Composition / All styles

Six works (2005-2012) by Anthony Cheung in first recordings: Talea Ensemble under James Baker, Cheung on piano, and Dystemporal live by the Ensemble Intercontemporain under Susanna Mälkki (Paris, October 2012). Wergo, 2016.

Stockhausen's complete Klavierstücke I-XI (1952-61) played by Sabine Liebner, with Klavierstück XI in two versions. Two CDs, a co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk, released by Wergo in 2018.

Four orchestral works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, including the first version of the Sinfonie in einem Satz and Giostra Genovese in first recordings. WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Peter Hirsch, recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie in 2013 and 2015.

Three works by Hans Zender: Dialog mit Haydn (Kretzschmar, Wiget, Bundesjugendorchester, Zender), Issei no kyō (Claron McFadden, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Johannes Kalitzke) and Nanzen no kyō with the WDR Rundfunkchor. MDR/WDR productions, 2017.

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.

Aribert Reimann's Spiralat halom (2002), the Celan cycle Eingedunkelt in its first recording for countertenor (Tim Severloh), and the orchestral Neun Stücke (1993); NDR Sinfonieorchester under Christoph Eschenbach.

Hans Zender's four Canciones on St John of the Cross (2008-14), with Angelika Luz, Ernst Kovacic, Klangforum Wien, the Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Vokalensemble and SWR Sinfonieorchester; four conductors.

Five works by Balz Trümpy (2005-2013), including Oracula Sibyllae for soprano, baritone, flute and percussion on Sibylline oracles and Virgil, played by the El Cimarrón Ensemble; all first recordings.

Hans Werner Henze's cantata Being Beauteous (Rimbaud) with Anna Prohaska, and Kammermusik 1958 (Hölderlin) with Peter Gijsbertsen and Jürgen Ruck, first recording of the string orchestra version; NDR Sinfonieorchester, Peter Ruzicka, Hamburg 2013 and 2015.

Choral works by Heinz Holliger: Shir Shavur on David Rokeah, Psalm, hölle himmel and Rosa Loui on Kurt Marti, and Utopie Chorklang; SWR Vokalensemble under Marcus Creed and Holliger, recorded 2006-2015, mostly first recordings.

Martin Smolka's choral works Poema de balcones (Lorca), Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews (Thoreau, with percussion) and Słone i smutne (Różewicz), sung by the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart under Marcus Creed.

Five works by Dimitri Terzakis (1988-2009): Legetos, the Sappho-Zyklus, À une Madone, Visionen and Sonate infernale, with Brigitte Fassbaender, Tatjana Masurenko, the Thomanerchor Leipzig, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and others.

Pēteris Vasks's String Quartets No. 4 (1999), No. 1 (1977/97) and No. 3 (1995), played by the Spīķeru String Quartet; recorded at the GORS concert hall, Rēzekne, in 2014.

Four works by Juan Carlos Paz (1950-64), Dédalus, Invención, Núcleos and Concreción, played by Ensemble Aventure with pianist Akiko Okabe, conducted by Alexander Ott; Invención and Concreción are first recordings.

Piano music by Henry Cowell and John Cage (1912-1948), including The Banshee, Aeolian Harp, The Perilous Night and Dream, played by Sabine Liebner; recorded at Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, December 2014.

Morton Feldman's 1976 trilogy Orchestra, Elemental Procedures (soprano, choir, orchestra; Beckett text) and Routine Investigations, with Claudia Barainsky, WDR Rundfunkchor and WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln under Peter Rundel; recorded 2010 and 2013.

Violeta Dinescu's works for flute (1983-2015), the cycles Aus dem Tagebuch and Blicke with chamber pieces for flute and horn quartet, piano, harp and violin; Carin Levine with the Dauprat-Hornquartett, Stephan Rahn and others.

Pēteris Vasks's Sala (2006), Musica appassionata for strings (2002) and Credo (2009), played by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under Atvars Lakstīgala; recorded at the Liepāja Latvian Society House in 2014.

Mark Andre's orchestral triptych …auf… (2005-07), the third part with live electronics, played by the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg under Sylvain Cambreling with the Experimentalstudio des SWR.

Chamber music by Charlotte Seither (1994-2011), the piano trios Champlève and Equal Ways of Difference with duo and solo works, played by the elole piano trio (Uta-Maria Lempert, Matthias Lorenz, Stefan Eder).

Six works by John Cage for solo percussion, among them Variations I, Child of Tree, Inlets and 27'10.554", performed by Matthias Kaul on some ninety instruments and objects; recorded at Deutschlandfunk, Cologne, April 2014.

Five orchestral works by Chaya Czernowin (2010-13), including The Crescendo Trilogy, with the BR Symphony Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, SWR Sinfonieorchester, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and others, recorded live 2011-2013.

Thierry Pécou's orchestral works Orquoy, Changó for three flutes and orchestra, and Marcha de la Humanidad, first recordings by the Orchestre National de France under Jonathan Stockhammer, Paris, November 2013.

