Composition / Contemporary

Portrait CD of Marko Nikodijević: three orchestral works, Absolutio, Abgesang with soprano Anna Sohn and da ispravitsja with organist Jakub Sawicki, played by the hr-Sinfonieorchester and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Jonathan Stockhammer and Vladimir Jurowski.

Portrait CD of Jonah Haven: six chamber and ensemble works, played by Wolftone, Ensemble Proton Bern under Gregor Mayrhofer, ensemble recherche, Trio Catch and Duo XAMP.

Portrait CD of the Uruguayan-born composer Vladimir Guicheff Bogacz: four works for trio and ensemble, played by Ensemble Musikfabrik, Trio Catch, Ensemble Aventure under Nicholas Reed and Kollektiv3:6Koeln. Mostly first recordings.

Portrait CD of Genoël von Lilienstern: Voz Comercial, Couture, Big Picture and Top, with Johanna Vargas, Soetkin Elbers, Ensemble Garage, the SWR Symphonieorchester under Ilan Volkov and Ensemble Interface.

Portrait CD of Sergej Maingardt: Rush for orchestra, ensemble and electronics, Flower's silence in empty guns for piano, electronics and Wii sensors, and Declare Independence, with the Bundesjugendorchester under Lothar Zagrosek, Paulo Álvares and Ensemble electronic ID.

Eight electronic works by Ludger Brümmer on two CDs, made with granular synthesis and the physical-modelling software GENESIS and produced for up to 42 channels; a ZKM Karlsruhe production in Edition ZKM, 2022.

Four works written for Trio Accanto by Beat Furrer, Brice Pauset, Misato Mochizuki and Rebecca Saunders, recorded in 2024 by Marcus Weiss, Nicolas Hodges and Christian Dierstein, a WDR production.

Portrait of Bengt Hambræus, no. 20 of the Caprice Composers Series: Rota II for multi-channel loudspeakers, made from processed bells and organ, the orchestral Ricordanza and Symphonia Sacra for choir, winds and percussion.

Concert recording from the Berwald Hall in Stockholm by KammarensembleN under B. Tommy Andersson: works by Xenakis, Boulez, Grisey, Eric Tanguy and Varèse played by soloists from the Stockholm orchestras.

Second album by The Peärls Before Swïne Experience, a live set of new pieces by David Lang, Annie Gosfield, Anders Hillborg, Tristan Murail and others, with the audience sounds between works reworked by Sten Hanson.

Debut of the Swedish quartet The Peärls Before Swïne Experience: short commissioned pieces of five or six minutes by Nordic and European composers, contemporary music presented in a concert form close to pop.

Kroumata, Omnibus and the Falu wind quintet play Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques, Anders Eliasson’s Sotto il Segno del Sole for triple brass ensemble and five percussionists, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl’s Chamber Concerto.

Two groups that commissioned much of their own repertoire, the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, meet in works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Anders Nilsson, with pieces by Hans Kox and Miklós Maros.

Sonanza, the Stockholm ensemble for new music, with guitarist Göran Söllscher: Anders Nilsson’s Divertimento, George Crumb’s Eleven Echoes of Autumn, Anders Eliasson’s Fogliame and Daniel Börtz’s Ett porträtt.

The Swedish ensemble Sonanza plays Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, Anders Nilsson’s Reflections, written in its wake, and Magnus Lindberg’s Ur for five musicians, live electronics and two Macintosh computers.

The first album of the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, with Iwa Sörenson and Boel Adler: Swedish works written for the group by Henrik Strindberg, Arne Mellnäs, Göran Gamstorp, Sven-Erik Bäck, Anders Eliasson and Jan W Morthenson.

Music from the Fools Trilogy of Nya Kulturkvartetten (Jan Bark, Fuzzy, Thord Norman, Folke Rabe), the Swedish inter-media group of 1983-1997: specially built instruments, live playing and pre-recorded electronic sounds.

Live concert by Ensemble SON, the Swedish quartet of Jörgen Pettersson, Magnus Andersson, Jonny Axelsson and Ivo Nilsson, with Barry Guy as guest: music by Richard Barrett, Barry Guy and Roger Doyle where strict notation meets free improvisation.

