Specials - a-musik

TROLLER, MANUEL - VANISHING POINTS (LP)

"For years, Manuel Troller shied away from performing solo. But three years ago, the Bee-Flat jazz club in Bern asked him to play a gig with Marc Ribot. The young, up-and-coming Swiss musician was to play first, followed by the American grandmaster of free improvisation ...
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TFR052 | THREE:FOUR RECORDS

XENAKIS, IANNIS - ORCHESTRAL WORKS (CD)

MODE299 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 4: MUSIC FOR SPEAKING PERCUSSIONIST (CD)

MODE296 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 9 (CD)

MODE259 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE NUMBER PIECES 6 (CD)

MODE239 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE PIANO WORKS 7 (CD)

MODE158 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 5: FOUR WALLS, SOLILOQUY, 3 EASY PIECES (CD)

jack bruce (!), voice
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MODE123 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE PIANO WORKS 2 - SONATAS AND INTERLUDES FOR PREPARED PIANO (CD)

philipp vandre
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MODE50 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - FREEMAN ETUDES, BOOKS ONE AND TWO (CD)

IRVINE ARDITTI, VIOLIN
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MODE32 | MODE

JOOKLO TRIO - IT IS WHAT IT IS (CD)

This release captures what is sure to become a legendary coupling. Genta and her long-time-partner-in-crime David Vanzan plus one Brandon Lopez, all amasse under the moniker Jooklo Trio. As you can imagine the meeting plays out like a stellar collision, their sonic ...
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RPR1119 | RELATIVE PITCH RECORDS

CAGE, JOHN - WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 3 (CD)

"The Works for Percussion 3. D'Arcy Philip Gray, percussion & bass guitar. 'Composed Improvisation' (1990) for bass guitar, snare drum & one-sided drum, 'Child of Tree' (1975) for amplified plant materials. 'One4' (1990) for solo drummer. Composed Improvisation' (1990) ...
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MODE272 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - FREEMAN ETUDES, BOOKS THREE AND FOUR (CD)

IRVINE ARDITTI, VIOLIN
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MODE37 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 4 (CD)

"Until recently at Cage's publisher in New York, C.F. Peters, there was a box of works which Cage had held off publishing or had simply forgotten about. Among them were the dance pieces, Triple Paced and Ad Lib, Jazz Study and the film score, Works of Calder, all ...
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MODE106 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE ORCHESTRAL WORKS 3 (CD)

"Cage scored 108 for the largest number of players in any of the Number Pieces -- its duration of 43'30" makes an oblique reference to his groundbreaking 4'33' (1952). 108 can be played on its own or with either of two solo works from the same year, One (for cello) and ...
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MODE108 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 2 (CD)

""Third Construction" (1941) for percussion quartet. "Second Construction" (1940) for percussion quartet. "First Construction [in Metal]" (1939) for percussion sextet, with assistant. "Trio" (1936). "Quartet" (1935), "Living Room Music" (1940) for percussion & speech ...
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MODE243 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 1 (CD)

"FIRST RECORDINGS to use the actual 1930s Test Tone records and variable-speed turntables as specified in the score. "Credo In US" (1942) [1st version - Shostakovich], "Imaginary Landscape No. 1" (1939). "Imaginary Landscape No. 2" (1941). "Imaginary Landscape No. 3" ...
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MODE229 | MODE

XENAKIS, IANNIS - WORKS FOR PIANO (CD)

AKI TAKAHASHI, PIANO "This Reissue now contains an added piece: the first recording of Xenakis's 12 minute '6 Chansons,' charming early miniatures written while Xenakis was studying in Paris with Messiaen and Milhaud. They provide a glimpse at Xenakis's early musical ...
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MODE80 | MODE

XENAKIS, IANNIS - COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS (CD)

"Xenakis Edition Volume 10 - Complete String Quartets. "Tetras" (1983). "Tetora" (1990.) "ST-4-1,080262" (1956-62). "Ergma" (1994). The Jack Quartet: Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violins. John Pickford Richards, viola. Kevin McFarland, cello. The first complete ...
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MODE209 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - CAGE PERFORMS CAGE (CD)

"Empty Words (1973-74) with Music for Piano (1952-56). John Cage, voice. Yvar Mikhashoff, piano. One7 (1991) for any way of producing sounds. John Cage, voice. Mode celebrates its 200th release with a special installment in its John Cage Edition - works performed by ...
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MODE200 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - ROARATORIO (2CD)

1. Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake (1976/79) 60:30. First cd recording John Cage voice, Joe Heaney singer, Seamus Ennis Uillean pipes, Paddy Glackin, fiddle, Matt Malloy, flute, Peadher Mercier, Mell Mercier, bodhran, with 62 track tape. 2. Laughtears: ...
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MODE28/29 | MODE

XENAKIS, IANNIS - KRAANERG (CD)

"According to Xenakis' program notes, the title also referred to the 'current youth movements' -- 1968 was a significant year in modern social history -- and to his utopian vision of the upcoming 'biological struggle between generations unfurling all over the planet, ...
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MODE196 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - MUSIC FOR MERCE CUNNINGHAM (CD)

"2008 repress, featuring a 24-bit Hi-Definition remaster; originally released in 1991. Volume 4 in the Music of Cage series. The first audio document between Cage & Cunningham. It includes a 55-minute piece called "Five Stone Wind" performed by David Tudor (live ...
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MODE24 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - COMPLETE SHORT WORKS FOR PREPARED PIANO (2CD)

"John Cage's works for prepared piano expose his earliest experimentations in finding new and exotic sounds. Brief and attractive, they are among his most accessible work. This release marks the first time all of his short works for prepared piano have been made ...
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MODE180/81 | MODE

XENAKIS, IANNIS - MUSIC FOR STRINGS (CD)

"Syrmos" (1959, for 18 strings); "Aroura" (1971, for 12 strings); "Analogique A+B" (1958, for 9 strings & tape); "Voile" (1995, for 20 strings); "Ittidra" (1996, for string sextet); "Theraps" (1975-76, for solo contrabass). Performed by Ensemble Resonanz with Johannes ...
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MODE152 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - 44 HARMONIES FROM APARTMENT HOUSE 1776 / CHEAP IMITATION (2CD)

Volume 33 of Mode's Complete John Cage Edition. Features 2 long works: "Cheap Imitation" (1977, for solo violin; peformed by Irving Arditti); "44 Harmonies from Apartment House 1776" (1976, for string quartet, performed by Arditti Quartet). World Premiere Recording of ...
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MODE144/45 | MODE