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Morton Subotnick: Electronic Works, Vol. 3 - Until Spring Revistied, Four Butterlies

1 CD / Mode Records / 2011-12-06

Works: Morton Subotnick: Until Spring; 4 Butterflies, for four-channel tape & film
Performers: Frasconi, Miguel; Subotnick, Morton [Composer]

Ferrari: Madame de Shanghai; Visage 2

1 CD / Mode Records / 2011-01-25

Works: Luc Ferrari: Visage II, for brass & percussion; Après presque rien, for 14 instruments & 2 samplers; Madame de Shanghai, for 3 flutes & digitally stored sounds
Performers: Scottish Flute Trio; Tiedje, Stefan; Ting, Li Ping
Conductors: Dessy, Jean-Paul
Ensemble: Art Zoyd; Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles

Although not as well known as some of his composer colleagues in France, Luc Ferrari (1929-2005) was a remarkable French composer who distinguished himself with...continue...

A. Clementi: Works For Flute / Fabbriciani

1 CD / Mode Records / 2010-08-31

Works: Aldo Clementi: Fantasia su roBErto FABbriCiAni, for flute & tape; Ouverture, for 12 flutes (4 piccolos, 4 flutes in C, 4 alto flutes); Passacaglia, for flute & recorded flute; luCiAno BErio, for flut...
Performers: Fabbriciani, Roberto; Vidolin, Alvise

The release of this CD in 2010 celebrates Aldo Clementi's 75th birthday. Clementi is one of the remaining living composers of the avant-garde generation, which...continue...
Recording information: Laboratorio di Acustica Musicale e Architettonica, Fond (04/2005)....continue...

Czernowin: Maim

1 CD / Mode Records / 2010-07-13

Works: Chaya Czernowin: MAIM (Water), for 5 soloists, live electronics & orchestra
Performers: Acker, Michael; Braig, Reinhold; Gubler, Rico; Harris, John Mark; Hummel, Thomas; Josel, Seth; Mary Oliver [Violin/Viola]; Veale, Peter
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes

Maim is a large scale, 50-minute orchestral triptych, a major piece in Czernowin's oeuvre. Following its Berlin premiere in March 2007 at the prestigious MaerzMusik...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus Berlin (03/17/2007)....continue...

Cage: A Cage Of Saxophones 3

2 CD / Mode Records / 2010-06-15

Works: John Cage: Four6, for any way of producing sounds; Work(s); Fontana Mix, for 4-channel tape or indeterminate means; Party Pieces (20) for 5 winds, co-composed with Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison & Virgil...
Performers: Enzel, Christoph; Iber, Michael; Krieger, Ulrich; Lingk, Marc; Maiß, Ulrich; Peters, Andreas; Platz, Johannes; Schöpp, Klaus; Scherer, Gerald; Schlotzhauer, Burkhard; Schmucker, Andreas; V...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Intersax

Ulrich Krieger completes his 'A Cage of Saxophones' survey of Cage's works composed for, or which can be played on any instrument or instruments. For...continue...

Roger Reynolds: Complete Piano Works / Takahashi, Nonken, Huebner, et al

2 CD / Mode Records / 2009-09-29

Works: Roger Reynolds: imAge / piano; Fantasy for Pianist; Epigram and Evolution; Variation; imagE / piano; Traces, for piano, flute, cello, live electronics & tape; Less than Two, for 2 pianos, 2 percussio...
Performers: Barron, Lin; Dan Dunbar; Dunbar, Daniel; François, Jean-Charles; Huebner, Eric; Jean-Charles Francois; Johnson, Alan; Johnson, Allan; Karen Reynolds; Lin Barron; Nonken, Marilyn; Pratt, Daryl;...
Conductors: Martensson, Magnus; Mårtensson, Magnus
Ensemble: ; Slee Sinfonietta

These piano pieces were written at every turning point in Roger Reynolds' creative life, marking his evolution. The music is driven by relentless attacks toward...continue...

Xenakis Edition Vol 9 - Electronic Works Vol 2 - Hibiki Hana Ma, Polytope De Cluny

1 CD / Mode Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Hibiki Hana Ma, for 8-channel tape; Polytope de Cluny, for 8-channel tape
Performers: Xenakis, Iannis

Mode continues it's Xenakis Edition with the second volume dedicated to his electronic works, again restored from the best quality source materials. Hibiki hana ma...continue...

