William Blank (*1957) Info text: WORKS BY WILLIAM BLANK It is in the nature of the new that it more or less evades established categories. However, they are a good starting point if you want to approach something new. It is therefore a good idea to listen to the works by the Swiss composer William [...]

Info text: MALIN BÅNG · WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA Before I start composing, I imagine the orchestra as a huge performance space in which the many musicians are spread out, ready to perform any kind of musical action. The communicative role of each individual instrument is a vital source of inspiration for me, and completely different concepts come to life, […]

Program: Chengbi An (*1967) [01] L'assemblage sonore (Sound Assembly) 12:11 for piano and electronics (2019) Commissioned work by the Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music of the Academy of Arts Berlin for the festival KONTAKTE '19 With the kind support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Prodromos Symeonidis, piano [02] Constellation for violin and piano (2003) 12:48 Commissioned by the Kumho Cultural Foundation Melise Mellinger, violin Prodromos Symeonidis, piano [03] Hyun.Oh (Le rêve d'un […]

Program: Dániel Péter Biró (*1969) Mishpatim (Laws) Six-Part Composition Cycle (2003–2016) SACD 1 total playing time: 67:00 [01] Mishpatim (Laws) Part I: Lo Tisa (Do Not Accept) 14 :19 for speaking percussionist, voices and ensemble (2003, rev. 2015 / 2016) [02] Mishpatim (Laws) Part II: VeShesh Shanim (Six Years) 17:08 for voices, speaking percussionist and ensemble (2005–2006, rev . 2015 / 2016) [03] Mishpatim (Laws) Part III: […]

Info text: CONTINUUM AND IMPACT About composing by Nikolaus Brass Two compositions are available in this edition, two from different times, thirteen years apart. As unimportant as this distance seems, it raises the pressing question of an inner continuum in Nikolaus Brass's work. Since around 2000, his composing has consolidated what one […]

Program: Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377) Lais, Ballads, Virelais, Rondeau Adapted for violin and double bass in Pythagorean 3-limit Just Intonation [01] Lai No. 1 – Loyauté, que point ne delay 01:24 [02] Ballad No. 8 – De desconfort 03:46 [03] Ballad No. 6 – Doulz amis 01:28 [04] Ballad No. 24 – Tres douce dame 02:15 [05] Virelai No. 26 / 29 – Mors sui, se […]

Info text: STRUCTURES MADE OF LIGHT AND SPRUCE When I tackle certain topics such as the construction of a string instrument or the noise in front of a subway stop, my goal is to reinforce the poetry that is inhibited in these actions and in these places. To my ears, every sound that occurs in our everyday reality has a potential musicality, and […]

Program: CD 1 total playing time: 56:39 Niklas Seidl (*1983) [01] knolle “Like in old times: Here you can still pay in DM!” (2009) 09:37 Work commissioned by Deutschlandfunk World Premiere: April 10, 2010 · Deutschlandfunk Chamber Music Hall Forum of New Music “Amsterdam – Berlin – Warsaw: Young Positions” Yuri Khvostov, oboe Marion Klotz, English horn Till Künkler, trombone Jenny Chai, [… ]

Program: Atli Ingólfsson (*1962) [01] Orgoras Speaks for two clarinetists and ensemble (2009) 11:51 The clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky | David Smeyers Caput Ensemble Guðni Franzson, conductor Adriana Hölszky (*1953) [02] Flight maneuvers for two clarinets and orchestra (2006) 15:40 p.m. Live recording of the world premiere, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2006 The clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky | David Smeyers SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg Arturo Tamayo, conductor Nikolaus Brass (*1949) [03] Time […]

Program: Nicolaus A. Huber (*1939) [01] The escaped Orpheus (2001) for guitar quartet 14:02 Alberto Hortigüela (*1969) [02] The language is the punishment (2015) for guitar quartet 08:35 Irene Galindo Quero (*1985) [03] Number h Hut (2011) for guitar quartet 10:13 Mathias Spahlinger (*1944) [04] distant addition (2012) for four (or three or two) guitars 14:26 total playing time 47 :17 World premiere recordings Aleph Guitar Quartet Andrés Hernández Alba · Tillmann Reinbeck Wolfgang […]

Andre, Aperghis, Apostle, Baltakas, Barden, Barlow, Bartók, Boucourechliev, Boulez, Bussotti, Castiglioni, Clementi, Criton, Engelmann, Evangelisti, Febel, Ferneyhough, Ferrari, Flammer, Heyn, Kagel, Kayn, Killmayer, Krebber, Kubisch, Kurtág, Lachenmann, Lang, Mack, Marie, Mochizuki, Poppe, Rayeva, Rihm, Rothman, Saunders, Schönberg, Sciarrino, Sessions, Steen-Andersen, Stiebler, Stockhausen, Tanaka, Webern, Wolpe, Xenakis, Zimmermann, Žuraj Program: CD 1 Piano Repertoire before 1950 […]

Program: Barden, Barrett, Becker, Billone, Brün, Cage, Carrillo, Eloy, Erickson, Estrada, Evangelisti, Fritsch, Gentilucci, Grosskopf, Hoban, Hoffmann, Ishii, Ives, Jelinek, Johnston, Jungheinrich, Kounadis, Lauck, Lehman, by Lilienstern, Lim, Marchetti, Moguillansky, Poppe, Pousseur, Prins, Radulescu, Reudenbach, Riehm, Rzewski, Wielecki, Xenakis CD 1 total time: 77:27 Hanns Jelinek (1901–1969) [01–04] String Quartet No. 2 op. 13 (1949) 25:36 Végh Quartet (Sándor Végh, […]