Knoop, Mark

John Cage: 100 / Joshua Pierce; Malcolm Goldstein; Matthias Kaul, Mark Knoop [5 CDs]

5 CD / Wergo / 2012-10-09

Works: John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano; Concert, for piano & orchestra, for piano & 13 other instruments in any combination; Atlas eclipticalis; James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie;...
Performers: Cage, John; Corner, Philip; Curran, Alvin; Didge, Charles [Spoken Word]; Fay, Park Too; Gauwerky, Friedrich; Goldstein, Malcolm; Gould, Melissa; Higgins, Dick; Johnson, Mimi; Kaul, Matthias; Knoop, M...
Conductors: Schoning, Klaus; Kotik, Petr
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

Wergo was one of the first labels to recognize the avant-garde genius of Cage and offered the début recordings of some of his most important...continue...

Richard Beaudoin: Microtimings / Kreutzer Quartet, Mark Knoop

2 CD / New Focus / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Beaudoin: Étude d'un prélude 1 - Chopin desséché, for piano; Étude d'un prélude 4 - Black Wires, for piano; Étude d'un prélude 7 - Latt...
Performers: Knoop, Mark
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kreutzer Quartet

This 2-CD set includes the inaugural recordings of Beaudoin's music based on microtiming: a refined methodology for translating micro-temporal properties of a recorded performance into...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK (05/17/2011-05/18/2011); The Church of St John the Baptist, Aldbury, Herfordshir (05/17/2011-05/18/2011); Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, ...continue...

Odaline de la Martinez Chamber Works / "Asonancias"

1 CD / Lorelt / 2011-03-08

Works: Odaline de la Martínez: Litanies, for ensemble; Asonancias, for violin; Colour Studies, for piano; Canciones, for soprano & ensemble; Improvisations for violin; Cantos de Amor, for soprano & ens...
Performers: Balding, Caroline; Knoop, Mark; Langdon, Sophie; Robinson, Olivia; Tafur, Marina
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lontano

Born in Cuba and brought up in the U.S., Odaline de la Martinez is one of the liveliest and most enterprising personalities in the British...continue...

Cage: Etudes Boreales; Harmonies

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-07-13

Works: John Cage: Harmonies; Etudes Boreales I-IV, for piano; 26'1.1499" for a String Player; Etudes Boreales I-IV, for solo cello
Performers: Gauwerky, Friedrich; Knoop, Mark

The enormous technical challenges presented by Cage's Etudes Boreales demand careful coordination of fingers, instrument and intellect. On this CD the work is presented twice,...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (09/07/2009-09/10/2009)....continue...

Percy Grainger: Tuneful Percussion

1 CD / Move / 2010-02-01

Works: Percy Grainger: Shepherd's Hey; Gamelan Anklung, arrangement for tuneful percussion (after traditional Balinese music); Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for military band & o...
Performers: Anderson, Mary; Boerema, Kirsten; Clarke, Wendy; Hosking, Sylvia; Knoop, Mark; McAlley, Vaughan; Plumpton, Clifford
Conductors: Lichnovsky, Michael

Recording information: Move Records (05/1999-11/1999)....continue...

Lumsdaine: Music for Solo Piano / Mark Knoop

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2009-06-09

Works: David Lumsdaine: Ruhe sanfte, sanfte Ruh'; Postcard Pieces (6); Kelly Ground; Cambewarra
Performers: Knoop, Mark

This recording of the complete solo piano music of David Lumsdaine contains two world premieres. The performer, Mark Knoop, is a conductor as well as...continue...