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5/11/2026

Harrison Birtwistle - Secret Theatre; Tragoedia; Five Distances; 3 Settings of Celan



Harrison BIRTWISTLE (1934-2022)

Tragoedia (1965)
Five Distances for Five Instruments (1992) 
Three Settings of Celan (1989-1996)
Secret Theatre (1984)

Christine Whittlesey (soprano)

Ensemble InterContemporaine
Pierre Boulez

Recorded in Paris, IRCAM-Studio/ESPRO, 6/1993

2/25/2026

Alberto Posadas - Oscuro abismo de llanto y de ternura; Nebmaat; Cripsis; Glossopoeia



Alberto POSADAS (b.1967)


Oscuro abismo de llanto y de ternura (2005) for ensemble
Nebmaat (2008) for quintet
Cripsis (2007) for ensemble
Glossopoeia (2009) for 3 dancers, 4 musicians, video and electronics

Ensemble Intercontemporain
François-Xavier Roth 

Recording:
1) 21-22 December 2009, Cité de la musique, Paris
2) 11 April 2008, IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris
3) 11 May 2007, IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris
4) 19 December 2009, IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris

9/04/2024

Matthias Pintscher - en sourdine; Tenebrae; Reflections on Narcisus



Matthias PINTSCHER (b.1971)

en sourdine (2002) Musik für Violine und Orchester
tenebrae (2000/01) Musik für skordierte Viola und kleines Ensemble mit Live-Elektronik
Reflections on Narcissus (2004/05) for violoncello and orchestra



Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Christophe Desjardins (Vviola)
Truls Mørk (Cello)

Ensemble intercontemporain
NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester

Matthias Pintscher

Recorded Jun 2006 at
 NDR, Hamburg/Germany; Cité de la Musique, Paris/France

12/19/2023

Michael Jarrell - Casandre




Cassandre (1994)
a spoken opera for ensemble and actress

Astrid Bas, actress

Ensemble intercontemporain / IRCAM
Susanna Malkki, conductor


Recording Date: 
Oct. 2008
Recording Venue: 
IRCAM, Espace de Projection
Release: 
July 2009

2/07/2021

The Alban Berg Collection (8 CDs)




The Alban Berg Collection

Artists
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, LaSalle Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez


8 CDs

Works:

CD 1
Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine

CD2

Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez

Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

Adagio from Chamber Concerto 
Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet)

Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (Arr. Alban Berg)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players

CD 3

Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)
LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

String Quartet, Op. 3
LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

Sieben frühe Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide
Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

An Leukon
Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version)
Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Vier Lieder, Op. 2
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

CD 4

Sieben frühe Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

Der Wein
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchesta
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

CDs 5, 6 and 7

Lulu 

Jules Bastin (bass), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Pierre-Yves Le Maigat (baritone), Teresa Stratas (singer), Teresa Stratas (soprano), Franz Mazura (baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Helmut Pampuch (tenor), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Claude Meloni (tenor), Anna Ringart (mezzo-soprano), Ursula Boese (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris
Pierre Boulez

CDs 7 and 8

Wozzeck 

Aage Haugland (bass), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Viktoria Lehner (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Walter Raffeiner (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Gonda (alto), Alfred Sramek (bass), Alexander Maly (baritone), Werner Kamenik (tenor), Peter Jelosits (tenor), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master)
Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben
Claudio Abbado

8/17/2017

Maurice Ravel - Songs



Maurice Ravel: 

Songs

Shéhérazade
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Chansons madécasses
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques

Jose van Dam; Jill Gomez; Heather Harper; Jessye Norman

BBC Symphony Orchestra; members of The Ensemble Intercontemporain

Pierre Boulez

9/10/2016

Elliott Carter - Oboe Concerto; Espirit Rude/ Espirit Doux; A Mirror in which to Dwell



Elliott Carter: 
Oboe Concerto 
Espirit Rude// Espirit Doux
A Mirror in which to Dwell
Penthode

Heinz Holliger (Performer), Sophie Cherrier (Performer), Trouttet (Artist), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (Performer), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez (Conductor)