Nilsson / Maros / Kox / Gubaidulina
Two groups that commissioned much of their own repertoire, the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, meet in works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Anders Nilsson, with pieces by Hans Kox and Miklós Maros.
Nilsson / Crumb / Eliasson / Börtz
Sonanza, the Stockholm ensemble for new music, with guitarist Göran Söllscher: Anders Nilsson’s Divertimento, George Crumb’s Eleven Echoes of Autumn, Anders Eliasson’s Fogliame and Daniel Börtz’s Ett porträtt.
Schönberg / Nilsson / Lindberg
The Swedish ensemble Sonanza plays Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, Anders Nilsson’s Reflections, written in its wake, and Magnus Lindberg’s Ur for five musicians, live electronics and two Macintosh computers.
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
The first album of the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, with Iwa Sörenson and Boel Adler: Swedish works written for the group by Henrik Strindberg, Arne Mellnäs, Göran Gamstorp, Sven-Erik Bäck, Anders Eliasson and Jan W Morthenson.
Narrskeppet 1983-1997
Music from the Fools Trilogy of Nya Kulturkvartetten (Jan Bark, Fuzzy, Thord Norman, Folke Rabe), the Swedish inter-media group of 1983-1997: specially built instruments, live playing and pre-recorded electronic sounds.
To Hear with the Mouth
Live concert by Ensemble SON, the Swedish quartet of Jörgen Pettersson, Magnus Andersson, Jonny Axelsson and Ivo Nilsson, with Barry Guy as guest: music by Richard Barrett, Barry Guy and Roger Doyle where strict notation meets free improvisation.
Almost Starlight
Almost Starlight is the extraordinary new album by Jem Finer (hurdy-gurdy) and John Matthias (violin). Produced by Jay Auborn and recorded in a Medieval Church, deep in the Devon countryside, in the Summer of 2025, the music is suffused with light, heat and the natural acoustics of the space.
The album defies categorisation; forced to pigeon hole it the nearest approximation would be ‘modern-classical’ but this ignores its myriad influences and explorations which encompass inspiration from Arvo …
Altarpiece H. af K.
A canon for three bassoons inspired by Hilma af Klint's 1915 Altarpieces: multiphonics, beating dissonances and whistle tones, between Scelsi, Radigue and Sunn O))). Produced by Randall Dunn.
Iris ter Schiphorst
Iris ter Schiphorst’s music combines political awareness with poetic power, sensual sonority and formal radicalism. In honour of her diverse oeuvre, the Zafraan Ensemble has released a selection of musical collaborations created for her anniversary on vinyl. A particular highlight is the recording of “Hyper-Dub” with Dirk von Lowtzow, frontman of the band Tocotronic, featuring his intense and timeless text about Berlin. Recorded at the Sendesaal Bremen, the Bonello Studios Berlin and the Nikolai…
New Orchestral Music from Mexico
Five world premiere recordings of orchestral works by Mexican composers Hilda Paredes, Ana Lara, Andrea Chamizo, Marcela Rodríguez and Georgina Derbez, with the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Scott Yoo.
Scottish Circus
Two first recordings of John Cage's Scottish Circus (1990) with the Scottish traditional group The Whistlebinkies, plus indoor and outdoor versions of 4'33" for ensemble, recorded at Inverleith House in Edinburgh on DVD with bonus interviews.
Feldman Edition 15: Morton Feldman Plays Feldman
Morton Feldman plays piano in a 1978 Deutschlandfunk concert recorded in Cologne, with flutist Eberhard Blum and percussionist Jan Williams: Why Patterns?, Extensions 3, Intermission 5 and The King of Denmark.
Music for Strings
Three string works written between 2020 and 2023, performed by Ensemble Modern: a nonet locked in seven-eight, a piece that splits sound the way a prism splits light, and a score written in mirror notation. Ikeda's electronic precision, played on bowed strings.
The Evil of Banality
Tip! Last autumn, Ni Vu Ni Connu released Fagaschinski's debut album as a sole composer, entitled Aerodynamics. The double LP features two large-scale clarinet ensemble pieces: an octet composition performed by The Paranormal Clarinet Society and a nonet multitrack conception. The 2-LP set comes housed in a gorgeous gatefold jacket and includes a booklet with extensive liner notes, photos and scores – a true feast for the eyes and ears.
The follow up and continuation of this mission arrives less…
In C - 60th Birthday Full Moon Celebration At Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Big tip! Sixty years after the groundbreaking premiere of In C forever changed the course of contemporary music, Terry Riley celebrates the work's enduring legacy with a historic live recording captured at Kyoto's Unesco World Heritage site, Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
One of the most influential composers of our time, Terry Riley has continually redefined the possibilities of music through a career marked by innovation and originality. Described by Riley himself as his signature composition, In C (19…
Metaphon / La Scie Dorée - Autumn 2026 (3LP Bundle)
Three new LPs from the two labels run by Timo van Luijk, Metaphon and La Scie Dorée, offered together.
Robert Nasveld's self-titled LP (Metaphon 029, Signature Series III) collects the only three tape pieces the Dutch pianist and radio producer ever made, realised between 1974 and 1984 at Ton Bruynèl's studio at the Utrecht Conservatory and at the Institute for Sonology: Collage voor Anja, Soundscape and I Touch You. Edition of 300 copies.
Pierre Mariétan's Musique d'été (SCIE 4126) was first pu…
A Room
Cage was in his late twenties, a Californian, who had served an unlikely apprenticeship under two of the century’s great opposites: Arnold Schoenberg, who thought him gifted but harmonically hopeless, is said to have called him “not a composer, but an inventor of genius”, and Henry Cowell whom he had watched reach inside a grand piano to pluck and sweep its strings by hand. The music on this recording follows Cage through this early decade of his life, his twenties. But this is not the music bef…
Rulfo/voces/ecos
The works on this CD were realized in collaboration between the composer Germán Toro Pérez and the musicians of PHACE – Petra Ackermann, Mathilde Hoursiangou, Ivana Pristašová-Zaugg and Roland Schueler – over a period of 15 years. They reflect two aspects of composition that have shaped Toro Pérez’s music from the outset: on the one hand, the question of how musical form emerges from the interplay between construction and perception; and on the other, an exploration of language as a means of con…
Field of Action / contraposition
Two duos with piano by composer Eric Wubbels: Field of Action, made with Charmaine Lee on voice, microphones and electronics, and contraposition for trombonist Weston Olencki and prepared piano.
Captain of the Birds
*100 copies limited edition* Jukka Rintamäki composes music for video games, films, and theater. He has a background in indie music with the band Silverbullit and has composed music for the video games Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4. In recent years, he has also produced and performed live with the band Kite. The music is mostly acoustic, featuring the piano, cello, and alto horn. However it also incorporates some electronic music.
“The album is inspired by the book Terre des hommes by Antoine …