Mode Records Catalog

Voces documents many of Walter Zimmermann’s compositions for voices from 1979–2016. The words set range from Meister Eckhart and Hadewijch to Lermontov, Mandelstam, Jabès, Tranströmer, Ingold and Robert Creeley (with his voice accompanying the musicians). Performers include: Claudia Barainsky, the musicians of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (including David Tudor & Takehisha Kosugi), Tehila Nini Goldstein,  KNM Ensemble, Meitar Ensemble, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Peter Schöne / Jan Philip Schulze, Sarah Maria Sun, Sheva Tehoval / Magda Łapaj, and Walter Zimmermann and Band. Disc 3 is rare recording from 1982: Freunde / Friends sung and played by Zimmermann and his rock/pop/new music band during their U.S. tour, showing a very different musical side of the composer. Deluxe 3-CD set in slipcase

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Lou Harrison: Philemon & Baukis (1987) for cello & gamelan
Larry Polansky: Four Voice Canon #7 (1990)
Petar Klanac: Spe Salvi (2012) for cello, flute, percussion & gamelan
Billy Martin: Heartstrings (2015) for cello, flute & gamelan
Roland Dahinden: Navigate (2015)
Lou Harrison: Bubaran Robert (1976, rev.1981) for piccolo & gamelan

mode 329 Piano Etudes, Book I: Origins (2010–11); Book II: Extensions (2016–17) — Eric Huebner, piano

mode 328  Bernard PARMEGIANI: Stries (1980)  for 3 synthesizers and tape — Broeckaert//Berweck//Lorenz

mode 327  John CAGE: Cage Edition Vol. 54; The Works for Piano 11: Cheap Imitation; Swinging; Perpetual Tango; All sides of the small stone for Erik Satie and (secretly given to Jim Tenney) as a koan + FIRST RECORDING of Morton FELDMAN's trio arrangement of Cheap Imitation for piano, flutes & glockenspiel. — Aki Takahashi, piano

mode 326 Roger REYNOLDS: At 85, Vol. 1: String Quartets: FLiGHT; not forgotten — JACK Quartet

mode 325 Memory in Motion: Percussion in Surround — Xenakis: Persephassa; Mâche: Aera; Tan: Sorites; lanza: sensor VI; mnais mnemes

mode 324 "DESERT PLANTS: Conversations with 23 American Composers" by Walter ZIMMERMANN: reissue of the legendary book containing Zimmermann's 1976 interviews, the reissue also contains a CD of the audio of the actual composer interviews. Composers interviewed: Larry Austin, Robert Ashley, Jim Burton, John Cage, Philip Corner, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Joan La Barbara, Garrett List, Alvin Lucier, John McGuire, Charles Morrow, J.B. Floyd (on Conlon Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch), Steve Reich, David Rosenboom, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, La Monte Young. Reissued as a facsimile of the original edition, 197 pages + CD, softcover.

mode 322/23  Claude DEBUSSY: Preludes, Books 1 & 2 — Haydée Schvartz, piano (2-CDs)

mode 319 Thomas MEADOWCROFT: Percussion Works 2000–2011: The Great Knot for percussion trio; Cradles for percussion duo with Wurlitzer electric piano (Thomas Meadowcroft, electric piano); Plain Moving Landfill for percussion solo; Home Organs for six percussionists — Speak Percussion

mode 317  Horatiu RADULESCU: Edition 3: The Complete Cello Works:  L’Exil Intérieur, op.98 for cello & piano (Ian Pace, piano); Das Andere, op.49 (version for cello); Pre-Existing Soul of Then, op.76 for 2 cellos; Lux Animae, op.97 for cello —  Catherine Marie Tunnell, cello

mode 314 Morton FELDMAN: Vol. 13: For Bunita Marcus is performed here by Aki Takahashi, one of the greatest Feldman intrerpreters.

