Outras Flores de Música
Outras Flores de Música (2026), ‘Other Flowers of Music’ is an album of contemporary Portuguese music dedicated exclusively to works written for the Portuguese historical organ, a unique national instrument from the 18th century. Here we find compositions by Bruno Gabirro, Diogo Alvim, Cláudio de Pina and Vítor Rua. Performed, recorded, edited, mastered and under the artistic direction of organist Cláudio de Pina. Outras Flores deMúsica takes its title from another collection of keyboard works, …
Gérard Grisey. Vortex Temporum
The first-ever vinyl release of Gérard Grisey’s Vortex Temporum (to our knowledge). Movements I and II appear as a single track to preserve their spectral continuity. The LP features cover art by Dariia Kuzmych and comes with a zine of her ballpoint drawings, merging time and human tissue.
Ukho Ensemble Kyiv:::Dina Pysarenko, pianoInna Vorobets, flutesDmytro Pashynskyi, clarinetsRachel Koblyakov, violinAndriy Savych, violaRaphaël Ginzburg, cello
Conducted by Luigi Gaggero
Ilan Volkov Conducts And Plays Ana-Maria Avram And Iancu Dumitrescu
2015 release (RARE) ** "World premieres of new compositions by Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram performed live with the Hyperion International Ensemble under the batton of Ilan Volkov at the 15th George Enescu Festival in 2015."
De l’art d’induire en erreur
The music of Fabien Lévy thrives on ambiguity, paradox and sonic illusion. With a deep interest in cognitive perception, he creates complex textures where clarity meets mystery, virtuosity blends with playfulness, and every composition becomes a daring exploration. Influenced by spectralism and his mentors Grisey and Risset, Lévy embraces musical allusions – from visual arts to world traditions – creating pieces that challenge and transform the listener’s perception. Whether through kaleidophoni…
2 compositions by Frank Gratkowski
Fo[u]r Alto is the quadrupling of the alto saxophone as a unified body of sound. Since the ensemble was founded in 2008, the four Berlin saxophonists Frank Gratkowski, Christian Weidner, Leonhard Huhn (until 2018 Benjamin Weidekamp) and Florian Bergmann have found an unmistakable sound language characterised by artistic uncompromisingness and continuous musical research. In autumn 2012, they released their first CD "4 compositions by Frank Gratkowski" on the English label Leo Records. Now follow…
Plasmatic Music, Vol. 1
Three works from Horatiu Radulescu's Sound Plasma period, played by Sam Dunscombe and Rebecca Lane: Capricorn's Nostalgic Crickets, Small Infinities' Togetherness and Opus 42, Inner Time / Outer Time. Volume 4 of Mode's Radulescu Edition.
A Music Anticipation (Book)
English/Romanian language, soft cover. The Parkour series introduces themes, concepts and seminal encounters for the activity of outstanding artists in the field of visual and performative arts in Romania, which enabled them to produce an unparalleled body of work. The series looks at a limited array of artistic projects and experiences, through the use of interview as an unmediated recording instrument. The interview format accommodates the reader with the particular spatial and material condit…
La Terre et le Feu
Composer-supervised first recordings of Joël-François Durand's music on the four elements: La terre et le feu for oboe and ensemble, Les raisons des forces mouvantes for organ, La mesure des choses III and Athanor for orchestra.
The Complete Cello Works
Four late cello works by Horatiu Radulescu played by his widow Catherine Marie Tunnell, with Ian Pace at the piano: L'Exil Intérieur, Das Andere, Pre-Existing Soul of Then and Lux Animae. Recorded in 2018.
Works for Organ & for Cello
Second volume of the Horatiu Radulescu Edition: his complete organ works played by Christoph Maria Moosmann, plus Intimate Rituals III and Immersed in the Wonder II with cellist Catherine Marie Tunnell, all first recordings.
The Orchestral Works 1: Hymnos, Hurqualia, Konx-Om-Pax
Volume 2 of Mode's Scelsi Edition: the orchestral works Hymnos, Hurqualia and Konx-Om-Pax, played by the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic and Concert Choir under Juan Pablo Izquierdo, interspersed with Canti del Capricorno sung by Pauline Vaillancourt and Douglas Ahlstedt.
Piano Sonatas & String Quartets 1
First volume of Horatiu Radulescu's Piano Sonatas and String Quartets, with String Quartet No. 5 and Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 and 5, the quartet and Sonata No. 5 first recordings, played by the JACK Quartet and Stephen Clarke.
Live In Berlin
Iancu Dumitrescu, 'Ultrasonic sublime I' for crystals, artificial dimonds, contact microphones prepared piano, stretchable steel and computer. 'Gnosis IV' for solo doublebass. Soloist Ion Ghita. Ana-Maria Avram, 'Nocturnal' for two bass clarinets and computer sounds. Soloists Yoni Silver & Tim Hodgkinson. 'Metalstorm III' for ensemble and computer sounds.Hyperion International.
The orchestral works 1
Scelsi Edition volume 2: three rarely recorded orchestral works, Hymnos, Hurqualia and Konx-Om-Pax, played by the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic under Juan Pablo Izquierdo, with selections from Canti del Capricorno sung by Pauline Vaillancourt and Douglas Ahlstedt.
The Winds Rise in The North
Composer Harley Gaber wrote this piece for strings as an emotional examination of the questions posed by Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu, here performed by a quintet including violinist Malcolm Goldstein
The Piano Works 1
First volume of Mode's Scelsi Edition and of the traversal of his piano works: Giacinto Scelsi's Sonatas No. 2 and No. 4 and the nine-movement suite Ttai, played by Louise Bessette.
Streichquartett N°4 Opus 33
String Quartet No 4, opus 33 (1976-87). Performed by the Arditti String Quartet. "infinite to be cannot be infinite, infinite anti-be could be infinite" (for nine string quartets or a string quartet surrounded by an imaginary 128 string-"viola da gamba"). "Among contemporary composers, Horatiu Radulescu is one who has something essential to express about the enigma of time: multi-layered lines of events, their structuring, perception and potential for poetic-religious message are -- together wit…
Clepsydra, Astray
**Restock of a rare, must-have record for contemporary music lovers. Comes with 4-page 12" booklet ** Great dense orchestral scraping and bowing from 1982 & 1983 by Romanian composer Horatiu Radulescu (1942-2008), among the great masters of Spectralism and subharmonics. This absorbing LP includes two groundbreaking works centered around the 'Sound Icons' - pianos standing on their sides, played with bows between the strings. On side A is the hypnotic, otherworldly Clepsydra for 16 Sound Icons (E…
The piano works 3
Aki Takahashi plays Giacinto Scelsi's piano works in 2005 recordings, mostly pieces she prepared with the composer, including the Quattro Illustrazioni depicting the incarnations of Vishnu.