Contemporary Composition / Systematic Composition

Recuperation and reinventing from Elements 2021/22 took quite a long time. Sustainability in writing long pieces became fully questionable. In the meantime, finding joy in creating small forms; powerful and groovy pieces became an obsession which created two fundamentally different cycle of pieces -"Into The Groove" and "Into The Grind". This release represents dualistic concept: could be seen as double EP over two side of vinyl  and it also has double cover as well as two editions: normal black…

Éclat-Multiples unmasks Pierre Boulez’s music at its most mercurial and sensorial. Michael Wendeberg leads Collegium Novum Zürich and Ensemble Contrechamps through shifting prismatic textures, capturing Boulez’s fascination with timbre, spatial construction, and the suspended motion of silence and sound. Each gesture is meticulously contoured, reinforcing the line between energetic outburst and architectural poise.

Four revolutionary orchestral works from 1951-52 showcase Stockhausen's bold transition to large ensemble writing. Featuring Formel, innovative Schlagtrio, theatrical Spiel, and the composer-conducted Punkte, this collection captures his pioneering experiments with orchestral pointillism and percussive techniques.

Karlheinz Stockhausen's Kurzwellen (1968) in a new performing version by C.L.S.I. for four instruments, four shortwave radios, six computers and conductor, premiered in 2011 and conducted by Paul Mefano.

Expanded 3-CD reissue of Walter Zimmermann's Lokale Musik, first issued in 1982 as a 3-LP set: two CDs remastered from the analog tapes, a third with new supplemental recordings and revised works, and a 60-page book.

Aldo Clementi's works with guitar, the first complete CD devoted to them, played by Geoffrey Morris and the ELISION Ensemble: Serenata, Dodici Variazioni, Albumblatt, The Plaint and others, most of them first recordings.

Three orchestral works by Iannis Xenakis: Metastaseis A in its original version for 65 musicians (first recording), with the Orchestra Sinfonica RAI, and Terretektorh and Nomos Gamma, with the Residentie Orkest The Hague under Arturo Tamayo.

Xenakis Edition volume 13: works for soloist and ensemble by Iannis Xenakis, played by members of the International Contemporary Ensemble under Steven Schick, with the first recording of Zythos for trombone and six marimbas.

Aldo Clementi's works for flutes, issued for his 75th birthday: Fantasia su roBErto FABbriCiAni, Ouverture for 12 flutes, Passacaglia, luCiAno BErio and Parafrasi 2, played by Roberto Fabbriciani with tapes restored by Alvise Vidolin.

Brice Pauset's complete cycle of 24 canons for piano (1989-2010) and Perspectivæ Sintagma I for piano and live electronics (1997), first recordings by Nicolas Hodges with IRCAM electronics. Produced by WDR Köln in 2016.

Late and previously unknown works for player piano by Conlon Nancarrow, including Study No. 48 for two superimposed rolls and For Ligeti, recorded on the composer's own instruments; a co-production of WDR and the Paul Sacher Stiftung.

Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano in transcriptions for piano four hands, the Three Canons for Ursula, Tango?, Blues, Sonatina and other pieces, played by the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo (Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams).

Xenakis's works for ensemble and voice recorded in concert by New York's ST-X Ensemble under Charles Zachary Bornstein: Plektó (first recording), Eonta, Akanthos, Rebonds and N'Shima.

First complete set of Iannis Xenakis's percussion works on three CDs: sextets, duos and solos, including Persephassa, Pléïades, Psappha, Kassandra and Rebonds, played by Steven Schick and the ensemble red fish blue fish.