Sinfonie 'Totentanz' / Requiem 'Messa di Pace'
Volker David Kirchner's Symphony Totentanz, with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Peter Gülke, and his Requiem Messa di Pace with Maria Bayo, Iris Vermillion, Victor von Halem, the Hamburg Philharmonic and the Riga State Academic Choir under Gerd Albrecht.
Visions
Four electroacoustic works by German composer Wilfried Jentzsch (1994-2003): Lumière cendrée, Apokalyptische Vision 2000 for choir, narrator and electronics recorded at its 2000 Dresden premiere, Kyoto Bells and Trance oder Lamento di Bali on gamelan samples.
Works 1939 - 2000
Overview of Lou Harrison's work from 1939 to 2000, with first recordings including the original septet version of Marriage at the Eiffel Tower, Mass to St. Anthony, Easter Cantata, arias from Young Caesar and Music for Remy.
44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776
First recording of all 44 Harmonies from Cage's Apartment House 1776, arranged for string quartet by Irvine Arditti and played by the Arditti Quartet, with Arditti's solo violin performance of Cheap Imitation.
Arche
Concert recording of the premiere of Jörg Widmann's oratorio Arche, written for the opening of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie: Kent Nagano, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Marlis Petersen, Thomas E. Bauer, Iveta Apkalna, three choirs. Recorded 13 January 2017.
Mnemosyne
Double album by Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) and The Hilliard Ensemble: early, ancient Greek and folk vocal music with improvisation, recorded April 1998 at Propstei St. Gerold, Austria, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Kanon Pokajanen
Arvo Pärt's Kanon Pokajanen, a complete a cappella setting of the Orthodox Canon of Repentance in Church Slavonic, sung by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded June 1997, Niguliste Church, Tallinn. Two CDs.
Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
György Kurtág's complete works for ensemble and for ensemble and choir, 1959-2011, performed by Asko|Schönberg and the Netherlands Radio Choir under Reinbert de Leeuw. Recorded 2013-2016 in Amsterdam and Haarlem. 3CD.
Reminiscentiae
Choral and orchestral works by Veljo Tormis, including the four Reminiscentiae seasonal cycles for strings and The Tower Bell in My Village, by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded autumn 2020, Methodist Church, Tallinn.
Music by Henrik Ødegaard
Vox Clamantis conducted by Jaan-Eik Tulve sing liturgical choral works by Norwegian composer Henrik Ødegaard, chief among them the eight-part Meditations over St. Mary Magdalene's Feast in Nidaros, with Gregorian chant. Recorded March 2021 at St. Nicholas Dome Church, Haapsalu.
Alexander Knaifel, Patrick Demenga, The State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Youth Choir Kamēr, Andres Mustonen
Chapter EightAlexander Knaifel's Chapter Eight (1992-93), a Song of Songs setting for cathedral, choirs and cello. Patrick Demenga with the State Choir Latvija, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir and Youth Choir Kamēr under Andres Mustonen, live at the Jesuitenkirche Luzern, March 2009.
Remember me, my dear
Live recording from the October 2014 farewell tour of Jan Garbarek (soprano saxophone) and The Hilliard Ensemble, made in the Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Stefano, Bellinzona: Komitas, Pérotin, Hildegard von Bingen, Brumel, Pärt, Kedrov and Garbarek originals.
The Suspended Harp of Babel
Psalms, folk hymns and vespers by Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek sung by Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve, with nyckelharpa and kannel interludes by Marco Ambrosini; recorded April 2018 at the Transfiguration Church, Tallinn.
The Deer's Cry
Thirteen choral works by Arvo Pärt from 1977 to 2014, including two first recordings, sung by the Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis under Jaan-Eik Tulve; recorded mainly in Tallinn in 2013 and 2014, with Veni Creator from Haapsalu in 2007.
Carlo Gesualdo, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Brett Dean, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
GesualdoMusic by Carlo Gesualdo alongside Brett Dean's Carlo and Erkki-Sven Tüür's L'ombra della croce and Psalmody, performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Tõnu Kaljuste; recorded in Tallinn in February 2014.
Lukomoriye
Fourth ECM New Series album of music by Alexander Knaifel: choral prayers, Pushkin songs and piano pieces, performed by Oleg Malov (piano), Tatiana Melentieva (soprano), Piotr Migunov (bass) and the Lege Artis Choir (Boris Abalian). Recorded 2012, Smolny Cathedral, St Petersburg.
Transeamus
Final album by The Hilliard Ensemble: 15th-century English carols and motets by John Plummer, Walter Lambe, William Cornysh, Sheryngham and anonymous composers, sung by David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold and Gordon Jones, recorded in 2012 at Propstei St. Gerold.
The Fifth Century
Gavin Bryars's The Fifth Century, a setting of Thomas Traherne for choir and saxophone quartet, and his Two Love Songs after Petrarch, sung by The Crossing under Donald Nally with the PRISM Quartet, recorded in Philadelphia in 2014 and 2015.
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.
Maidan
Valentin Silvestrov's choral cycle Maidan 2014 and Shevchenko settings, sung a cappella by the Kyiv Chamber Choir conducted by Mykola Hobdych, recorded in 2016 at St. Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv.