★Another Timbre
Morton Feldman Piano
Philip Thomas presents a major 5CD collection of virtually all of Morton Feldman's music for piano, the most extensive survey of Feldman's piano music to date. Released by Another Timbre in September 2019, exactly 20 years after John Tilbury's pionee…
Among the Tarnished Stars / Quatuor pour la fin du temps
UK ensemble Apartment House performs two landmark works for the same instrumentation of violin, cello, clarinet and piano: Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941) and Toronto based composer Linda Catlin Smith's Among the Tarnished Star…
Point/Wave
Point/Wave represents a rare confluence of precision and open inquiry, as Catherine Lamb’s composition for Cristián Alvear translates the enigmatic condition of sound into tactile experience. Commissioned by Alvear and realized on Another Timbre, Lam…
Awirë
awirë stands as a luminous act of collective listening and minimalism, conceived by Cyril Bondi, Pierre-Yves Martel, and Christoph Schiller - veterans of exploratory small-group improvisation - and further energized by the searching violin of Anghara…
Windfell
British composer James Weeks (b.1978) presents windfell, an hour long composition for violin and voice written for and performed by Canadian violinist Mira Benjamin. Released by Another Timbre in May 2019, this extended solo work evokes the image of …
Femenine (Apartment House)
Femenine, composed by Julius Eastman in 1974, stands as a landmark for American experimentalism - bringing minimalist structure together with exuberant, open-form collaboration. In their intensely engaged rendering, Apartment House conjures music tha…
Dethick
In Dethick, three singular voices - Angharad Davies (violin), Rie Nakajima (sound objects), and Alice Purton (cello) - trace the edges of collective improvisation and material inquiry. The project began from a shared fascination with resonance: how c…
Beissel
Beissel is the fruit of a remarkable alliance between Austrian composer Klaus Lang and the Australian ensemble Golden Fur - Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Judith Hamann (cello), and James Rushford (keyboards). Conceived for the distinctive resonance of…
Nun, Es Wird Nicht Weit Mehr Gehn
Nun, es wird nicht mehr geh’n is a quietly arresting work that places Magnus Granberg at the forefront of contemporary, post-Feldman chamber composition. Written for and performed by Skogen, Granberg’s long-running collaborative ensemble, the album d…
Viola Torros
Viola Torros is more than a historical reference - it is an ongoing collaboration between Catherine Lamb and Johnny Chang, centered around the research, arrangement, and interpretation of fragments attributed to the mysterious composer Viola Torros. …
Un Lloc entre Dos Records
Un lloc entre dos records stands as the third piece in Ferran Fages’s trilogy for guitar and sinetones, plunging listeners into an environment of memory, duration, and pure perception. Composed and performed by the Catalan musician on Another Timbre,…
Aftermaths
Aftermaths assembles a series of solo piano meditations from Mark R Taylor, each miniature realized with extraordinary nuance by pianist Teodora Stepančić. Taylor’s writing gathers its force not from spectacle, but from distilled detail, calibrated p…
Lines and Tracings
Lines and Tracings documents the unique meeting of American experimentalist Michael Pisaro and Boston-based composer-performer Morgan Evans-Weiler, realized with the forward-thinking ensemble Ordinary Affects. Through two expansive works, the album m…
Momentary Encounters
Momentary Encounters, the debut portrait album from Canadian composer Alex Jang, distills transience and intimacy into four quietly radical works, realized by members of Apartment House. Jang calls forth an aesthetic of close listening, where gesture…
O Zomer!
In O Zomer!, Canadian composer Cassandra Miller brings together two ensemble pieces and two solo works, each realized with her trademark blend of warmth and radiance. The title track, performed by Apartment House, captures moments of gentle humor and…
Just So
Just So delivers four engaging string quartets from Canadian composer Cassandra Miller, performed by the ever-adventurous Quatuor Bozzini. Miller’s approach, marked by bold quotation, direct lyricism, and inventive repetition, allows each piece to br…
Es Schwindelt Mir, Es Brennt Mein Eingeweide
Es Schwindelt Mir, Es Brennt Mein Eingeweide ("I’m Dizzy, My Viscera Burns") finds Swedish composer Magnus Granberg refining his art of meditative ensemble writing in a single long-form work. Drawing inspiration from Schubert’s "Die Winterreise," Gra…
Tse
Tse, a collaboration between Cyril Bondi, Pierre-Yves Martel, and Christoph Schiller, offers five tracks of immersive, slow-burning chamber music at the intersection of composition and improvisation. Using harmonium, viola da gamba, and prepared spin…
H
H documents the intersection of Japanese composer Taku Sugimoto and Chilean guitarist Cristián Alvear, realized in an unassuming but luminous live performance. Originally written for Sugimoto’s duo project ‘Songs’ with Minami Saeki, the piece was rea…