Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Peter-Anthony Togni's concerto for bass clarinet and choir on the Lamentations of Jeremiah, with Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet), soprano Rebecca Whelan and the Elmer Iseler Singers under Lydia Adams. Recorded October 2008 in Halifax.
Officium Novum
Third album by Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) and The Hilliard Ensemble, centred on Armenian sacred music arranged by Komitas, with chant, Pérotin and Pärt. Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold in summer 2009.
Secret History - Josquin / Victoria
John Potter (tenor) and Anna Maria Friman (soprano) with vihuelas and viola da gamba perform Victoria's Missa Surge propera and motets by Josquin in versions modelled on Renaissance lute arrangements. Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold, produced by Manf…
Phantasy of Spring - Feldman / Zimmermann / Schönberg / Xenakis
Carolin Widmann (violin) and Simon Lepper (piano) play duos by Feldman (Spring of Chosroes), Zimmermann (Sonata, 1950), Schoenberg (Phantasy op. 47) and Xenakis (Dikhthas). Recorded October and December 2006 at the WDR Funkhaus, Cologne.
Elegie
Jörg Widmann's Messe and Elegie, played by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under Christoph Poppen with Widmann as clarinet soloist, plus Fünf Bruchstücke with Heinz Holliger on piano. Recorded 2008 in Saarbrücken and 2009 in Cologne.
Dario Castello, Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonate concertate in stil moderno
Sonatas by Dario Castello and Giovanni Battista Fontana played by John Holloway (violin), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) and Jane Gower (dulcian). Recorded in June 2008 at Propstei St. Gerold, Austria.
D'ombre et de silence
Robert Levin plays Henri Dutilleux's music for piano, from the 1946-48 Sonata to the three Préludes, joined by Ya-Fei Chuang in Figures de résonances for two pianos. Recorded in December 2008 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred E…
Robert Schumann / Heinz Holliger
Alexander Lonquich plays the 1838 first edition of Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana op. 16 and Heinz Holliger's Partita (1999). Recorded November 2008 at the Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Landscapes
Four works by Toshio Hosokawa, three featuring Mayumi Miyata on shō, with the Münchener Kammerorchester conducted by Alexander Liebreich. Recorded October 2009 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Reinventions
String quartet arrangements by Stefano Scodanibbio of three Contrapuncti from Bach's Art of Fugue, Spanish guitar pieces and Mexican songs, played by Quartetto Prometeo. Recorded January 2011 at Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Pollenza.
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, Ath…
Neharót - Betty Olivero / Tigran Mansurian / Eitan Steinberg
Kim Kashkashian plays works by Betty Olivero, Tigran Mansurian and Eitan Steinberg, with the Münchener Kammerorchester, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Kuss Quartett, Robyn Schulkowsky and Mansurian, recorded 2006-2008 in Munich, Poznań and Boston.
Notturno
Othmar Schoeck's Notturno Op. 47 (1931-33), five movements for baritone and string quartet on poems by Lenau and a Keller fragment, performed by Christian Gerhaher and the Rosamunde Quartett, recorded in December 2007 at the Historischer Reitstadel, …
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…
Euridice
Chamber music by Alfred Zimmerlin: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (Aria Quartett, Carmina Quartett) and Euridice singt for soprano, oboe, cello, piano and tape (Æquatuor); recorded in Zürich in August 2006 and Aarau in October 2007.
Inventionen und Sinfonien / Französische Suite V
Till Fellner plays Bach's two-part Inventions, three-part Sinfonias and French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816, on piano; recorded in July 2007 at the Mozartsaal, Wiener Konzerthaus, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Strata
Erkki-Sven Tüür's Symphony No. 6 'Strata' (2007) and Noēsis, concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra (2005), with Jörg and Carolin Widmann, the Nordic Symphony Orchestra and Anu Tali; recorded at the Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, in 2007 and 200…
Farewell - Joseph Haydn / Isang Yun
Haydn's Symphonies No. 39 and No. 45 'Farewell' with Isang Yun's Chamber Symphony I (1987), played by the Münchener Kammerorchester under Alexander Liebreich; recorded in May 2007 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling.
Alfred Schnittke: Symphony No. 9 / Alexander Raskatov: Nunc dimittis
World premiere recording of Alfred Schnittke's Symphony No. 9, reconstructed by Alexander Raskatov, with Raskatov's Nunc dimittis; Dresdner Philharmonie, Elena Vassilieva, the Hilliard Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies, recorded January 2008 in Dresden…