Clarinet
All records with clarinet · Solo clarinet only
Libres en el Sonido
Seven chamber works (1984-2013) by Graciela Paraskevaídis (1940-2017), the Argentine composer who worked in Uruguay, four in first recordings, played by Ensemble Aventure. Coproduced with Deutschlandradio.
Disseminate
Three 22-minute drone works by Phill Niblock: Disseminate Ostrava for orchestra, Kontradictionaries for the Kontra-Trio of contrabass flute, saxophone and tuba, and Disseminate Q-O2 for the Q-O2 Ensemble.
Dystemporal
Six works (2005-2012) by Anthony Cheung in first recordings: Talea Ensemble under James Baker, Cheung on piano, and Dystemporal live by the Ensemble Intercontemporain under Susanna Mälkki (Paris, October 2012). Wergo, 2016.
Dédalus / Invención / Núcleos / Concreción
Four works by Juan Carlos Paz (1950-64), Dédalus, Invención, Núcleos and Concreción, played by Ensemble Aventure with pianist Akiko Okabe, conducted by Alexander Ott; Invención and Concreción are first recordings.
Fall
Edition Musikfabrik: Brian Ferneyhough's La Chute d'Icare with clarinettist Carl Rosman, Stephan Winkler's Von der Gewissensnot der Insekten and Oscar Bettison's Livre des Sauvages, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Diego Masson, Clement Power and Emilio Pomàrico.
Unerwartet
Edition Musikfabrik vol. 7: David Lang's Are You Experienced?, Philippe Boesmans' Sextuor à clavier, Richard Barrett's interference and Luca Francesconi's Unexpected End of Formula, recorded live in Cologne 2003-2008 by Ensemble Musikfabrik.
Craquelé
Four works by Franz Martin Olbrisch: Grain (2005) and craquelé (2010) for orchestra, played by the hr-Sinfonieorchester under Sian Edwards and Roland Kluttig, plus two pieces with live electronics. Productions of Hessischer Rundfunk.
Kontrapunkte
Six works by Jörg-Peter Mittmann (1997-2009) built on Bach, Monteverdi, Beethoven and Mahler, played by Ensemble Horizonte with Katrin Bähre, Nicole Pieper and Mareike Neumann. A coproduction with Deutschlandradio.
Liebeslieder
Twenty-nine love songs commissioned by ensemble recherche for its 25th anniversary in 2010, by Abrahamsen, Czernowin, Haas, Huber, Poppe, Widmann, Zender and others, plus Sciarrino's Mozart arrangement. A WDR production.
Amour / Der kleine Harlekin / Wochenkreis
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Amour (1974/76), Der kleine Harlekin (1975) and Wochenkreis from Montag aus Licht (1986/88), played by clarinettist and basset horn player Michele Marelli with Antonio Pérez Abellán on synthesizer, recorded in March 2013.
Serenade op. 24
Arnold Schoenberg's Serenade op. 24 for seven instruments and low male voice, conducted by Pierre Boulez with bass Louis-Jacques Rondeleux, recorded in Paris in 1961 and reissued in Wergo's studio reihe series.
Kammermusik
Six chamber works (2005-2008) by Benjamin Schweitzer, including Abgesang from the chamber opera Dafne and Anfänge/Netze after Calvino, played by the Dresden ensemble courage under Titus Engel, recorded in Berlin in December 2011.
Hommages
Chamber and solo pieces by Hans Werner Henze dedicated to friends and colleagues, most in first recordings, performed by ensemble recherche, a coproduction with Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
Stirrings Still
Five chamber works by Rebecca Saunders, four in first recordings, including blaauw for double-bell trumpet, vermilion and Stirrings Still, played by soloists of Ensemble Musikfabrik in coproduction with DeutschlandRadio.
Sphäre um Sphäre / Frage
First recordings of Wolfgang Rihm's Sphäre um Sphäre for ensemble and Frage for female voice and ensemble, played by ensemble recherche, which premiered both, with Salome Kammer and conductor Lucas Vis. A coproduction with WDR.
Music for Wind Ensemble and Concert Band
Works for wind ensemble and concert band by Paul Hindemith, Ernst Toch, Hans Gál and Ernst Krenek, three of them written in 1926 for Donaueschingen, played by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Roger Epple.
Naturell / Concent / Lack / Infrarot / Sepia / Aceton
Portrait CD of Achim Bornhöft: six works from 1999-2010 for computer, string quartet, flute and clarinet, percussion quartet, quintet and four electric guitars with live electronics, played by Helios Streichquartett, Ensemble Phorminx, Freiburger Schlagzeugensemble and GoGuitars.
Musik für übers Sofa
Portrait CD of Hannes Seidl: five works for trombone quartet, mixed ensemble with tape, contrabass clarinet with environmental sound, piano with tape and cello with mixing desk, played by Composers Slide Quartet, ensemble Intégrales, Theo Nabicht, Sebastian Berweck and Andreas Lindenbaum. 2009.
Prelude I: Harmonic Encounters / Weird Scenes Inside the Mirror Cages I / Vertical Horizon I / Umbrellas & Sewing Machines / I'm Dancing on the Edge of Time II / The Lonely Monk's Reflections
Six works by Tobias PM Schneid for seven instruments, solo clarinet and piano with ensemble, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Peter Rundel with Carl Rosman (clarinet) and Ulrich Löffler (piano).