Recent CD releases. Works of Cage, Hakim, Grazyna Bacewicz, Bartok, Eötvös, Hosokawa, Ponc, Schimmerling, Haba, Ullmann, Krenek & Liszt.
00:00 Harp player Floraleda Sacchi plays works of John Cage on harp, prepared-harp & toy harp, with coorperation of John Cage (speaker).
01:00 John Cage. Electronic music for piano.
Ciro Longobardi, piano. Agostino Di Scipio, computer & live electronics.
01:55 Naji Hakim (geb. 1955, Beirut). Concert no. 4 for organ and chamber orchestra.
Naji Hakim, organ. Danish Chamber Players
02:15 Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969).
Cello concert no. 1 (1951).
Adam Krzeszowiec, cello.
Polish Symphonic Orchestra Iuventus conducted by George Tchitchinadze.
02:40 1. Bela Bartok. Violin concert no. 2.
2. Peter Eötvös. Seven.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin.
Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt conducted by Peter Eötvös.
03:40 Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955 Japan) .
Metamorphosis (2000), for clarinet and string orchestra with percussion.
Olivier Dartaveille, clarinet.
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg conducted by Robert Platz.
04:00 The Ebony Band plays works of Miroslav Ponc, Hanns Aldo Schimmerling, Alois Haba and Victor Ullmann.
04:50 Songs on lyrics by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. With, among others, Ernst Krenek. Monolog der Stella, opus 57 & Franz Liszt. Wandrers Nachtlied, S.306.
Marlis Petersen, soprano. Jendrik Springer, piano.
05:50 Anonymous Croatia. The story of Judith, from Juditha to Marko Marulic (1521).
Ensemble Dialogos.
A beautiful release by the label Alpha, including a DVD with the film version of Judith by director Radislav Jovanov Gonzo.