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Walter Zimmermann: Songs of Innocence & Experience / Sonar Quartet

2 CD / Mode Records / 2012-08-28

Works: Walter Zimmermann: Fränkische Tänze, for string quartet (with optional drone quartet); Keuper, for string quartet; Festina lente for String quartet in four movements; Songs of Innocence & E...
Performers: Ginsberg, Allen; Schlierf, Nikolaus; Zapf, Susanne
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Ensemble: Sonar Quartet

Recording information: Siemans-Villa Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany....continue...

Giancinto Scelsi, 9: The Viola Works / Vincent Royer

1 CD / Mode Records / 2011-05-31

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Manto I, II, III, for viola & female voice; Coelocanth, for viola; Elegia per Ty, for viola & cello; Studies (3) for viola; Xynobis, for violin solo
Performers: Ballon, Severine; Royer, Vincent

Violist Vincent Royer is one of the most outstanding performers of contemporary music today. Mr. Royer, who was born in France but now lives in...continue...
Recording information: Ev. Kirche, Honrath, Germany (2009-09-08&2009-03-17_2009-)....continue...

György Kurtág: Sings, Games and Messages

1 CD / Mode Records / 2011-03-22

Works: György Kurtág: Pilinszky János - Gérard de Nerval, Op. 5b; Szorongós Es Vigasztalós H. J. -nek, for viola; Illés Arpadné emlékére, for viola; Mes...
Performers: Barbetti, Maurizio

This is the first complete recording of the 24 'signs, games and messages' by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag. 'Signs, games and messages' is a collection...continue...
Recording information: Pink House Studio, Monsano, Italy (05/2010)....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...
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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...

Iannis Xenakis: Works With Piano - Eonta

1 CD / Mode Records / 2010-04-20

Works: Iannis Xenakis: Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & piano; Morsima-Amorsima, for violin, cello, bass & piano; Akea, for piano & string quartet; Paille in the wind, for cello & piano
Performers: Bean, Scott; de Saram, Rohan; Diaz, Gabriela [Violin]; Emery, Mark; Hopper, Wesley [Trombone]; Linden, Daniel [Trombone]; McFarland, Kevin [Cello]; Otto, Christopher [Violin]; Pickford Richards, John...
Conductors: Drury, Stephen
Ensemble: Callithumpian Consort

Pianist Aki Takahashi’s follows up her acclaimed first disc of Xenakis piano works (which won a "Diapason d’or" in France) with this second volume, of...continue...

Knox: Viola Spaces, Jonah and the Whale, etc / Johannes Eva, Julien Heichelbech, Marie Petit, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2009-03-24

Works: Garth Knox: Viola Spaces, concert studies (8) for 2, 3 & 4 violas; Viola Spaces Variations on Marin Marais, for 4 violas; La Valse de la Vineuse, for viola d'amore, clarinet, violin & cello; Jonah an...
Performers: Buquet, Gerard; Busolini, Cyprien; Chabot, Nathalie; Eva, Johannes; Grais, Aurelien; Heichelbech, Julien; Knox, Garth; Petit, Marie [Viola]; Robinson, Carol [clarinet]; Versterman, Agnes

Garth Knox is known as a viola player and a champion of new music, having played with the Arditti Quartet and the Ensemble Intercontemporain for...continue...

Denyer: Silenced Voices / Smalt, Barton Workshop

1 CD / Mode Records / 2008-06-10

Works: Frank Denyer: Woman, Viola and Crow, for voice, viola & percussion; Two Beacons, for ensemble; Tentative Thoughts, Silenced Voices, for ensemble; Ghosts Again, for ensemble
Performers: Small, Elisabeth
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Ensemble: Barton Workshop

Frank Denyer's music doesn't adhere to any easily defined aesthetic prescripts, and the four recent works on this disc resist categorization and ready comparison to...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...

