String Orchestra

New music for cello from the Asiago plateau and its Cimbrian community, by De Marzi, Gárdonyi, Sollima, Schmitt, Dreyer, Ali-Zadeh and Silvestrov, played by Julius and Hyun-Jung Berger with guests; mostly first recordings.

A 1977 Wild Cat rarity by a real studio supergroup led by Paolo Casa: funk, jazz-rock and blues opened up by Gabriele Ducros' pastoral flute, recorded at Piero Umiliani's Sound Work-Shop.

The 1976 Epic debut of bassist Jaco Pastorius, produced by Bobby Colomby and recorded in New York, with Herbie Hancock, Don Alias, Lenny White, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws, Sam & Dave and strings conducted by Michael Gibbs.

Three works by Enno Poppe for Ensemble Resonanz: the viola concerto Filz with Tabea Zimmermann, Stoff in its version for nine strings, and Wald for four string quartets, conducted by the composer. First recordings, co-produced with Deutschlandfunk Ku…

Four orchestral works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, including the first version of the Sinfonie in einem Satz and Giostra Genovese in first recordings. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Peter Hirsch, recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie in 2013 and 2015.

Hans Werner Henze's cantata Being Beauteous (Rimbaud) with Anna Prohaska, and Kammermusik 1958 (Hölderlin) with Peter Gijsbertsen and Jürgen Ruck, first recording of the string orchestra version; NDR Sinfonieorchester, Peter Ruzicka, Hamburg 2013 and…

Pēteris Vasks's Sala (2006), Musica appassionata for strings (2002) and Credo (2009), played by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under Atvars Lakstīgala; recorded at the Liepāja Latvian Society House in 2014.

Three works by Pēteris Vasks for violin and string orchestra (Vox Amoris, Tālā gaisma, Vientuļais eņģelis), played by Alina Pogostkina with Sinfonietta Rīga under Juha Kangas, recorded in Riga in June 2011.

Four concertante works by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1931-1955), including the Concerto funebre, with Benjamin Schmid, Elisabeth Kufferath, Yorck Kronenberg, Florian Uhlig and the SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern under Paul Goodwin, recorded 2004-200…

Three works by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Musica adventus and Viatore for string orchestra and the Concerto for cor anglais, played by Sinfonietta Rīga with Normunds Šnē as conductor and soloist, recorded in Riga in June 2007.

Portrait CD of Ulrich Stranz: six works from 1971-2001 for chamber ensemble, strings, piano and orchestra, winds and solo piano, with Tzimon Barto, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Christoph Eschenbach, Münchener Kammerorchester, Banda Classica and Li…

Orchestral and chamber works by Frank Michael Beyer: Griechenland (1981), the Trio for oboe, viola and harp (1980) with Heinz and Ursula Holliger and Hirofumi Fukai, and Diaphonie (1975), from radio recordings of 1978-1983.

Four works by Jay Schwartz for string orchestra, six voices, twelve cellos and string quintet, recorded live 2005-2008 by the hr-Sinfonieorchester under Diego Masson, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, SWR Stuttgart cellists under Erik Nielsen and the Kai…

Sofia Gubaidulina's Sieben Worte (1982) for cello, accordion and strings and In croce for cello and accordion, played by Julius Berger and Stefan Hussong with the Kammerorchester Diagonal under Florian Rosensteiner.

String orchestra works by Pēteris Vasks: Cantabile per archi, Vēstījums (Message), Musica dolorosa and the symphony Balsis (Voices), with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, recorded in Riga in May …

Double album of music for oud, quartet and string orchestra by Anouar Brahem, with François Couturier (piano), Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet), Björn Meyer (bass) and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under Pietro Mianiti. Recorded in Lugano, May 20…

Six 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…

Four works by Toshio Hosokawa, three featuring Mayumi Miyata on shō, with the Münchener Kammerorchester conducted by Alexander Liebreich. Recorded October 2009 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling; produced by Manfred Eicher.

Gary Burton Quartet (Burton, Mick Goodrick, Steve Swallow, Ted Seibs) with members of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, playing music by Michael Gibbs, who conducts. Recorded in Hamburg in December 1973, produced by Manfred Eicher, ECM 1040 (1974).

First ECM album as leader by Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, voice, gongs), with Egberto Gismonti and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart under Mladen Gutesha, recorded in March 1979 in Ludwigsburg. CD edition.

Three compositions by Keith Jarrett for string orchestra and saxophone, with Jan Garbarek (tenor, soprano saxophone) and the strings of the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart conducted by Mladen Gutesha, recorded 29-30 April 1974 at Tonstudio Bauer…