mode 313  Horatiu RADULESCU: Edition 2: Works for Organ & for Cello: Christe eleison, op.69; You-tree kalotrope III; Amen, op.88 (Christoph Maria Moosmann, organ); Intimate Rituals III, op.63 for string instrument & sound icons (Catherine Marie Tunnell, cello. Horatiu Radulescu & Petra Junken, sound icons); Immersed in the Wonder II, op.96 (Stanley Clark, trombone. Catherine Marie Tunnell, cello)

mode 307 Walter ZIMMERMANN:Lokale Musik: reissue of the 3-LP set from 1982, remastered from the analog tapes on 2-CDs. A third CD contains recently recorded supplemental material and performances, and revised versions of works, issued for the first time. Performers include Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cristobal Halffter, conductor; Beginner Pool Ensemble; Lucas Fels, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Erik Nielsen, conductor; Christian Dierstein, Stephen Drury, Gabriele Emde, Franziska Huhn, Geoffrey Morris, Deborah Richards, Reynard Rott. Deluxe 3-CD set in slipcase with 60-page book. (3-CDs)

mode 305  Elliott SHARP: Dispersion: Flexagons  (2013, First recording); Dispersion of Seeds  (2003); The Hidden Variable  (2014); Palimpsest  (2015, First recording, written for VENI ACADEMY) — Elliott Sharp, electroacoustic guitar, VENI ACADEMY, Marián Lejava, conductor

mode 304  John CAGE: Cage Edition Vol. 53; The Works for Piano 10: Two Pieces for Piano (1936); Solo for Piano (from the Concert for Piano and Orchestra)  (1958); Two Pieces for Piano  (1946); Swinging  (1989) — Thomas Schultz, piano

mode 303  George CRUMB: Metamorphoses (Book I); Five Pieces for Piano — Margaret Leng Tan. Crumb’s earliest and most recent works for piano. First recording of Metamorphoses (Book I)

mode 302  Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN: Kurzwellen (1968) Premier of the new performing version by C.L.S.I. for 4 instruments, 4 shortwave radios, 6 computers, and conductor — C.L.S.I. Ensemble, Paul Mefano, conductor

mode 300  Steve REICH: Sextet; Double Sextet — Ekkozone, Mathias Reumert. CD or limited edition LP ($24.99)

mode 299 Iannis XENAKIS: Xenakis Edition 15, Orchestral Works — Metastaseis A (first recording), Orchestra Sinfonica RAI; Terretektorh for 88 musicians dispersed among the public; Nomos Gamma for 98 musicians dispersed among the public — Residentie Orkest The Hague, Arturo Tamayo, conductor.

mode 298 Joan LA BARBARA: The Early Immersive Music of Joan La Barbara — as lightning comes in flashes (1981) for 8-track tape. New 2017 stereo mix; Autumn Signal for 8-track tape, mixed to 4-channels (1978). New 2017 stereo mix; CYCLONE  (1976–77) for 16-track tape (first release). CD or Bluray. BLURAY version includes 96khz/24-bit PCM stereo + 24-bit 5.1 Surround Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. NOTE: this is a high-quality audio Bluray. There is no video with the music.

mode 297 "Modern Lied": Sarah Maria Sun (soprano) & Jan Philip Schulze (piano) perform works by Heinz HOLLIGER: Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern (1956/57); Salvatore SCIARRINO: Due Melodie; Helmut LACHENMANN: Got Lost; György Kurtág: Requiem po drugu op. 26; Wolfgang RIHM: Ophelia Sings; Bernhard LANG: Wenn die Landschaft aufhört

mode 296 John CAGE: Cage Edition Vol.52, The Works for Percussion 4 — A Flower; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs; 51’15.657” for a speaking percussionist (realization Whiting); Music for Two (By One) (realization Whiting) — Bonnie Whiting, voice & percussion + Allen OTTE/John CAGE: Connecting Egypt to Madison through Columbus Ohio, Cage, and the History of the American Labor Movement (realization Otte) — Allen Otte, voice, prepared piano, percussion. CD or Bluray. BLURAY version includes full video and 48khz/24-bit PCM audio + 73 minute video interview with Whiting and Otte, discussing Cage and his processes, the works and how they assembled them

