A Catalogue of Sounds
Jakob Ullmann's music realizes an infinite variety of gradations in all areas of musical formation. That the music of the "catalogue" is nearly always played very softly leads to the ear noticing the smallest differentiations; the listener is put int…
Samuel Beckett, Trevor Bača: Stirrings Still
Samuel Beckett's last prose work, read by Paul Griffiths, with Trevor Bača's score for narrator and string quartet (2016-18) played by the JACK Quartet. Recorded May 2023 and September 2024 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Ei…
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…
El último aliento
Hungarian guitarist Zsófia Boros plays solo classical guitar and ronroco in pieces by Mathias Duplessy and the Argentinians Joaquín Alem, Quique Sinesi, Alberto Ginastera and Carlos Moscardini. Recorded March-April 2022 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, …
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. Nic…
Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Giger, Marie-Louise Dähler, Pudi Lehmann, Franz Vitzthum, Carmina Quartet
ars moriendiPaul Giger (violin, violino d'amore) with Marie-Louise Dähler, Pudi Lehmann, Franz Vitzthum and the Carmina Quartett in his own pieces and Bach, much of it from a film score on Giovanni Segantini. Recorded January 2015 in Maloja, with Guggisberglied …
Mieczysław Weinberg, Giedrius Kuprevičius, Raminta Šerkšnytė, Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Vida Miknevičiūtė
Songs of FateGidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica and soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė play Weinberg, Kuprevičius, Šerkšnytė and Jančevskis in a programme on Jewish and Baltic heritage. Recorded July 2019 in Vilnius and live in July 2022 at Lockenhaus; produced by Manfred Ei…
Theory Of Becoming
Ten electroacoustic pieces by Paris-based composer Evgueni Galperine, built from transformed recordings of real and virtual instruments, with Sergei Nakariakov, Sébastien Hurtaud and Maria Vasyukova. Recorded 2020-21 at Studio EGP, Paris; produced by…
Kõrvits, Schumann, Grieg
Duo Gazzana (Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano) play Schumann's Sonata No. 1, Grieg's Sonata No. 3 and the premiere recordings of Tõnu Kõrvits' Stalker Suite and notturni; recorded November 2021 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced …
Sonatas for Violin Solo
Mieczysław Weinberg's three sonatas for solo violin (1964, 1967, 1979) played by Gidon Kremer; No. 3 recorded live at Lockenhaus in July 2013, Nos. 1 and 2 at Studio Residence Paliesius, Lithuania, in December 2019.
Con Anima
Chamber music by Tigran Mansurian (1993-2015) for his 80th birthday, led by violist Kim Kashkashian and violinist Movses Pogossian with Varty Manouelian, Karen Ouzounian and others; recorded January-April 2019 at UCLA's Ostin Music Center, Los Angele…
Sun Triptych
Chamber and string orchestra works by Dobrinka Tabakova, played by Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, Roman Mints, Kristina Blaumane and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by the composer. Recorded August 2020 (Meistersaal, Berlin) and July 2021 (Watford Col…
Lost Prayers
Chamber music by Erkki-Sven Tüür: two piano trios, a violin-cello duo and the String Quartet No. 2, played by Harry Traksmann, Leho Karin, Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff and the Signum Quartett. Recorded April 2019, Sendes…
Heinz Holliger & György Kurtág: Zwiegespräche
Miniatures by Heinz Holliger and György Kurtág, played by Holliger (oboe, cor anglais, piano) with Marie-Lise Schüpbach, Sarah Wegener and Ernesto Molinari; Philippe Jaccottet reads his poems. Recorded June 2018 at Radiostudio DRS, Zürich.
Hallgató
Live concert by guitarist Ferenc Snétberger and the Keller Quartett, with bassist Gyula Lázár: works by Snétberger, Shostakovich, Dowland and Barber. Recorded December 2018 in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy, Budapest; produced by Manfred Eicher.
György Kurtág: Six moments musicaux & Officium breve / Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet op. 97
The Parker Quartet plays György Kurtág's Six moments musicaux and Officium breve, and with violist Kim Kashkashian Dvořák's String Quintet op. 97. Recorded November 2018 at Radiostudio DRS, Zürich, produced by Manfred Eicher.
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 Luze…
Tous des oiseaux
Eleni Karaindrou's music for Wajdi Mouawad's play Tous des oiseaux and Payman Maadi's film Bomb, A Love Story, with Savina Yannatou, Sokratis Sinopoulos, a string orchestra led by Argyro Seira and the composer on piano; recorded at Sierra Studios, At…
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…
Hosokawa / Mozart
Toshio Hosokawa's piano concerto Lotus under the moonlight (2006), a homage to Mozart, paired with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488. Momo Kodama, piano, with the Mito Chamber Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, recorded live at Art Tower Mito in Decembe…