The Death of the Star-Knower
First portrait CD of the Serbian composer Milica Djordjević, seven works from 2008-2015 played by the Arditti Quartet, Teodoro Anzellotti, Ensemble Musikfabrik under Johannes Schöllhorn and soloists, recorded at Deutschlandfunk Cologne in 2016.
Neolithic Brass
CD and DVD portrait of the Stuttgart-born composer Steffen Krebber, twelve works from 2008-2015 including the Konfusionen series, played by Ensemble Garage, Sonar Quartett, Ensemble Praesenz, LUX:NM and soloists.
Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e / kommen und gehen / Dialog imaginär 4 / Streichquartett Nr. 3 / De musica
Georg Katzer: Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e (Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Eötvös), kommen und gehen, Dialog imaginär 4 for bass clarinet and tape (Wolfgang Fuchs), String Quartet No. 3 (Arditti Quartet) and De musica; recordings 1984-1993.
Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch / 'Herbstzeit - Autumn' / Streichquartett Nr. 4 'Assonanzen'
Günter Bialas's Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch for piano, the piano quartet Herbstzeit and String Quartet No. 4 Assonanzen, played by Siegfried Mauser, Christian Altenburger, Barbara Westphal, Julius Berger and the Auryn Quartet. Recorded 1988-8…
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.
Beethoven - Bruckner - Hartmann - Holliger
Zehetmair Quartett in string quartets by Beethoven (Op. 135), Bruckner (C minor), Holliger (No. 2), recorded Zürich 2010, and Hartmann (No. 2), recorded 2002 with cellist Françoise Groben.
Edition Lockenhaus
Five-CD box for the 30th anniversary of Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus festival: Kremerata Baltica under Simon Rattle (Strauss, 2001) and Roman Kofman (Messiaen, 2008), plus Edition Lockenhaus Vols. 1/2 and 4/5, recorded at Lockenhaus 1981-86. ECM New Ser…
Samuel Beckett, Trevor Bača: Stirrings Still
Samuel Beckett's last prose work, read by Paul Griffiths, with Trevor Bača's score for narrator and string quartet (2016-18) played by the JACK Quartet. Recorded May 2023 and September 2024 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Ei…
Streichquartette op. 51
Brahms's String Quartets Op. 51 Nos. 1 and 2 played by the Zehetmair Quartett (Thomas Zehetmair, Jakub Jakowicz, Ruth Killius, Christian Elliott). Recorded November 2021 at Konzerthaus Blaibach; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Im wachen Traume - Schumann/Reimann, Byrd/Pierini, Purcell
Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben in Aribert Reimann's arrangement for soprano and string quartet, framed by Byrd and Purcell arranged by Stefano Pierini. Delian Quartett with Claudia Barainsky and Mikhail Timoshenko, recorded October 2021 at Abtei Ma…
Lost Prayers
Chamber music by Erkki-Sven Tüür: two piano trios, a violin-cello duo and the String Quartet No. 2, played by Harry Traksmann, Leho Karin, Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff and the Signum Quartett. Recorded April 2019, Sendes…
György Kurtág: Six moments musicaux & Officium breve / Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet op. 97
The Parker Quartet plays György Kurtág's Six moments musicaux and Officium breve, and with violist Kim Kashkashian Dvořák's String Quintet op. 97. Recorded November 2018 at Radiostudio DRS, Zürich, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Prism V - Beethoven, Webern, Bach
Fifth and final volume of the Danish String Quartet's Prism series: Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16 Op. 135, Webern's String Quartet (1905), Bach's chorale prelude BWV 668 and Contrapunctus 14. Recorded June 2021 at the Festsal KFUM/KFUK, Copenhage…
Prism IV - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach
Fourth volume of the Danish String Quartet's Prism series: Bach's Fugue in G minor BWV 861 (arr. Förster), Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15 Op. 132 and Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13. Recorded 2018-2019 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt; produc…
Prism III - Beethoven, Bartók, Bach
Third volume of the Danish String Quartet's Prism series: Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 Op. 131, Bartók's String Quartet No. 1 and Bach's Fugue BWV 849 (arr. Förster). Recorded November 2017 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt; produced by Manfred Eicher…
Prism II - Beethoven, Schnittke, Bach
Bach's Fugue in B minor BWV 869 (arr. Förster), Schnittke's String Quartet No. 3 and Beethoven's Op. 130 with the Grosse Fuge as finale, played by the Danish String Quartet; recorded May 2017 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Prism I - Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bach
Bach's Fugue BWV 876 in Mozart's arrangement, Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 15 and Beethoven's Op. 127, played by the Danish String Quartet; recorded November 2016 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher. First volume of the Prism…
Quasi morendo - Johannes Brahms, Gérard Pesson, Salvatore Sciarrino
Brahms's Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 framed by Sciarrino's solo Let Me Die Before I Wake and Pesson's Nebenstück, played by clarinettist Reto Bieri and the Finnish quartet Meta4; recorded at RSI Studio Zürich, produced by Manfred Eicher.
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).
Thomas Adès, Per Nørgård, Hans Abrahamsen
The Danish String Quartet's ECM debut: first string quartets by Thomas Adès (Arcadiana, 1994), Per Nørgård (Quartetto Breve, 1952) and Hans Abrahamsen (10 Preludes, 1973), recorded in May 2015 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, and produced by Manfred Eich…