mode 295 Alvin LUCIER: Two Circles — Two Circles; Fideliotrio; Three Translations of the Works of Maurizio Mochetti — Alter Ego Ensemble; I Am Sitting in a Room (Alvin Lucier, voice)

mode 293 Henry COWELL & Percy GRAINGER: Works for Saxophones — 22 works are included, 9 by Grainger, 7 by Cowell and 5 by Cowell as arranged by Grainger. Many are first recordings. They are scored for varied instrumentation: sax ensembles, sax & piano and sax & orchestra. Ulrich Krieger, saxophones & director, various artists

mode 291 Malcolm GOLDSTEIN: Soweto Stomp — composed improvisations with Malcolm Goldstein, violin & director, The Ratchet Orchestra

mode 290  Horatiu RADULESCU:Piano Sonatas & String Quartets 1 – String Quartet No.5 “before the universe was born”, op.89; Piano Sonata No.2 “being and non-being create each other”, op.82; Piano Sonata No.5 “settle your dust, this is the primal identity”, op.106 – JACK Quartet, Stephen Clarke. CD or limited edition LP ($24.99), or Special Limited "Artist Edition" of 50 numbered LPs with individual original painting by the cover artist $180.00

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mode 289 John CAGE & Morton FELDMAN: Radio Happenings – 224-page hardcover book with audio DVD of the complete 5-hours of audio from the radio broadcasts of their conversations recorded in 1966-67 on WBAI NYC, mastered from the source closest to the original tapes. Coproduction with MusikTexte, Germany. $29.98 (+ $5.25 shipping in the USA. Please inquire for international)

mode 288  Gerald ECKERT: on the edges — An den Rändern des Maßes  (2005-11)  for two instrumental groups; Bruchstücke… erstarrtes Lot  (1998-99) for ensemble; Sopra di noi… (niente)  (2014) for small orchestra — ensemble reflexion K/Gerald Eckert

mode 286-287  Christian WOLFF, Vol. 7: Incidental Music and Keyboard Miscellany – Christian Wolff, piano & melodica (2-CDs)

mode 285  Luc FERRARI, Volume 4 “Ephémère” –  Luc FERRARI: Ephémère (1974); Brunhild FERRARI: Le Piano Englouti  (2012); Vincent ROYER – Luc FERRARI: Pour que le vent soit propice (2011) based on “Ce qu’a vu le Cers” (1978) by Luc Ferrari — Vincent Royer, viola, electronics, etc.

mode 284  Iannis XENAKIS, Vol.14: “Le dépassement  de soi” – DVD based on the game piece Linaia-Agon, featuring 2 performances + the film “Iannis XENAKIS: Le dépassement  de soi” (by Benny Sluchin, 78 minutes]. With Zythos (first release with video and surround sound).
Plus bonus features and interactive options (DVD only)

mode 281  Alvin LUCIER: Broken Line –  Carbon Copies; Risonanza; Music for Pure Waves, Bass Drums and Acoustic Pendulum; Broken Line – Trio Nexus

mode 280  Morton FELDMAN: The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar (reconstruction Seth Josel) – Seth Josel (digital download only)
CD-quality download from Mode $1.29

mode 277/278  Roger REYNOLDS Complete Cello Works –  Alexis Decharmes, cello. Roger Reynolds, speaker.  Ensemble Court-circuit, Jean Deroyer, conductor, others. (2-CDs)

mode 276  Les Grandes Répétitions: 2 films on STOCKHAUSEN & VARÈSE by Luc Ferrari and Gérard Patris “Karlheinz Stockhausen: Momente” (1965); and “Hommage à Edgard Varèse” (1965).  

