Percussion
All records with percussion · Solo percussion only
Percussion Works
First complete set of Iannis Xenakis's percussion works on three CDs: sextets, duos and solos, including Persephassa, Pléïades, Psappha, Kassandra and Rebonds, played by Steven Schick and the ensemble red fish blue fish.
Hieroglyphen der Nacht
Valentin Silvestrov's works for solo cello and for two cellos, played by Anja Lechner (cello, tam-tam) and Agnès Vesterman, recorded in December 2013 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Erik Satie, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Kim Kashkashian, Sarah Rothenberg, Steven Schick, Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Rothko ChapelMorton Feldman's Rothko Chapel with music by Satie and Cage, played by Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sarah Rothenberg (piano, celesta), Steven Schick (percussion) and the Houston Chamber Choir under Robert Simpson, recorded in Houston in May 2012 and February 2013.
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 Festival in July 2011.
Heinz Holliger, Sylvia Nopper, Kai Wessel, Olivier Darbellay, Matthias Würsch, Swiss Chamber Soloists
InduuchlenChamber and vocal works by Heinz Holliger: Puneigä (soprano Sylvia Nopper), Induuchlen (countertenor Kai Wessel, horn Olivier Darbellay), Toronto-Exercises and Ma'mounia, with the Swiss Chamber Soloists under Holliger. Recorded 2006-2010.
Saltarello
Garth Knox (viola d'amore, viola, fiddle) with cellist Agnès Vesterman and percussionist Sylvain Lemêtre in music from Hildegard von Bingen to Kaija Saariaho, recorded in December 2009 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano.
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.
Gustav Mahler / Dmitri Shostakovich
Kremerata Baltica directed by Gidon Kremer play Mahler's Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (strings version, Riga, October 2001) and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14 with Yulia Korpacheva and Fyodor Kuznetsov (live, Musikverein Vienna, November 2004).
Folk Songs
Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem Ossum) sing traditional Norwegian ballads, hymns and lullabies, with Birger Mistereggen on percussion and jew's harp. Recorded at Propstei St. Gerold in 2007.
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Pedro Carneiro, Leho Karin, Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
OxymoronFour works by Erkki-Sven Tüür (1990-2005): Salve Regina, the marimba concerto Ardor with Pedro Carneiro, Dedication and Oxymoron, with Vox Clamantis, NYYD Ensemble and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Olari Elts. Recorded in Tallinn, 2003 and 2006.
Violinkonzert "Hommage à Louis Soutter"
Heinz Holliger's Violin Concerto "Hommage à Louis Soutter", played by Thomas Zehetmair with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg under the composer, preceded by Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3. Recorded September and December 2002 in St. Gerold and Freiburg.
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.
Elliott Carter / Paul Griffiths: What Next?
Elliott Carter's one-act opera What Next? (libretto by Paul Griffiths), recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, in September 2000, and his Asko Concerto (Hilversum, 2001), with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös.
Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten
Heiner Goebbels's opera Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten, with texts by Stein, Bruno, Michaux, Eliot, Leonardo and Poussin, performed by Georg Nigl, David Bennent, Ensemble Modern and Deutscher Kammerchor under Franck Ollu, recorded live in October 2004 in Nanterre.
Trojan Women - Music for the Stageplay by Euripides
Eleni Karaindrou's music for Antonis Antypas's 2001 Epidaurus staging of Euripides' Trojan Women, for women's chorus, soprano and traditional Greek and Eastern instruments, recorded in July 2001 at Studio Polysound, Athens, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Hayren - Music of Komitas and Tigran Mansurian
Kim Kashkashian (viola), Robyn Schulkowsky (percussion) and Tigran Mansurian (piano, voice) play two Mansurian works of 1998 and his arrangements of Komitas songs. Recorded May 2000 at Teldec Studio, Berlin.
Signs, Games and Messages - Friedrich Hölderlin / Samuel Beckett
Three cycles by György Kurtág: Hölderlin-Gesänge op. 35a and ...pas à pas – nulle part... op. 36 sung by baritone Kurt Widmer, and Signs, Games and Messages for strings, with the Orlando Trio and Mircea Ardeleanu. Recorded 2002 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.
Dimitri Shostakovich, Paul Chihara, Linda Bouchard, Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin, Robin Schulkowsky
Dmitri Shostakovich / Paul Chihara / Linda BouchardShostakovich's Viola Sonata Op. 147 with Linda Bouchard's Pourtinade and Paul Chihara's Redwood, played by Kim Kashkashian (viola), Robert Levin (piano) and Robyn Schulkowsky (percussion), recorded in June and October 1990.
Guitarreros
Guitar duo album by Ernesto Snajer (10-, 6- and 12-string guitars, charango) and Palle Windfeldt (6-string and western guitars), with Danish guests, recorded at Sound Lab Studio, Copenhagen, in 1998. Carmo, 1999.
Black Angels and Makrokosmos III
Two George Crumb works of the 1970s: Black Angels in an arrangement for string quartet and string orchestra, with Cuarteto Latinoamericano, and Makrokosmos III for two amplified pianos and percussion, conducted by Juan Pablo Izquierdo.