The five organ works of Gerhard Stäbler (1983-2009), among them HEISS!, TAP for pedals alone and the fantasy ABER …, played by Dominik Susteck at the Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, in January 2014.

Four works by Rolf Riehm (2007-2011): Lenz in Moskau with Ensemble ascolta, Im Nachtigallental for cello (Erik Borgir), Ton für Ton for contrabass clarinet (Theo Nabicht) and Au bord d'une source with Jeremias Schwarzer and the hr-Sinfonieorchester under Sian Edwards.

David Brynjar Franzson's three-part the Negotiation of Context (2009-2011) for pianos, pump organ and modified bass drums, played by Yarn/Wire (Laura Barger, Ning Yu, Ian Antonio, Russell Greenberg), recorded at EMPAC in Troy, NY, in January 2013; with a performance video.

Chamber music by Detlev Müller-Siemens (2002-2009): String Trio, distant traces, ...called dusk and the piano quartet lost traces, two of them in memory of György Ligeti, played by the Mondrian Ensemble Basel; a co-production with Radio SRF 2 Kultur.

Edition Musikfabrik: Sampo Haapamäki's Heritage, Martin Smolka's Wooden Clouds and Carola Bauckholt's Voices for Harry Partch, new works for Musikfabrik's replica Partch instruments, recorded in Cologne 2015-2018 under Siân Edwards and Clement Power.

Edition Musikfabrik: Brian Ferneyhough's La Chute d'Icare with clarinettist Carl Rosman, Stephan Winkler's Von der Gewissensnot der Insekten and Oscar Bettison's Livre des Sauvages, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Diego Masson, Clement Power and Emilio Pomàrico.

Edition Musikfabrik: Steffen Schleiermacher's Das Tosen des staunenden Echos, Kaija Saariaho's The Tempest Songbook (Olivia Vermeulen, Peter Schöne) and Michael Wertmüller's antagonisme contrôlé with Peter Brötzmann, Dirk Rothbrust and Marino Pliakas, recorded live in Cologne 2009-2014.

Edition Musikfabrik: Caspar Johannes Walter's Metrische Dissonanzen (2009) for percussion and large ensemble with Dirk Rothbrust, and Isabel Mundry's five-part cycle Schwankende Zeit (2006-09) after Louis Couperin, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Peter Rundel and Emilio Pomàrico.

Edition Musikfabrik: Vassos Nicolaou's Farbenmaschinen, Johannes Schöllhorn's Pièces croisées, Gérard Grisey's Partiels and Dieter Mack's Kammermusik V, recorded live at the WDR in Cologne by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Emilio Pomàrico, Peter Rundel and Enno Poppe.

Edition Musikfabrik: Georg Friedrich Haas's "Ich suchte, aber ich fand ihn nicht." and ... wie stille brannte das Licht (with Sarah Wegener), Evan Johnson's Die Bewegung der Augen and Jani Christou's Anaparastasis III, recorded live in Cologne 2009-2014 by Ensemble Musikfabrik.

Edition Musikfabrik: Brian Ferneyhough's Finis Terrae (with EXAUDI), Klaus Lang's The Ocean of Yes and No, Carola Bauckholt's Schlammflocke and Jorge E. López's Gonzales the Earth Eater, first recordings by Ensemble Musikfabrik under four conductors.

Edition Musikfabrik: Francesco Filidei's Finito ogni gesto, Michael Beil's Black Jack and Mauricio Kagel's unfinished Heine cycle In der Matratzengruft with tenor Markus Brutscher, all first recordings by Ensemble Musikfabrik under Marcus Creed, Otto Tausk and Emilio Pomàrico.

Edition Musikfabrik: Jonathan Harvey's Sringāra Chaconne, Enno Poppe's Scherben, Kaija Saariaho's cello concerto Notes on Light (with Dirk Wietheger) and Emmanuel Nunes' Chessed I, recorded live 2005-2010 by Ensemble Musikfabrik with four conductors.

Liza Lim's song cycle Tongue of the Invisible (2010-11) after Hafiz, for improvising pianist, baritone and 16 musicians, recorded live in Cologne by Uri Caine, Omar Ebrahim and Ensemble Musikfabrik under André de Ridder.

Edition Musikfabrik vol. 7: David Lang's Are You Experienced?, Philippe Boesmans' Sextuor à clavier, Richard Barrett's interference and Luca Francesconi's Unexpected End of Formula, recorded live in Cologne 2003-2008 by Ensemble Musikfabrik.

Edition Musikfabrik vol. 6: Ian Willcock's Grave, Mark Andre's ni and Kaija Saariaho's violin concerto Graal théâtre (chamber version), played live in Cologne in 2004-2007 by Ensemble Musikfabrik with Hannah Weirich, conducted by James Wood, Rupert Huber and Peter Rundel.

Edition Musikfabrik vol. 5: Baltakas's (co)ro(na), Saunders's cinnabar with Juditha Haeberlin and Marco Blaauw, Lindberg's Joy and Xenakis's Thalleïn, recorded live by Ensemble Musikfabrik in Cologne, 2004-2006.