Memory / Archive
On an overgrown path
Janáček's piano cycle On an Overgrown Path in Daniel Rumler's string orchestra arrangement, with Suk's St. Wenceslas Meditation, Dvořák's Notturno and poems read by Maïa Brami. Camerata Zürich led by Igor Karsko; recorded 2017 at Radiostudio Zürich.
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.
Eine Olive des Nichts - Zagajewski, Tranströmer, Jaccottet
Poetry and sound collage by radio author Burkhard Reinartz: texts by Adam Zagajewski, Tomas Tranströmer and Philippe Jaccottet read in German by Reinartz, Anja Lais and Bruno Winzen, woven with ECM recordings. Recorded August 2013, Rheinklang Tonstudio, Cologne.
Robert Schumann, Heinz Holliger: Aschenmusik
Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d'amore), Anita Leuzinger (cello) and Anton Kernjak (piano) play Holliger's Romancendres framed by Schumann's chamber works, recorded in July 2012 and November 2013 at Radio Studio Zürich.
Heinz Holliger, Guillaume de Machaut, Geneviève Strosser, Jürg Dähler, Muriel Cantoreggi, The Hilliard Ensemble
Machaut-TranskriptionenHeinz Holliger's Machaut-Transkriptionen (2001-2009) for four voices and three violas, alternating with Machaut originals, sung by The Hilliard Ensemble with violists Geneviève Strosser, Jürg Dähler and Muriel Cantoreggi, recorded November 2010 in Zürich.
Transformations
Five soundscape compositions by Hildegard Westerkamp from 1979 to 1992, among them Kits Beach Soundwalk and Beneath the Forest Floor, recorded on Vancouver streets, a Mexican desert and old-growth forest on Vancouver Island, with hornist Brian G’froerer.
Stifters Dinge
Audio edition of Heiner Goebbels' music-theatre installation for five mechanised pianos, archival voices and texts after Adalbert Stifter, recorded 20-21 October 2007 at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Being Dufay
Tenor John Potter sings fragments of songs and sacred works by Guillaume Dufay inside seven electronic pieces by Ambrose Field. Voice recorded in 2007 at Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire; mixed in 2008 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Dust of Time - Music for the film by Theo Angelopoulos
Eleni Karaindrou's score for Theo Angelopoulos's film Dust of Time, with Sergiu Nastasa (violin), Renato Ripo (cello), Maria Bildea (harp), the Camerata and the ERT orchestra under Alexandros Myrat, recorded January and March 2008 at the Megaron, Athens.
Heinz Holliger, Clara Schumann, Christoph Richter, Dénes Várjon, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Heinz Holliger / Clara Schumann: RomancendresClara Schumann's Drei Romanzen Op. 22 and Heinz Holliger's Romancendres, played by Christoph Richter (cello) and Dénes Várjon (piano) in Lugano in 2008, with Holliger's Gesänge der Frühe for choir, orchestra and tape, recorded in Sindelfingen in 2007 under the composer.
Johann Ludwig Trepulka / Norbert von Hannenheim: Klavierstücke und Sonaten
Herbert Henck plays the surviving piano music of Johann Ludwig Trepulka (Klavierstücke op. 2) and Norbert von Hannenheim (Sonatas Nos. 2, 4, 6, 12 and a concerto fragment). Recorded April 2005 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main.
Tituli / Cathedral in the Trashing Rain
Two vocal works by Stephen Hartke, Tituli (1999) and Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain (2000), sung by The Hilliard Ensemble with violinist Michelle Makarski and two percussionists, conducted by Donald Crockett, recorded in February 2003 at Mechanics Hall, Worcester.
Giya Kancheli, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, Mamuka Gaganidze, Zaza Miminoshvili, Rustavi Choir, Children's Choir, Nika Memanishvili
Little ImberTwo choral works by Giya Kancheli: Little Imber, recorded in August 2003 in the evacuated village of Imber with the Matrix Ensemble, Rustavi Choir and Mamuka Gaganidze, and Amao Omi, recorded in May 2006 in Amsterdam by the Nederlands Kamerkoor and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.
Metamusik / Postludium
Valentin Silvestrov's Metamusik (1992) and Postludium (1984) for piano and orchestra, played by Alexei Lubimov with the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien under Dennis Russell Davies, recorded at the ORF Studio, Vienna, in April 2001.
Eislermaterial
Heiner Goebbels's homage to Hanns Eisler, built from Eisler's songs, instrumental music and recorded voice, performed by Ensemble Modern with actor Josef Bierbichler, recorded live at the Hebbel-Theater, Berlin, in October 1998.
Anja Lechner, Silke Avenhaus, Maacha Deubner, Simon Fordham, Valentin Silvestrov, Rosamunde Quartett
leggiero, pesanteChamber music by Valentin Silvestrov (1974-2001) played by Anja Lechner, Silke Avenhaus, Maacha Deubner, Simon Fordham and the Rosamunde Quartett, with the composer at the piano; recorded January 2001 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt.
Scardanelli
German-language audio book from Harald Bergmann's 2000 film on Hölderlin's last 36 years in Tübingen: poems read by Walter Schmidinger, testimony voiced by actors, music by Mozart, Schubert, Bach and Peter Schneider. Recorded 1997-1998.
Kultrum
Dino Saluzzi's first ECM album, a solo recording on bandoneon, voice, percussion and flutes, made at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, in November 1982, produced by Manfred Eicher and released in 1983. Eight Saluzzi compositions.
Les Dérives du Signe
Four acousmatic works by Francis Dhomont from 1986 to 1991, the second part of his Mouvances~Métaphores cycle, including the Bourges Magisterium winner Chiaroscuro and Signé Dionysos, a lakeshore opera in which every role is sung by frogs.
Jalons
Eight acousmatic works by Francis Dhomont spanning fifteen years, from his only purely electronic piece of 1985-86 to Lettre de Sarajevo and the swallows of Vol d’Arondes, several of them prizewinners. Disque de l’année at the Prix Opus 2002-03.