Violin
All records with violin · Solo violin only
Untergegangen der Mond
Portrait of Karola Obermüller with ten works from 2006-2018, several on Sappho, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik with Kai Wessel, Emanuele Arciuli, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Camilla Hoitenga, Ensemble Phorminx and Ensemble Modern.
The Death of the Star-Knower
First portrait CD of the Serbian composer Milica Djordjević, seven works from 2008-2015 played by the Arditti Quartet, Teodoro Anzellotti, Ensemble Musikfabrik under Johannes Schöllhorn and soloists, recorded at Deutschlandfunk Cologne in 2016.
Neolithic Brass
CD and DVD portrait of the Stuttgart-born composer Steffen Krebber, twelve works from 2008-2015 including the Konfusionen series, played by Ensemble Garage, Sonar Quartett, Ensemble Praesenz, LUX:NM and soloists.
Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e / kommen und gehen / Dialog imaginär 4 / Streichquartett Nr. 3 / De musica
Georg Katzer: Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e (Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Eötvös), kommen und gehen, Dialog imaginär 4 for bass clarinet and tape (Wolfgang Fuchs), String Quartet No. 3 (Arditti Quartet) and De musica; recordings 1984-1993.
Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch / 'Herbstzeit - Autumn' / Streichquartett Nr. 4 'Assonanzen'
Günter Bialas's Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch for piano, the piano quartet Herbstzeit and String Quartet No. 4 Assonanzen, played by Siegfried Mauser, Christian Altenburger, Barbara Westphal, Julius Berger and the Auryn Quartet. Recorded 1988-8…
Bildnisse I / Der blaue Harlekin / Trio / Nachtstück
Volker David Kirchner's Bildnisse I, Der blaue Harlekin, Trio and Nachtstück, played by the Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden (Siegfried Köhler), Bläser Ensemble Mainz, Kreisler Trio and violist Bodo Hersen. CD reissue (1991) of a 1985 Wergo LP.
Verequete & Grupo Uirapuru - Carimbó
Carimbó dance music from Pará, Brazil, by Verequete (Augusto Gomes Rodrigues) and Grupo Uirapuru, recorded live in the studio in Belém on 29 and 30 January 2000.
Tài Tú Nam Bô
Tài tử music from southern Vietnam played by Vũy Chỗ, Ba Tu, Phạm Văn Môn and Đoạn Văn Dũng on zithers, lutes, guitar, flute and violin, recorded on 26 May 1999 at Sender Freies Berlin.
The Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas
The first complete recording of Luciano Berio's Sequenzas for solo instruments, with the alternate versions and nine further solo works, on four CDs with verses by Edoardo Sanguineti and a 104-page book.
Freeman Etudes, Books One and Two
John Cage's Freeman Etudes, Books 1 and 2 (the first sixteen etudes for solo violin), played by Irvine Arditti at blistering speed under the composer's supervision.
Freeman Etudes, Books Three And Four
First recording of the second half of John Cage's Freeman Etudes for violin, Books Three and Four, played by Irvine Arditti, the second release in his traversal of Cage's complete violin works for Mode. Released 1989.
Complete string quartets, volume 2
Two string quartets by John Cage played by the Arditti Quartet: String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50), in a new recording, and Four (1989), a first recording written for the ensemble. Composer-supervised sessions.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 17 (2004): twelve pieces chosen by Tomasz Stańko from seven ECM albums recorded 1975-1998, with Dave Holland, Edward Vesala, Gary Peacock, Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Tony Oxley and others; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Selected Recordings
ECM :rarum 14 (2004): ten tracks chosen by John Abercrombie from ten ECM albums recorded 1974-2000, with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Ralph Towner, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Feldman and others; original sessions produced by Manfred Eicher.
Sei Solo - The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
Thomas Zehetmair’s second recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, on two Baroque violins with gut strings. Recorded August 2016 at Propstei St. Gerold, Vorarlberg; released 2019.
Chamber Symphonies & Piano Quintet
Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer play Weinberg’s four Chamber Symphonies and the 1944 Piano Quintet (arranged, with Yulianna Avdeeva). Recorded June 2015 at the Musikverein, Vienna (live) and in Riga.
Mieczysław Weinberg
Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, with Daniil Trifonov, Daniil Grishin and Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, in Weinberg's Violin Sonata No. 3, Trio Op. 48, Sonatina Op. 46, Concertino Op. 42 and Symphony No. 10. Recorded 2012-2013 in Neuhardenberg and Locken…
Six Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Michelle Makarski (violin) and Keith Jarrett (piano) in Bach's six sonatas for violin and keyboard, BWV 1014-1019. Recorded November 2010 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Beethoven - Bruckner - Hartmann - Holliger
Zehetmair Quartett in string quartets by Beethoven (Op. 135), Bruckner (C minor), Holliger (No. 2), recorded Zürich 2010, and Hartmann (No. 2), recorded 2002 with cellist Françoise Groben.
The Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo
Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006, played by Gidon Kremer on two CDs. Partitas recorded September 2001 at the Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus; sonatas recorded March 2002 in Riga.