Three new LPs from the two labels run by Timo van Luijk, Metaphon and La Scie Dorée, offered together. Robert Nasveld's self-titled LP (Metaphon 029, Signature Series III) collects the only three tape pieces the Dutch pianist and radio producer ever made, realised between 1974 and 1984 at Ton Bruynèl's studio at the Utrecht Conservatory and at the Institute for Sonology: Collage voor Anja, Soundscape and I Touch You. Edition of 300 copies. Pierre Mariétan's Musique d'été (SCIE 4126) was first pu…

Two duos with piano by composer Eric Wubbels: Field of Action, made with Charmaine Lee on voice, microphones and electronics, and contraposition for trombonist Weston Olencki and prepared piano.

1980 re-issue as a single LP on Harmonia Mundi's distinctively packaged "Musique d'abord" series of the seminal first album of music by Cage with his landmark 1946-48 compositions performed by Maro Ajemian, originally released in 1951 as a double LP set on Dial. French text.

Original 1976 LP on Denon with Cage's landmark 1946-48 compositions for prepared piano superbly performed by Yuji Takahashi in 1975. With insert.

1997 CD re-issue on Fylkingen of Yuji Takahashi's landmark performance of Cage's prepared piano masterwork recorded in 1965 and originally released on the same label as two separate LP's in 1966.

17th album on Cramps' superlative "Nova musicha" experimental music series released in 1977, with piano pieces performed by the composer himself recorded live in 1976.

1977 LP on ALM with three piano pieces spanning from 1938 to 1969, plus a toccata by Johann Sebastian Bach, superbly performed by Yuji Takahashi.

1978 double LP set on the obscure Italian label I Dischi Dell'Ippopotamo with a landmark performance of Cage's composition by pianist extraordinnaire Bruno Canino, never re-issued on either CD or LP.

Very Pieces for (prepared) piano, percussion and voice in various combinations from the 1940's and 50's, performed by Joshua Pierce and the Paul Price Percussion Ensemble, released by Tomato in 1978.compositions from the 1940's for (prepared) piano, piano and violin, percussion, performed by pianist Reinbert de Leeuw and released by Philips in 1980, never re-issued on either LP or CD.

1981 LP on CP² Recordings with two compositions respectively from 1978 and 1969 performed on the violin Paul Zukofsky.

1983 LP on CP² Recordings with the demanding late 1970's studies for solo violin performed by by their dedicatee Paul Zukofsky.

1984 LP on CP² Recordings with the 1951 composition for Merce Cunningham performed by Toronto's New Music Concerts conducted by Paul Zukofsky.

Very early compositions from the 1940's for (prepared) piano, piano and violin, percussion, performed by pianist Reinbert de Leeuw and released by Philips in 1980, never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Live 1983 recordings from the Cornish Institute in Seattle of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis performed simultaneously with Winter Music, conducted by the composer. Originally released by Mode Records in 1986 as a 4LP box.

1987 LP on Hungaroton matching a 1981 compositions for five orchestras performed by Savaria Symphony Orchestra led by Peter Eötvös with a set of indeterminate solo piano pices from the 1950's performed by several Hungarian composers including László Sáry and Zoltán Jeney.

The important 1951 Concerto with Cage's first foray in chance operations conducted by Lukas Foss with pianist Yuji Takahashi, backed by the conductor's charming baroque piece for orchestra, released by Nonesuch in 1968.

Cage's beautiful and unusual 1950 string quartet in a monumental compilation released as a 3LP box set by Vox in 1973 with a who's who of the American avant-garde, including Crumb's and Kirchner's outstanding quartets with electric amplification and electronics, with impeccable performances by the Concord String Quartet. With insert.

1978 LP on Turnabout with several mainly avant-garde compositions or adaptations for voice and guitar performed by Rosalind Rees and David Starobin. With insert.

Great 1974 album on Opus One with six compositions for percussion (and prepared piano), including Cage's Amores and a rare recording of a Bertoncini piece. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With inserts.

Cage's 1940 piece for percussion and his 1941 collaboration with Harrison plus two compositions for percussion from the 1970's and 80's, performed by The New Music Consort and released by New World Records in 1985.

Cage's 1943 composition for percussion and prepared piano, plus Harrison's 1939 and Jolivet's 1965 compositions fol flute and percussion, performed by the Swedish ensemble and released by BIS in 1984.

Cage's 1941 piece for unusual percussion plus three other minimalist works for percussion from the 1970's and 80's, performed by The Danish Percussion Group and released by Point in 1985.