Arcanum - Dmitri Shostakovich, Lera Auerbach
Violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Lera Auerbach play Auerbach's viola and piano transcription of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes op. 34 and her sonata Arcanum (2013), recorded in October 2013 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.
Moderato cantabile
Cellist Anja Lechner and pianist François Couturier play their own arrangements of Gurdjieff, Komitas and Mompou plus three Couturier pieces, recorded in November 2013 at the Auditorio RSI in Lugano and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Maidan
Valentin Silvestrov's choral cycle Maidan 2014 and Shevchenko settings, sung a cappella by the Kyiv Chamber Choir conducted by Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2016 at St. Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.
Francis Poulenc, William Walton, Luigi Dallapiccola, Alfred Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, Duo Gazzana
Poulenc, Walton, Dallapiccola, Schnittke, SilvestrovDuo Gazzana (Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano) play Schnittke, Poulenc, Silvestrov, Walton and Dallapiccola, recorded in June 2013 at the Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Il cor tristo
The Hilliard Ensemble sings Roger Marsh's Il Cor Tristo, a 2008 setting of cantos from Dante's Inferno, framed by Petrarch madrigals by Bernardo Pisano and Jacques Arcadelt. Recorded in November 2012 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Tre Voci
First album by the trio Tre Voci (Kim Kashkashian, viola; Marina Piccinini, flute; Sivan Magen, harp): Takemitsu, Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp and Gubaidulina, recorded in April 2013 in Lugano.
monades
Two pieces by Dumitrescu: "Au Dela de Movemur" (for orchestra & strings) & "Monades (Gamma & Epsilon)" (for 6 monocords, crystals & metallic objects). Avram is a young Rumanian composer, and of similar interest, with 3 pieces: "Ekagrata" (for orchest…
galaxy
GALAXY ( acousmatic music for gongs, harryphones, metallic plaques and percussions ) & MOVEMUR ET SUMUS for 2 cellos 2 double basses. ( HYPERION Ensemble ) & RELIEFS for piano and orchestra (Alexandrina ZORLEANU) & ALTERNANCES for string quartet & BA…
Dances and Canons
Kate Moore's music for one, two, four and multiple pianos, all played by Saskia Lankhoorn, recorded in April 2013 at the Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
s/t
PIERRES SACREES ( acousmatic music ) & HARRYPHONIES - alpha ( with Fernando GRILLO & HYPERION Ensemble /Cond.; Iancu Dumitrescu ) & ìGRANDE OURSEì chamber ensemble and tape ( Hyperion Ensemble/ Cond. Iancu Dumitrescu ) & HARRYPHONIES - epsilon, Large…
Medium III
Medium III" for double bass (1983), "Cogito / Trompe L'Oeil" for prepared piano, two double basses, Javanese gongs, crystals & metallic objects (1982), "Aulodie Mioritica (gamma)" for double bass and orchestra (1984), "Perspectives au Movemur" for st…
La vallée des cloches
Japanese pianist Momo Kodama plays Ravel's Miroirs, Takemitsu's Rain Tree Sketch (1982) and Messiaen's La fauvette des jardins (1970), recorded in September 2012 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt.
Myung Whun Chung, piano
Myung Whun Chung's first solo piano recording: ten short pieces by Debussy, Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Schumann and Mozart, recorded in July 2013 at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
Seventh Symphony, Piano Concerto
Erkki-Sven Tüür's Piano Concerto (2006), with soloist Laura Mikkola, and Seventh Symphony 'Pietas' (2009), with the NDR Choir, played by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, recorded in Frankfurt in June 2009 and June 2010.
Galina Ustvolskaya
Galina Ustvolskaya's Trio (1949), Violin Sonata (1952) and Duet (1964), played by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, pianist Markus Hinterhäuser and clarinettist Reto Bieri, recorded in March 2013 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano.
Tõnu Kõrvits, Veljo Tormis, Anja Lechner, Kadri Voorand, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
MirrorSix works by Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits, three of them based on songs by Veljo Tormis, with cellist Anja Lechner, singer Kadri Voorand, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste, recorded February 2…
Compositions demonstrations 1946-1974
One of the key figures in electronic music development, though better known as an inventor, Le Caine did make pieces and some of the best are collected here. Some humorous and plunderphonic (happy birthday made from the scream in Berg's Lulu), some i…
Cantante e tranquillo
Slow movements and miniatures by Beethoven, Bach, Ligeti, Kurtág, Schnittke and Knaifel played by the Keller Quartett, with Alexei Lubimov in the Schnittke; recorded 1995-2012 in Vienna, Eichstätt and Zürich and compiled with producer Manfred Eicher.
Quasi parlando
Four works for soloists and string orchestra by Tigran Mansurian (1978-2012), with Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Anja Lechner (cello) and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta led by Candida Thompson. Recorded October 2012 at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amst…
Between Two Waves
Three works by Victor Kissine: the piano concerto Between Two Waves, the Duo (after Osip Mandelstam) for viola and cello, and Barcarola for violin, strings and percussion, with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica. Recorded live at the Lockenhaus Festi…