Daninden: Flying white

1 CD / Mode Records / 2006-11-07

Works: Roland Dahinden: Quartet for Strings no 2 "Mind Rock"; Quartet for Strings no 4 "Flying White"; Quartet for Strings no 5 "Poids de l'ombre"; Quartet for Strings no 3 "Mond See"
Performers: Bik, Annette; Lindenbaum, Andreas; Polisoidis, Dimitris; Schafleitner, Sophie
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Ensemble: Klangforum Wien

For his third CD on Mode, composer, trombonist, improviser Roland Dahinden explores the string quartet medium. Each work is dedicated to and influenced by a...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...

Wolpe in Jerusalem (1933-1938)

1 CD / Mode Records / 2006-02-07

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Passacaglia, for orchestra (arrangement of C. 62/4), C. 66, Op. 23; Musik für Molières "Eingebildeten Kranken," incidental music for flute, clarinet, violin, viola & do; Klein...
Performers: Fels, Lucas; Jaime Gonzalez [Oboe/English Horn]; Maurer, Barbara; Oka, Shizuyo
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes; Herbers, Werner
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Recherche

Denyer: Faint Traces, etc / The Barton Workshop

1 CD / Mode Records / 2005-09-06

Works: Frank Denyer: Out of the Shattered Shadows 1, for flute/bass flute, microtonal-tuned spinet/harmonium, tenor banjo; Out of the Shattered Shadows 2, for 8 on-stage & 3 off-stage musicians; Faint Trace...
Performers: Anderson, John; Denyer, Frank; Fulkerson, James; Geller, Alex; Keser, Marieke; Zwaanenburg, Jos
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Ensemble: Barton Workshop

Durand: La terre et le feu, etc / Valade, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Joël-François Durand: La terre et le feu, for oboe & chamber orchestra; Les raisons des forces mouvantes, for organ; La mesure des choses III - La mesure de la terre et du feu, for oboe &...
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola; Hulse, Gareth; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Valade, Pierre-Andre

This disc of French composer Joel-Francois Durand's music amplifies his ongoing interest in the classical 'four elements': air, earth, fire and water. World class performers...continue...

Phil Niblock: Disseminate

1 CD / Mode Records / 2004-03-09

Works: Phill Niblock: Disseminate Ostrava; Kontradictionaries; Disseminate Q-02
Performers: Avondts, Roel; Bachmann, Leo; Bischof, Madeleine; Capece, Lucio; Eckhardt, Julia; Goldfarb, Claire; Mejer, Thomas K.J.; Tierens, Elke
Conductors: Kotik, Petr;
Ensemble: Ensemble OCNM; KONTRA-trio; Ostrava Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra; Q-02

Harrison: Mass to St. Anthony, etc / Maginnis, Miller, etc

1 CD / Mode Records / 2003-05-06

Works: Lou Harrison: The Marriage at the Eiffel Tower, for chamber ensemble; The Only Jealousy of Emer, incidental music for celeste. piano, flute, cello & bass; Young Caesar, versions for puppet-opera and ...
Performers: Andrie, Karen; Brandenburg, Mark; Brown, Susan; Cass, Jennifer; Gandolfi, Jodi; Macomber, Scott; Maginnis, Patrice; McGushin, Michael; Miller, Leta E.; Rosenberg, Joel; Staufenbiel, Brian; Winant, Wi...
Conductors: Paiement, Nicole A.
Ensemble: California Parallèle Ensemble; California Parallèle Ensemble ; Members of the University of California Santa Clar; U. C. Santa Cruz Chamber Singers

Chaya Czernowin: Shu Hai practices Javelin / Kalitzke, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Chaya Czernowin: Six miniatures and a simultaneous song, for 2 ensembles; Shu Hai in an orchestral setting, for voice, 9 recorded versions of the voice, orchestra & live elec; Shu Hai mitamen behatal...
Performers: Catchlove, Brian; Kayser, Deborah; Morris, Geoffrey; O'Dwyer, Timothy; Rae, Paula; Tooby, John; Veltheim, Erkki; Wassermann, Ute
Conductors: Hewett, Simon; Kalitzke, Johannes
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra; Elision

