-07), the third part with live electronics, played by the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg under Sylvain Cambreling with the Experimentalstudio des SWR.