Movimento Perpetuo - Preludi per Pianoforte
Renato de Grandis's 48 Preludi per pianoforte (1998-2002), four books of twelve preludes, recorded complete by pianist Antonio Tarallo between February and June 2013.
F-fragments
Three works by Keiko Harada: F-fragments for accordion and piano (2012), Book I for accordion solo (2010) and seven pieces from Nach Bach for piano (2004), played by Stefan Hussong and Yumiko Meguri.
Concerto funebre / Burleske Musik / Konzert für Klavier, Bläser und Schlagzeug / Konzert für Viola und Klavier
Four concertante works by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1931-1955), including the Concerto funebre, with Benjamin Schmid, Elisabeth Kufferath, Yorck Kronenberg, Florian Uhlig and the SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern under Paul Goodwin, recorded 2004-200…
Viatore
Three works by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Musica adventus and Viatore for string orchestra and the Concerto for cor anglais, played by Sinfonietta Rīga with Normunds Šnē as conductor and soloist, recorded in Riga in June 2007.
Keys to the City
Piano works by Tobias Picker, mostly first recordings, played by Ursula Oppens, with the composer at the second piano in Keys to the City; recorded September/October 2007 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Symmetry Disorders Reach
Alexander Goehr's piano cycle Symmetry Disorders Reach op. 73 (2002), after W. H. Auden, played by his former pupil Huw Watkins, recorded on 20-21 December 2005 at the Jerusalem Music Centre.
Piano Sonata / Notebook for the Youth / Piano Pieces
Rodion Shchedrin plays his Piano Sonata op. 25, Notebook for the Youth op. 59 and Piano Pieces op. 20, Melodiya recordings made at night in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, issued by Wergo in 2007.
Polyphonic Notebook for Piano / 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano
Rodion Shchedrin plays his Polyphonic Notebook op. 50 and the 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 29 and op. 45, Melodiya recordings made in Moscow in 1966, 1971 and 1973, issued on two CDs by Wergo in 2007.
nicht mehr - noch nicht / Contrasubjekte / Musik für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 / Tanzmusik / Anabasis / Aus dem Zusammenhang
Portrait CD of Ulrich Stranz: six works from 1971-2001 for chamber ensemble, strings, piano and orchestra, winds and solo piano, with Tzimon Barto, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Christoph Eschenbach, Münchener Kammerorchester, Banda Classica and Li…
Aristaeus / Orpheus Behind the Wire
Hans Werner Henze's two Orpheus works: Orpheus behind the Wire for a cappella choir on Edward Bond, and the first recording of Aristaeus for speaker and orchestra, recorded live in Berlin on 1 February 2004 with Rundfunkchor Berlin and Rundfunk-Sinfo…
Eirene / Räume / ... geraume Zeit ... / Begegnung / Rondino
Five orchestral works by Herbert Willi, including the trumpet concerto Eirene and the concerto for flute and oboe ... geraume Zeit ..., with Reinhold Friedrich, Wolfgang Schulz, Hansjörg Schellenberger and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, …
Un petit rien / Das Gelb und das Grün / Omnia tempus habent / Metamorphose
Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Un petit rien, Das Gelb und das Grün, the serial cantata Omnia tempus habent and the film music Metamorphose, with soprano Angelika Luz and the Collegium Novum Zürich under Peter Hirsch.
Studies and Solos for Piano
Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano in transcriptions for piano four hands, the Three Canons for Ursula, Tango?, Blues, Sonatina and other pieces, played by the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo (Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams).
Boulevard Solitude Zwischenspiele / Ballett-Variationen / Kammerkonzert / Concertino / Rosa Silber
Five early works by Hans Werner Henze (1946-1951): Ballett-Variationen, Concertino, Rosa Silber, Kammerkonzert and the Boulevard Solitude interludes, played by the NDR Sinfonieorchester under Peter Ruzicka with Christopher Tainton and Matthias Perl, …
The Lost Sonatas
Five piano sonatas by George Antheil from 1923 to 1950, three in first recordings (the Third, Fifth and Woman Sonata), played by Guy Livingston on a Fazioli piano, recorded in Paris in July 2003.
Scorribanda Sinfonica / Antifone / 1. Klavierkonzert
Three orchestral works by Hans Werner Henze from 1950 to 2001, Scorribanda sinfonica, Antifone and Piano Concerto No. 1, played by the NDR Sinfonieorchester under Peter Ruzicka with pianist Christopher Tainton, recorded in Hamburg.
Märchensuite / Canto di speranza / Impromptu / Alagoana. Caprichos Brasileiros
Four orchestral works of the 1950s by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, with the live world premiere of the Märchensuite and the first recording of Alagoana, played by cellist Lucas Fels and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Peter Hirsch, January 200…
Phoenix / Cuts / Light Blue, Almost White
Three ensemble works of the 1990s by Detlev Müller-Siemens, Phoenix I-III, Light blue, almost white and Cuts for alto saxophone and ensemble, played by Ensemble Phoenix Basel under Jürg Henneberger with Marcus Weiss, recorded in Basel in 1999.
Seven Gates of Jerusalem
First recording of the original version of Penderecki's Symphony No. 7 Seven Gates of Jerusalem, live at the Vienna Musikverein on 16 November 1999 with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir under Kazimierz Kord.
The Last Paradise / Winter / Pipa Concerto / Horizon
Four orchestral works by Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye, including the Pipa Concerto and Symphony No. 2 Horizon, played by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken under Yi Zhang and Günther Herbig with Wei Lu, Wu Man, Yanyan Wang and Song-Hu Liu.