mode 274  Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN : Complete Early Works for Percussion  - Zyklus (Schick); Kontakte (Avery, Schick; first recording in surround); Refrain (Avery, Antoniadis, Schick); Mikrophonie (red fish blue fish); Schlagtrio (Lukács, red fish blue fish) — Steven Schick, percussion & director. (5.1 DVD) 

mode 273 Phill NIBLOCK: Brazil 8 (film and music) - “Three Orchids” for 3 orchestras; “Two by Tom,” for 2 orchestras; “Three Orchids" - SEM Ensemble, Trio Scordatura (Amsterdam), Nelly Boyd Ensemble

mode 272 John CAGE:Vol. 50 – The Works for Percussion 3 – cComposed Improvisation (all versions & trio); Branches; Child of Tree; One4 – D'Arcy Philip Gray

mode 271  Chris NEWMAN: Ghosts – Symphony; Cologne (Chris Newman, voice); Ghosts; Ghost Symphony – Ensemble KNM/Steffen Tast

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mode 269  Morton FELDMAN, Vol. 12: String Quartet No. 1; Structures; Three Pieces for String Quartet – The FLUX Quartet  (Specially Priced 2-CD set + Bonus DVD in slipcase)     

mode 267  Helmut LACHENMANN: Complete String Quartets – The JACK Quartet 

mode 266  Tim HODGKINSON: Onsets - Ici-bas; Ulaaraar; Amhas / Nirriti; Jo-Ha-Kyu; Attaot  – Tim Hodgkinson, clarinets & conductor; Hyperion Ensemble, Ne(x)tworks, Talea Ensemble, other soloists

mode 261 Iannis XENAKIS, Vol. 13: Ensemble Works 3 – Palimpsest; Echange; Akanthos; Thalleïn; O-Mega – International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)/Steven Schick, conductor. Plus first recording of Zythos – Benny Sluchin, trombone. red fish blue fish.  

mode 259 John CAGE: Vol. 49 – The Piano Works 9 – First Recordings - 16 Dances for piano (edited Walter Zimmermann); Haiku (edited Don Gillespie) – Jovita Zähl, piano; Thomas Meixner, percussion.

mode 258 John CAGE: Vol. 48 – Variations V – John Cage, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma (musicians); Merce Cunningham Dance Company; films and projections by Stan VanDerBeek and Nam June Paik; directed by  Arne Arnbom. Plus bonus stereo audio performance (Paris, 1966) and interviews (DVD)

mode 256 Giacinto SCELSI: The Works for Violin – Divertimenti 2,3,4; L’âme ailée – L’âme ouverte; Xnyobis – Weiping Lin, violin

mode 255 Johannes SCHOLLHORN: clouds and sky – clouds and sky (Jan-Philip Schulze, piano, WDR Sinfonie-Orchester/Peter Rundel);  rota  (Gareth Davis, contrabass clarinet; JACK Quartet);  red and blue (Ensemble S);  a self-same song (Gareth Davis, contrabass-clarinet)

mode 253/54 John CAGE: Vol. 47 – The Works for Organ – Gary Verkade, organ.  (2-CDs or DVD)

mode 252 Helmut LACHENMANN: “…zwei Gefühle…” and solo works – Helmut Lachenmann (narrator & piano), Lauren Radnofsky (cello), Ensemble Signal/Brad Lubman, conductor. 

mode 245/246 Walter ZIMMERMANN: Vol.3: String Quartets and works for solo strings – Sonar Quartett. Specially priced 2-CD set

mode 244 Barbara MONK FELDMAN: The Northern Shore (Sabat/Clarke: Marc Sabat, violin, Stephen Clarke, piano, Dirk Rothbrust, percussion); In The Small Time Of A Desert Flower (Aki Takahashi, piano)

mode 243 John CAGE: Vol. 45 – The Works for Percussion 2 – 3 Constructions; Trio; Quartet; Living Room Music. Third Coast Percussion.

mode 242 Aiyun HUANG Aiyun Huang’s “Save Percussion Theater”; theatrical percussion works by Aperghis, Kagel, Globokar, Drouet and Alvarez.     

mode 240 John Luther ADAMS: songbirdsongs (Callithumpian Consort, Stephen Drury, director); Strange Birds Passing (New England Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemble, John Heiss, director)

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mode 238 Morton FELDMAN: Feldman Edition Vol. 11: Orchestra - Intersection I (1951, first recording for large orchestra); Structures (1962); On Time and the Instrumental Factor  (1969); Voice and Instruments (1972) with Martha Cluver, soprano; Orchestra  (1976) — Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Brad Lubman, conductor.

