Piano
All records with piano · Solo piano only
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.
Bagatellen und Serenaden
Valentin Silvestrov plays his piano Bagatellen; Alexei Lubimov, the Münchener Kammerorchester and Christoph Poppen play his works for strings and for strings and piano. Recorded February 2006 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich.
Alexander Knaifel, Ivan Monighetti, Tatiana Melentieva, Piotr Migunov, State Hermitage Orchestra, Lege Artis Choir
BlazhenstvaTwo works by Alexander Knaifel: Lamento for solo cello (1967, rev. 1987) and Blazhenstva (The Beatitudes, 1996) for soloists, orchestra and choir, with Ivan Monighetti, the State Hermitage Orchestra and the Lege Artis Choir, recorded in St. Petersburg in March 2006.
Encores after Beethoven
András Schiff plays the encores from his live Beethoven sonata cycle at the Tonhalle Zürich (2004-2006): Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, Bach and Beethoven's Andante favori. Released 2016.
The Piano Sonatas, Volume IV
András Schiff plays Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Opp. 26, 27 Nos. 1 and 2 ("Moonlight") and 28 ("Pastorale"), recorded live at the Tonhalle Zürich in April 2005. Volume IV of his ECM cycle.
Johann Ludwig Trepulka / Norbert von Hannenheim: Klavierstücke und Sonaten
Herbert Henck plays the surviving piano music of Johann Ludwig Trepulka (Klavierstücke op. 2) and Norbert von Hannenheim (Sonatas Nos. 2, 4, 6, 12 and a concerto fragment). Recorded April 2005 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main.
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.
Chonguri
Encores and short pieces from Bach, Chopin, Fauré, Liszt and Webern to Tsintsadze and Demenga himself, played by cellist Thomas Demenga with Thomas Larcher (piano) and Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion). Recorded August 2004 in Sandhausen.
Gurdjieff & Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns & Dances
Anja Lechner (cello) and Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano) play music by G.I. Gurdjieff arranged for their duo, with Tsabropoulos's own pieces after Byzantine hymns. Recorded December 2003 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Metamusik / Postludium
Valentin Silvestrov's Metamusik (1992) and Postludium (1984) for piano and orchestra, played by Alexei Lubimov with the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien under Dennis Russell Davies, recorded at the ORF Studio, Vienna, in April 2001.
Odradek
Premiere recordings of three works by Israeli composer Gideon Lewensohn: the Piano Quintet and Odradek Quartet played by the Auryn Quartett and Alexander Lonquich (Zürich, February 2001), and the Postlude for piano, also heard played by Ora Rotem Nelken (Jerusalem, 1997).
Eislermaterial
Heiner Goebbels's homage to Hanns Eisler, built from Eisler's songs, instrumental music and recorded voice, performed by Ensemble Modern with actor Josef Bierbichler, recorded live at the Hebbel-Theater, Berlin, in October 1998.
Anja Lechner, Silke Avenhaus, Maacha Deubner, Simon Fordham, Valentin Silvestrov, Rosamunde Quartett
leggiero, pesanteChamber music by Valentin Silvestrov (1974-2001) played by Anja Lechner, Silke Avenhaus, Maacha Deubner, Simon Fordham and the Rosamunde Quartett, with the composer at the piano; recorded January 2001 at the Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt.
Der Bote - Elegies for piano
Alexei Lubimov plays ten piano elegies from C.P.E. Bach, Liszt, Glinka, Chopin, Debussy and Bartók to Cage, Mansurian and Silvestrov; recorded December 2000 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Scardanelli
German-language audio book from Harald Bergmann's 2000 film on Hölderlin's last 36 years in Tübingen: poems read by Walter Schmidinger, testimony voiced by actors, music by Mozart, Schubert, Bach and Peter Schneider. Recorded 1997-1998.
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.
Wenn Wasser wäre - T.S. Eliot / Giorgos Seferis
Bruno Ganz reads T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (German translation by Ernst Robert Curtius) and poems by Giorgos Seferis, linked by music by György Kurtág, Giya Kancheli and Nikos Xydakis. Recorded 1999 in Zürich and Basel.
Elogio per un'ombra
Violin recital by Michelle Makarski, with Thomas Larcher on piano in Dallapiccola and Berio, setting Tartini's Sonata No. 7 among works by Petrassi, Carter, Rochberg and a 14th-century Lamento. Recorded May 1999 at Radio DRS, Zürich.
Eternity And A Day - Film by Theo Angelopoulos
Eleni Karaindrou's score for Theo Angelopoulos's 1998 film Eternity and a Day, played by La Camerata Athens under Loukas Karytinos with Greek soloists and the composer on piano, recorded March-April 1998 at the Athens Concert Hall.