Con Anima
Chamber music by Tigran Mansurian (1993-2015) for his 80th birthday, led by violist Kim Kashkashian and violinist Movses Pogossian with Varty Manouelian, Karen Ouzounian and others; recorded January-April 2019 at UCLA's Ostin Music Center, Los Angele…
Sun Triptych
Chamber and string orchestra works by Dobrinka Tabakova, played by Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, Roman Mints, Kristina Blaumane and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by the composer. Recorded August 2020 (Meistersaal, Berlin) and July 2021 (Watford Col…
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…
Heinz Holliger & György Kurtág: Zwiegespräche
Miniatures by Heinz Holliger and György Kurtág, played by Holliger (oboe, cor anglais, piano) with Marie-Lise Schüpbach, Sarah Wegener and Ernesto Molinari; Philippe Jaccottet reads his poems. Recorded June 2018 at Radiostudio DRS, Zürich.
Hallgató
Live concert by guitarist Ferenc Snétberger and the Keller Quartett, with bassist Gyula Lázár: works by Snétberger, Shostakovich, Dowland and Barber. Recorded December 2018 in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy, Budapest; produced by Manfred Eicher.
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.
Three Or One
Bach organ chorale preludes, cantata arias and a sinfonia transcribed by Fred Thomas for piano trio and solo piano, played by Thomas with Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) and Lucy Railton (cello); recorded 2012 and 2018 at the University of Huddersfield.
Alexander Knaifel, Patrick Demenga, The State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir Kamēr, Andres Mustonen
Chapter EightAlexander Knaifel's Chapter Eight (1992-93), a Song of Songs setting for cathedral, choirs and cello. Patrick Demenga with the State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir and Youth Choir Kamēr under Andres Mustonen, live at the Jesuitenkirche Luze…
Tous des oiseaux
Eleni Karaindrou's music for Wajdi Mouawad's play Tous des oiseaux and Payman Maadi's film Bomb, A Love Story, with Savina Yannatou, Sokratis Sinopoulos, a string orchestra led by Argyro Seira and the composer on piano; recorded at Sierra Studios, At…
Remember me, my dear
Live recording from the October 2014 farewell tour of Jan Garbarek (soprano saxophone) and The Hilliard Ensemble, made in the Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Stefano, Bellinzona: Komitas, Pérotin, Hildegard von Bingen, Brumel, Pärt, Kedrov and Garbarek…
Hosokawa / Mozart
Toshio Hosokawa's piano concerto Lotus under the moonlight (2006), a homage to Mozart, paired with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488. Momo Kodama, piano, with the Mito Chamber Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, recorded live at Art Tower Mito in Decembe…
Clarinet Sonatas
Brahms's Clarinet Sonatas op. 120 played by Jörg Widmann and András Schiff, with Widmann's Intermezzi for piano (2010) played by Schiff; recorded May 2018 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
The Suspended Harp of Babel
Psalms, folk hymns and vespers by Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek sung by Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve, with nyckelharpa and kannel interludes by Marco Ambrosini; recorded April 2018 at the Transfiguration Church, Tallinn.
Elusive Affinity
Solo piano recital by Anna Gourari: Bach's Vivaldi and Marcello arrangements framing works by Schnittke, Shchedrin, Rihm, Pärt and Kancheli. Recorded January 2018 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Alisei
Works for solo double bass, two basses and eight basses by Stefano Scodanibbio, played by Daniele Roccato, Giacomo Piermatti and the Ludus Gravis ensemble under Tonino Battista; recorded February-March 2014 in Perugia and Rome.
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.
John Casken, Béla Bartok, Ludwig van Beethoven, Thomas Zehetmair, Ruth Killius, Royal Northern Sinfonia
Bartók, Casken, BeethovenLive recording of Thomas Zehetmair's June 2014 farewell concert as Music Director of the Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Sage Gateshead: John Casken's double concerto That Subtle Knot with Ruth Killius (viola), Bartók's Viola Concerto and Beethoven's …
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…
One Line Two Views
One Line, Two Views features seven compositions for nine-piece
ensemble by Muhal Richard Abrams. Works range from the subtle textural
and tonal explorations of “Textures,” “Hydepth,” and the title track to
the hard bop revisitations of “11 over 4”…