mode 237   Morton SUBOTNICK:  Electronic Works Vol.3 – Four Butterflies (1973) for 4-channel tape & 2 films (first surround & CD release); Until Spring: Revisited (1976/2009) for live electronics, glass harp & live video; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur: Revisited (1978/2011, on DVD only) for live electronics & video – Subotnick (electronics), Miguel Frasconi (glass harp & live electronics), Sue-C (live video). DVD contains full video, surround sound and bonus interviews.
  

mode 236 Marco CAPPELLI - Art SPIEGELMAN: In the Shadow of No Towers - a multi-media work based on Spiegelman’s comic book about his experience on 9/11 and its aftermath. Actor John Turturro narrates, music by Sintax Error. Also includes the original Italian version with Enzo Salomone, narrator.

mode 235 CHOU Wen-Chung: Clouds - String Quartets #1 “Clouds” and #2 “Streams” (Brentano String Quartet); Twilight Colors (Boston Musica Viva, Richard Pittman, conductor.

mode 232/233 Roger REYNOLDS: Sanctuary for percussion quartet & live electronics - Steven Schick, solo percussion (movement 1), red fish blue fish    (specially priced 2-DVD set $29.95)

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mode 231 Giacinto SCELSI: The Works for Viola - Manto; Coelocanth; Three Studies; Xnoybis; plus Elegia per Ty (with Séverine Ballon, cello) - Vincent Royer, viola & voice

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mode 229 John CAGE: Vol. 43 - The Works for Percussion 1; Credo in Us; complete Imaginary Landscapes (Percussion Group Cincinnati, CCM Percussion Ensemble, CCM Percussion Ensemble, James Culley, conductor).
   

mode 228 Luc FERRARI: Vol. 2 - Madame de Shanghai (Scottish Flute Trio); Visage 2; Après presque rien (Art Zoyd, Musiques Nouvelles, Jean-Paul Dessy, conductor)

mode 221 Margaret LENG TAN: She Herself Alone: Art of the Toy Piano 2 - Works by John Cage, Eric Griswold, Toby Twining, George Crumb, Jerome Kitzke, Ross Bolleter, and Laura Liben. 
   

mode 220 Pauline OLIVEROS & IONE: NJINGA: The Queen King - A Play with Music and Pageantry, written and directed by IONE, Music and Sound by Pauline Oliveros.

mode 219 Chaya CZERNOWIN: MAIM - Rico Gubler, saxophone, tubax (recorded & live); Peter Veale, oboe, musette, french horn; John Mark Harris, piano & harpsicord; Seth Josel, electric & steel guitars; Mary Oliver, viola; Live Electronics by the Experimentalstudio des SWR; Konzerthausorchester Berlin / Johannes Kalitzke, conductor.

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mode 218 Iannis XENAKIS, Vol. 12:  Charisma X - (Greece, 2008, directed by Efi Xirou) Featuring rare footage of Xenakis plus commentary by composers George Aperghis, Francois-Bernard Mache, Gerard Pape, Curtis Roads, George Koumentakis; plus Francois Xenakis, Makis Solomos, Sharon Kanach & Makhi Xenakis. Musical performances by Sylvio Gualda, Elisabeth Chojnacka, Benny Sluchin, Frances-Marie Uitti, Lori Freedman, Christophe Roy, Spiros Sakkas. 

mode 217 Iannis XENAKIS, Vol. 11: Works with Piano - Aki Takahashi, piano. Eonta, Morsima-Amorsima, (The Callithumpian Consort, Stephen Drury, conductor). Paille in the Wind (Rohan de Saram, cello). Akea (the JACK Quartet).
   

mode 216 Morton FELDMAN, Vol. 10: Trio - Aki Takahashi, piano. Marc Sabat, violin. Rohan de Saram, cello. 2-CDs or complete on one surround-sound DVD with full video. DVD also includes video talk on Feldman and the "Trio" by Walter Zimmermann.
   

