Hybrid Gaits
Four works by Swiss composer Stefan Keller, Schaukel, Breathe, Stück für Klavier and hybrid gaits (2017), played by Ensemble Ascolta conducted by Yalda Zamani, with the composer on live electronics. Mostly SWR productions, 2023.
Chattering Birds
Percussion works by Péter Eötvös, Vinko Globokar, Sara Glojnarić, Dai Fujikura, Ursula Mamlok, Toshio Hosokawa and Uroš Rojko, played by Leonie Klein solo and with Isao Nakamura as ISANIE Percussion Duo. Co-production with SWR2, mostly first recordin…
Prozession
First recordings of Enno Poppe's Fleisch for tenor saxophone, electric guitar, keyboard and drumset, played by Ensemble Nikel, and Prozession for large ensemble (2015-2020), played by Ensemble Musikfabrik conducted by the composer.
Sotto il Segno del Sole
Kroumata, Omnibus and the Falu wind quintet play Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques, Anders Eliasson’s Sotto il Segno del Sole for triple brass ensemble and five percussionists, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl’s Chamber Concerto.
Nilsson / Maros / Kox / Gubaidulina
Two groups that commissioned much of their own repertoire, the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, meet in works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Anders Nilsson, with pieces by Hans Kox and Miklós Maros.
Xavier Joaquín Interpreta Obras De Xenakis, Taïra Y Lewin-Richter (LP)
1982 LP on Hemisferio presenting three pieces for percussion (one with magneti tape) by three different composers spanning from 1972 to 1975, performed by Xavier Joaquín.
Tinell / Concert Equinoccial / Tocatina (LP)
Three excellent compositions for percussion and magnetic tape by the two Spanish composers performed by the Percussions De Barcelona and released on Musica Per A Anna in 1988.
Concerto Pour Percussion (LP)
Three pieces for percussion ensemble composed in the 1960's and released on Philips' "Modern Music Series" in 1969.
Archipel 3 (LP)
Three versions of the 1969 piece for spatialized percussion ensemble performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg with Georges Pludermacher and released on Philips' silver covers "Prospective 21e Siècle" series in the mid-70's. Black labels.
4 Études Chorégraphiques / 8 Inventions (LP)
Two great compositions for percussion ensemble performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg and released on Philips' silver covers "Prospective 21e Siècle" series, with liner notes by Joseph Byrd of the United States of America! Grey cover, black label…
Musique Pour Un Jazz Different / Alternances (LP)
Two contemporary compositions for percussion ensemble released on Cybelia's "Musique Française Du 20e Siècle" series in 1986.
Pour Le Kama Soutra / Concordances (LP)
1970 LP of jazz-tinged contemporary music for percussion performed by Vincent Gemignani and the Ensemble De Percussion De Paris.
The Dissolute Society Comprised of All Sorts
Isabella Gellis’s The Dissolute Society Comprised of All Sorts is a formidable debut for solo piano, performed by Joseph Havlat. Drawing inspiration from Biber’s baroque suite and cannibalizing its gestures, Gellis interweaves the surreal, the silly,…
Marimba & Percussion Solo
1987 release ** Includes recordings of: Toshimitsu Tanaka-Two movements / Minoru Miki – TIME / Dmitri Schostakowitsch – Polka & Oportunist from his Ballets Nebojsa / J. Zivkovic – Drei Phantastische Lieder, Tensio, Strah*Ctpax
Percussion Concertant
1992 release ** "This audite recording pits percussion sounds from Europe and the Far East against each other, creating exciting contrasts. Significant twentieth-century Japanese composers place the marimba at the central point of their compositions …
12²
1998 release ** "Wendy Mae Chambers (b 1953) is known for the scope and originality of her works, typified by large and unusual instrumental combinations. In Chambers’s own words, Twelve² is a voodoo tone poem in eleven movements for twelve percussio…
Devils On Drums (From The Sado-Island / Japan)
1986 release ** "Ondekoza (鬼太鼓座, Ondekoza) ("demon drum group"), sometimes referred to as "Za Ondekoza", is a Japanese troupe specializing in taiko drumming. Founded in 1969 by Den Tagayasu, Ondekoza was influential in the rise of the kumi-daiko (gro…
Tàmmitam Percussion Ensemble
1990 release (RARE) **
Ionisation (1933) Edgar Varèse 5:58Trio (1936) John Cage 3:56Canticle (1939) Lou Harrison 4:13Polifonica Monodia Ritmica (1951) Luigi Nono 8:50Gloria E Morte (Words By Marco Luzzi) Guido Facchin 1978 11:21Concerto Da Camera(19…
Generally spoken...
1991 release ** Nebojša Jovan Živković plays total percussion music by himself, Maria Ptaszynska, Johannes Kotschy, Markus Halt, John Christie Willot and Robert Schumann.