Rundfunk
First recording of Enno Poppe's Rundfunk for nine synthesizers (2015-2018), played by Ensemble Mosaik with audio software by Wolfgang Heiniger, recorded in 2019 at the Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin. Co-production with Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Big Data
Decoder Ensemble plays first recordings of works on remix, sampling and copy-paste by Brigitta Muntendorf, Ole Hübner, Stefan Prins, Matthias Kranebitter and Leopold Hurt, most commissioned for its 2017 Big Data Weekend. Coproduced with Deutschlandfu…
Amplified Imagination
Five works (2013-2015) by Sarah Nemtsov for amplified instruments, effect pedals, loop station, kaoss pad and Electribe SX, played by Ensemble Adapter, Sonar Quartett, members of ensemble mosaik and the composer. First recordings, coproduced with Deu…
Les Paysages Fleurissants
Seven electroacoustic works by Georg Katzer (1976-2010), from Bevor Ariadne kommt and Preußisch Blau to Mein 1989 and Steinelied 2, released with the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, for his 80th birthday.
Naturell / Concent / Lack / Infrarot / Sepia / Aceton
Portrait CD of Achim Bornhöft: six works from 1999-2010 for computer, string quartet, flute and clarinet, percussion quartet, quintet and four electric guitars with live electronics, played by Helios Streichquartett, Ensemble Phorminx, Freiburger Sch…
Me du Ça / Narcissus & Echo / Messenger / Calling Sirens / Your Smartest Choice
Portrait CD of the Chinese composer Huihui Cheng: five works from 2016-2019 for voices, prepared piano, piano trio with dancer and ensembles with electronics, performed by Youmi Kim, Claudia Chan, Ensemble uBu, ensemble mosaik and Ensemble Experiment…
Sieben Intraden für Ensemble
Portrait CD plus DVD of Oxana Omelchuk: eleven works from 2004-2018, from solo viola d'amore to ensemble and video, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik, Studio Dan, Schlagquartett Köln, Rie Watanabe and the composer herself.
Michael von Biel
An astonishing CD with the usual RZ deluxe touch by the well-known fluxus related cellist. Michael von Biel (born 30 June 1939 in Hamburg) a German composer, cellist, and graphic artist. Von Biel studied piano, theory, and composition in Toronto (19…
Dinosaur Music
Five computer music works by Chris Chafe, David Jaffe and William Schottstaedt, made at CCRMA, Stanford, between 1982 and 1986 with the Samson Box digital synthesizer; produced by David Jaffe.
Invisible Cities
Michael McNabb's Invisible Cities, made at CCRMA, Stanford, and first conceived in 1985 for dance theatre after Italo Calvino: six pieces for computer, synthesizer, piano (Artis Wodehouse) and soprano saxophone (McNabb).
Crystal World
Michael Obst's quadraphonic electronic trilogy Crystal World (1983-86) with its Intermède, made in Cologne, at EMS Stockholm and at IRCAM; produced by Obst in the audiorent studio, Recklinghausen.
Metal Drops
Three electronic works by Michael Obst, Inside (Infinite Chambers), Metal Drop Music and Ye-Na-Je, realised in 1983 at the Studio for Electronic Music of the Cologne Musikhochschule and, for Ye-Na-Je, with IPEM Ghent.
Sai-ji-ku
Six electroacoustic works by Wilfried Jentzsch and Hiromi Ishii with links to China, Indonesia and Japan, projected in a 47-speaker Klangdom with Zirkonium and recorded with dummy head technology. Released 2017.
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…
Being Dufay
Tenor John Potter sings fragments of songs and sacred works by Guillaume Dufay inside seven electronic pieces by Ambrose Field. Voice recorded in 2007 at Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire; mixed in 2008 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher…
Gottfried Michael Koenig
Restocked, reduced price: beautifully prepared overview of Gottfried Michael Koenig's work (including early 60s WDR electronic classics), produced in conjunction by the Instituut of Sonologie and NEAR/Donemus w/ Edition RZ. During the early '60s, Koe…
Music for piano
Douvle CD set with recordings by the legendary 20th century avantgarde pianist performing compositions by (and with) John Cage, Sylvano Bussotti, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff.
Still Lives
Three amazing works for pure waves and instruments. Lucier has pioneered in many areas of music composition and performance, including the notation of performers’ physical gestures, the use of brain waves in live performance, the generation of visual…