mode 214/15 Orkest de Volharding: The Minimalists Terry RILEY: In C; Steve REICH: City Life (arr. for wind orchestra by Anthony Fiumara); Louis ANDRIESSEN: Workers' Union; Kyle GANN: Sunken City (piano concerto with Geoffrey Douglas Madge); David LANG: Street; John ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine (arr. for wind orchestra by Anthony Fiumara). 2-CDs

mode 212/13 Roger REYNOLDS: Epigram and Evolution: Complete Works with Piano - imAge/piano (2007);  Fantasy for Pianist (1964) - Yuji Takahashi, piano. Variation (1988); imagE/piano (2007), Epigram and Evolution (1961) - Eric Huebner, piano. Traces (Yuji Takahashi, piano, Karen Reynolds, flute. Lin Barron, cello, Alan Johnson, electronics); Less Than Two (SONOR Ensemble); The Angel of Death (Mariyln Nonken, piano. Slee Sinfonietta/Magnus Martensson). 2-CDs, specially priced $19.99

mode 210 Lei LIANG: Brush-Stroke - Serashi Fragment (Arditti Quartet); Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo for solo harpsichord (Takae Ohnishi); In Praise of Shadows for solo flute (Paula Robison); My Windows for solo piano (Aleck Karis); Memories of Xiaoxiang for saxophone & tape (Chien-Kwan Lin); Trio for cello, piano & percussion; Brush-Stroke for chamber orchestra - Callithumpian Consort/Stephen Drury.

mode 209 Iannis XENAKIS: Complete String Quartets — Tetras, Tetora, ST-4/1,080262, Ergma. Performed by the JACK Quartet. 

mode 208 Joshua FINEBERG: Imprints, Veils and Shards - Empreintes for 15 instruments & live electronics, Veils, Shards, The Texture of Time for flute & live electronics, Broken Symmetries for 5 instruments. First recordings.

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mode 207 Garth KNOX: Viola Spaces - Viola Spaces (eight concert studies) 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 and cello; Jonah and the Whale for viola and tuba; Ockeghem Fantasy for viola d'amore and 5 violas. First recordings.

mode 206 Peter ABLINGER: 33-127 - Seth Josel, electric guitar. First recording.

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mode 205 Cornelius CARDEW: Treatise - For any number of musicians with any instruments, may be performed whole or in part. The QUaX Ensemble, directed by Petr Kotik, recorded live from Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1967. Specially priced 2-CD set for $19.99.

mode 204 John CAGE: 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs - A complete video realization by Don Gillespie, Roberta Friedman and Gene Caprioglio.  

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mode 203 Iannis XENAKIS: Volume 9: Electronic Works 2 — Hibiki Hana Ma - world premiere recording; Polytope de Cluny. Restored from the best quality source materials.
   

mode 202 Hans Werner HENZE: Musica da Camera - Ein kleines Potpourri aus der Oper "Boulevard Solitude"; Sonatina aus dem Märchen für Musik "Pollicino"; Carillon, Récitatif, Masque; Toccata Mistica; Drei Tentos; Sonatina; Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge. Ensemble Dissonanzen.

mode 201 Chris NEWMAN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 4, 6, 10 - Michael Finnissy, piano.

mode 200 John CAGE: Cage Performs Cage - works performed by John Cage himself, released for the first time. Empty Words with Music for Piano, performed with Yvar Mikhashoff, piano; One⁷.

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mode 199 Lydia KAVINA: Spellbound! - Howard SHORE: Suite from "Ed Wood"; Percy GRAINGER: Free Music No.1 for four theremins; Free Music No.2 for six theremins; Beatless Music for six theremins; Christian WOLFF: Exercise 28 for theremin, violin, French horn and double-bass;  Olga NEUWIRTH: Suite aus "Bählamms Fest";  Miklos ROSZA: "Spellbound", Concerto for theremin & chamber ensemble. Lydia Kavina, theremins. Ensemble Sospeso. Charles Peltz, conductor. Enhanced CD contains 15-minute documentary on the recording.