Roland Auzet - Percussion(s)

4 CD / Mode Records / 2008-02-19

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Psappha, for solo percussion; O-Mega, for solo percussion & 13 musicians; Kassandra, for amplified voice, psalterion & percussion; Rebonds, for solo percussion; Gérard Pape: Fune...
Performers: Auzet, Roland; Bancquart, Alain; Campion, Edmund; Isherwood, Nicholas; Orieux, Armelle; Pape, Janet S.; Tanaka, Karen
Conductors: My, Dominique; Bancquart, Alain; Adrien, Jean-Marie
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Musique Aujourd'hui

"Inactuelles" is a unique collaboration between Mode and the Parisianart-book store Tschann, to combine CDs and video DVDs of musical performances with an informative musical...continue...

The Marvellous Aphorisms of Gavin Bryars - The Early Years

1 CD / Mode Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Gavin Bryars: The Squirrel and The Ricketty Racketty Bridge, for guitars; Pre-Mediaeval Metrics, for saxophones & guitars; Made in Hong Kong, for various toys; 1, 2, 1-2-3-4, for ensemble
Performers: Davis, John E.; Friedmann, Eli; Growhowski, Kenny; Ikawa, Yayoi; Josel, Seth; Krieger, Ulrich

Gavin Bryar's music, post ' The Sinking of the Titanic' and 'Jesus' Blood...', is well known and often performed today. Less known are the earlier...continue...

Melody, Erodicity and Indeterminacy - Tenney: Poem, etc

1 CD / Mode Records / 2007-09-25

Works: James Tenney: Poem, for flute; Ergodos I for John Cage; Monody, for clarinet; Ergodos II with Instrumental Responses; Seegersong no 1, for clarinet; Seegersong no 2; Ergodos III, for 2 pianos
Performers: Anderson, John; Denyer, Frank; Liebezeit, Tobias; Mulder, Nora; Tenney, James; Zwaanenburg, Jos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Barton Workshop

James Tenney (1934-2006) was probably the first composer to develop an aesthetic for computer music, realizing that electronic music almost forced the composer to accept...continue...

White: Centre Bridge - Electroacoustic Works

1 CD / Mode Records / 2007-08-28

Works: Frances White: Like the Lily, for viola, double bass & electronic sound; Centre Bridge, for 2 shakuhachi & electronic sound; A Veil Barely Seen, for viola & electronic sound; Walk through "Resonant ...
Performers: Brown, Elizabeth [Flute]; Cerutti, David; Chapman, Susan; Kim, Pauline; Rinker, Troy; Ting, Liuh-Wen; White, Frances; Yoshioka, Airi
Conductors: Hostetter, Paul

Much of Frances White's music is inspired by her love of nature. This is the first complete disc of White's electro-acoustic works, both with and...continue...

Berio: The Complete Sequenzas

4 CD / Mode Records / 2006-06-06

Works: Edoardo Sanguineti: Sequenza Verses, poetry; Luciano Berio: Sequenza I for Flute solo; Sequenza II, for harp; Sequenza III, for voice; Sequenza IV, for piano; Sequenza V, for trombone; Sequenza VI fo...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Billard, Alain; Cameron, Michael; Chapman, Jane [Harpsichord]; de Saram, Rohan; Dempster, Stuart; Forman, William; Ganz, Isabelle; Hussong, Stefan; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Josel, Seth;...

Luciano Berio enriched the repertoire for solo instruments and voice with his series of sixteen 'Sequenzas' and works such as 'Psy,' 'Gesti,' 'Rounds' and 'FaSi.'...continue...

Cage: The Works for Saxophone 2 / Krieger, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2006-05-23

Works: John Cage: Sonata, for 2 voices, for any 2 or more instruments encompassing the ranges c' to c'''; Atlas eclipticalis; Composition For Three Voices, for any three instruments encompassing the ranges ...
Performers: Bertoncini, Mario; Krieger, Ulrich; Maiá, Ulrich; Ruger, Tobias; Scherer, Gerald; Schmieder, Birgit; Straebel, Volker; Volker, Reimar; Wagner, Eric

Ulrich Krieger follows up his successful 'A Cage of Saxophones I' volume with the second installment of Cage works for saxophone(s), spanning a period of...continue...

Xenakis: La Légende d'Eer

1 CD / Mode Records / 2005-05-10

Works: Iannis Xenakis: La Legende d'Eer, for 8-channel tape
Performers: Xenakis, Iannis

"Music is not a language. Any musical piece is akin to a boulder with complex forms, with striations and engraved designs atop and within, which men can decipher in a thousand different ways without e...continue...

