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.
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 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.
Piano Concertos
András Schiff plays and directs Brahms's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 on a Blüthner grand of about 1859, with the period-instrument Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, no conductor. Recorded December 2019 at Abbey Road Studios, London.
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.
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.
The Piano Concertos
Beethoven's five piano concertos in order of composition, with Alexander Lonquich as soloist and director of the Münchener Kammerorchester (concertmaster Daniel Giglberger). Recorded January 2022 at the Rathausprunksaal, Landshut. 3CD.
Walden
Heiner Goebbels' Walden (1998) for expanded orchestra and speaker, after Thoreau. Ensemble Modern Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös, with Bob Rutman as speaker, singer and on steel cello and bow chimes. Recorded live in November 1998 in Cologne and Frankfurt.
Reminiscentiae
Choral and orchestral works by Veljo Tormis, including the four Reminiscentiae seasonal cycles for strings and The Tower Bell in My Village, by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded autumn 2020, Methodist Church, Tallinn.
Sun Triptych
Chamber and string orchestra works by Dobrinka Tabakova, played by Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, Roman Mints, Kristina Blaumane and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by the composer. Recorded August 2020 (Meistersaal, Berlin) and July 2021 (Watford Colosseum).
Hosokawa / Mozart
Toshio Hosokawa's piano concerto Lotus under the moonlight (2006), a homage to Mozart, paired with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488. Momo Kodama, piano, with the Mito Chamber Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, recorded live at Art Tower Mito in December 2006.
John Casken, Béla Bartok, Ludwig van Beethoven, Thomas Zehetmair, Ruth Killius, Royal Northern Sinfonia
Bartók, Casken, BeethovenLive recording of Thomas Zehetmair's June 2014 farewell concert as Music Director of the Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Sage Gateshead: John Casken's double concerto That Subtle Knot with Ruth Killius (viola), Bartók's Viola Concerto and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
Anájikon
Chamber and orchestral works by Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart (Nils Mönkemeyer, William Youn), Ny-él (Lucerne Academy Orchestra conducted by the composer, August 2016) and String Quartet No. 3 Anájikon (Minguet Quartett, March 2018).
Giovanni Legrenzi, Luciano Berio, Giovanni Gabrieli, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Dennis Russell Davies
Now, And ThenBruno Maderna's chamber orchestra transcriptions of Frescobaldi, Legrenzi, Gabrieli, Viadana and Wassenaer, with the first recording of Luciano Berio's Chemins V (Pablo Márquez, guitar); Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Dennis Russell Davies, recorded in Lugano in August 2015.
Carlo Gesualdo, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Brett Dean, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
GesualdoMusic by Carlo Gesualdo alongside Brett Dean's Carlo and Erkki-Sven Tüür's L'ombra della croce and Psalmody, performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Tõnu Kaljuste; recorded in Tallinn in February 2014.
Chiaroscuro
Two first recordings of works by Giya Kancheli, Chiaroscuro (2010) and Twilight (2004), played by Gidon Kremer, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Kremerata Baltica; recorded in Vilnius in late 2014 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Robert Schumann
Thomas Zehetmair, as violinist and conductor, leads the Orchestre de chambre de Paris in Schumann's Violin Concerto WoO 23, Phantasie op. 131 and Symphony No. 1 "Spring", recorded in February 2014 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
Seventh Symphony, Piano Concerto
Erkki-Sven Tüür's Piano Concerto (2006), with soloist Laura Mikkola, and Seventh Symphony 'Pietas' (2009), with the NDR Choir, played by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, recorded in Frankfurt in June 2009 and June 2010.
Quasi parlando
Four works for soloists and string orchestra by Tigran Mansurian (1978-2012), with Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Anja Lechner (cello) and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta led by Candida Thompson. Recorded October 2012 at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam.
Between Two Waves
Three works by Victor Kissine: the piano concerto Between Two Waves, the Duo (after Osip Mandelstam) for viola and cello, and Barcarola for violin, strings and percussion, with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica. Recorded live at the Lockenhaus Festival in July 2011.