Mode Records Catalog

Piano Etudes, Book I: Origins (2010–11); Book II: Extensions (2016–17) 

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 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. Also available on CD.

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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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

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 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 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 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