John Cage Edition Vol 30 - Variations I-III, etc

1 CD / Mode Records / 2003-11-25

Works: John Cage: Variations no 1, for any number of players and means; Variations no 2, for any number of players and means; Lecture on nothing; Variations no 3, for any number people performing any actions
Performers: Adams, John D.S.; Dietz, Curtis; Francavilla, Nadia; Gray, D'Arcy Philip; Hornsby, Richard; Miller, Andrew R.; Patterson, Gina; Pridmore, Helen
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Ensemble: Motion Ensemble

John Cage Edition Vol 24 - The Works for Saxophones Vol 1

1 CD / Mode Records / 2002-02-26

Works: John Cage: Five, for any 5 voices or instruments; Ryoanji, for voice, flute, oboe, trombone, contrabass, percussion, chamber orchestra & 2nd voice ad; Four5, for 4 saxophones; Five4, for 2 saxes & pe...
Performers: Bertoncini, Mario; Kaczynski, Raymond; Krieger, Ulrich; Ruger, Tobias; Schaper, Gerhard; Volker, Reimar

David Felder: A Pressure Triggering Dreams / Felder, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2000-07-25

Works: David Felder: Six Poems From Neruda's "Alturas...", for orchestra; Coleccion Nocturna, for clarinet/bass clarinet, piano & tape; A Pressure Triggering Dreams, for orchestra & electronics
Performers: Felder, David; Kopperud, Jean; Winn, James
Conductors: Mårtensson, Magnus; Sollberger, Harvey
Ensemble: ; June in Buffalo Chamber Orchestra

Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano, etc / Tudor, Peltz, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 1997-02-18

Works: John Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra; Concert, for piano & orchestra, for piano & 13 other instruments in any combination; Fourteen, for piano & chamber orchestra
Performers: Callithumpian Consort; Drury, Stephen; Ensemble Modern; Metzmacher, Ingo; Tudor, David [Composer/Piano]
Conductors: Peltz, Charles; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

"Congratulations to Mode, in particular, for their clean, lively sonics and their steadfast commitment to Cage's music...All these musicians have been touched by Cage's amazing...continue...
Personnel: Stephen Drury (piano, bowed piano); David Tudor (piano, electronics).

Recording information: 1992-1994.

The Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra is one of Cage's most de...continue...

Sanctuary / Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening Band

1 CD / Mode Records / 1995-09-19

Works: Pauline Oliveros: Invocation; Hi bali, hi; Processional; Sanctuary; Non-stop Flight
Performers: Balliett, Julie Lyon; Buckner, Thomas; Chappell, Carol; Demerest, Lorraine; Dempster, Stuart; Finkleman, Jason; Gamper, David; Gato, Nego; McPhee, Joe; Miller, Leaf; Muldoon, Judith; Oliveros, Paulin...
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Ensemble: Deep Listening Band; Women Who Drum

The Musical Railism of Anne LeBaron

1 CD / Mode Records / 1995-07-18

Works: Anne LeBaron: Dog-Gone Cat Act for prepared harp; The E. & O. Line, opera; Waltz for Quintet (flute, violin, viola, cello & piano); The Sea and the Honeycomb, for soprano, piccolo/flute, clarinet/ba...
Performers: Barker, Thurman; Beck, John [Rock]; Cloutier, Louise; Fischer, Penelope; Hamilton, Lawrence; Kim, Kwant-wu; LeBaron, Anne [Composer/Harp]; London, Frank; Melford, Myra; Merz, Albert; Oldfather, Chris...
Conductors: LeBaron, Anne; Heldrich, Claire; Fleisher, Leon
Ensemble: ; Kennedy Center Theater Chamber Players; New Music Consort

Cage: Europera 5 / Mikhashoff, Herr, Burgess, Williams, Metz

1 CD / Mode Records / 1994-05-01

Works: John Cage: Europera 5
Performers: Burgess, Gary; Herr, Martha; Metz, Don; Mikhashoff, Yvar; Williams, Jan

Cage: Music for Merce Cunningham / David Tudor, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 1991-05-01

Works: John Cage: Five Stone Wind, for percussion & (or without) electronics; Cartridge Music, for amplified 'small' sounds
Performers: Kosugi, Takehisa; Pugliese, Michael; Tudor, David [Composer/Piano]

This CD is the first audio document of the collaboration between Cage and Cunningham, in expert performances by a classic ensemble of musicians of the...continue...