Bernadette Speach - Reflections / Davis, Dresser, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Bernadette Speach: Trio des Trois III, for viola, cello & piano; When It Rains, Lleuve, for piano; Chosen Voices, for prepared guitar & toy piano; les ondes pour quatre, for string quartet; Angels in...
Performers: Heiss, David; Mare, Anthony de; Martin, Lois; Speach, Bernadette
Conductors: Speach, Bernadette

Dancing with Henry - Cowell - New Discoveries

1 CD / Mode Records / 2001-10-23

Works: Henry Cowell: Suite for Small Orchestra; Heroic Dance; Dance Forms, for 3 melody instruments and 2 percussionists, HC 521; Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel; Reel for Small Orchestra no 2; Dance of...
Performers: Caine, Jennifer; Gandolfi, Josephine; Hillhouse, Wendy; Maginnis, Patrice
Conductors: Paiement, Nicole A.
Ensemble: California Parallèle Ensemble

Wolff: Tilbury, Snowdrop / Dahinden, Kleeb, Polisoidis

1 CD / Mode Records / 1999-04-20

Works: Christian Wolff: Tilbury 1, for piano; Tilbury 2, for piano; Tilbury 3, for piano; Tilbury 4; Snowdrop, for piano; Tilbury 5
Performers: Dahinden, Roland; Kleeb, Hildegarde; Polisoidis, Dimitris

Surface Tension - Howard Skempton / Leonard, HCD Productions

1 CD / Mode Records / 1998-06-16

Works: Howard Skempton: passing fancy, for piano; Drum Canon 2; Bends, for cello; Call, for clarinet & piano; Fire, for soprano voice & clarinet; Saltaire Melody, for piano; Recessional, for any instrument ...
Performers: Bocker, Eva; Corbett, John H.; Dickel, Werner; Howard Skempton [Composer/Accordion]; Kretzschmar, Hermann; Leonard, Sarah; Romer, Rainer; Wiesner, Dietmar

With their distinctly English vocabulary, witty turns, and spare yet memorable melodies, 'Surface Tension' offers a survey of Skempton's music in solo through quintet settings...continue...

Berio: The Great Works for Voice / Christine Schadeberg

1 CD / Mode Records / 1995-11-21

Works: Luciano Berio: Folk Songs, arranged for soprano & 7 instruments (or orchestra); Sequenza III, for voice; Popular Songs (4), for female voice & piano; Chamber Music, for female voice, clarinet, cello ...
Performers: Allen, Barbara; Berkowitz, Sheldon; Coid, Marshall; Emanuel, Carol; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Laimon, Sara; Mook, Ted; Mook, Theodore; Mooke, Martha; Mukherji, Katherine Flanders;...
Conductors: León, Tania; Biggs, Hayes
Ensemble: ; Musicians' Accord

Luciano Berio was one of the greatest and most innovative composers for the voice of the post-war generation - moving it into previously unknown territories,...continue...

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

Anne LeBaron: Rana, Ritual & Revelations

1 CD / Mode Records / 1992-12-01

Works: Alice Anne LeBaron: Lamentation/Invocation; Rite of the Black Sun; Planxty Bowerbird; Noh Reflections; Concerto for Active Frogs
Performers: Cartwright, George; Cassara, Frank; Elsing, Evelyn; Fujiwara, Hamao; Guerguerian, Paul; Kawasaki, Masao; Kellman, Nina; LeBaron, Anne; Pugliese, Michael; Shapiro, Madeleine; Shea, David; Shearer, All...
Conductors: Bouchard, Linda; Heldrich, Claire; LeBaron, Anne
Ensemble: Chorus; New Music Consort; Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center