Mode Records Catalog

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.

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.

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

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.

mode 198 Frank DENYER: Silenced Voices - Woman, Viola and Crow. Two Beacons. Tentative Thoughts, Silenced Voices. Ghosts Again. The Barton Workshop & others; Frank Denyer & James Fulkerson, music directors.

mode 196 Iannis XENAKIS: Volume 8: Kraanerg - Kraanerg. Callithumpian Consort; Stephen Drury, conductor. First recording with restored analog tape.

mode 195 Lou HARRISON: Por Gitaro: Suites for Tuned Guitars - Serenade; Suite No.1; Suite for National Steel Guitar; Suite No.2; Ditone Set; In Honor of the Divine Mr. Handel. HMC American Gamelan, Bill Alves, director, John Schneider, guitars with Just Strings: T.J. Troy, Gene Sterling and Erin Barnes, percussion.

mode 194 Margaret Leng TAN: "Sorceress of the New Piano, The Artistry of Margaret Leng Tan" — Two Films by Evans Chan. Sorceress of The New Piano, The Maverick Piano. 

mode 193 John Cage: Volume 39: The Number Pieces 5 - Two²: Rob Haskins, piano I and Laurel Karlik Sheehan, piano II.

mode 186 John Cage: Volume 38: The Number Pieces 4 - Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo; Three.  Written for and performed by Trio Dolce, recorders. First Recordings.

mode 185 James Tenney: Melody, Ergodicity and Indeterminacy - Poem, Ergodos I, Monody, Ergodos II, Seegersong #1, String Complement (with Ergodos II), Seegersong #2, Instrumental Responses (with Ergodos I), Ergodos III, Percussion Response (with Ergodos I). The Barton Workshop, James Fulkerson & Frank Denyer, directors.
First Recordings.

mode 184 Frances White: Centre Bridge: electroacoustic works - Like the lily for viola, double bass, and electronic sound; Centre Bridge for shakuhachi duo and electronic sound; A veil barely seen for viola and electronic sound; Walk through "Resonant landscape" No. 2 for electronic sound; Centre Bridge (dark river) for string quintet and electronic sound.

mode 183 Roger Reynolds: Whispers Out of Time - Symphony[Myths]: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kotaro Sato, conductor; Whispers Out of Time: Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor; Symphony[Vertigo]: La Jolla Symphony Orchestra, Harvey Sollberger, conductor. The first complete disc of Roger Reynolds' orchestral music.

mode 182 Aldo CLEMENTI: Works with Guitar - Serenata for guitar & 4 instruments; Dodici Variazioni for guitar; Albumblatt for guitar; Fantasia su frammenti di Michelangelo Galilei version for guitar; Otto Variazioni for guitar; C.A.G. for flute, violin, vibraphone & guitar; The Plaint for female voice & 13 instruments. ELISION Ensemble, Geoffrey Morris, guitar, and Carl Rosman, conductor.

mode 179 Earle BROWN: Tracer - Music for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Folio, Four Systems, String Quartet, New Piece, Special Events, Octet 1 and Tracer. Performed by Ne(x)tworks.

mode 179 Earle BROWN: Tracer — Music for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Folio, Four Systems, String Quartet, New Piece, Special Events, Octet 1 and Tracer. Performed by Ne(x)tworks/Christian Wolff, conductor.  

mode 177 Gavin BRYARS: The Marvellous Aphorisms of Gavin Bryars: The Early Years - Pre-Mediaeval Metrics: Ulrich Kreiger, Seth Josel; Made in Hong Kong: Ulrich Kreiger; 1, 2, 1-2-3-4: Ulrich Kreiger, Seth Josel, Eli Friedmann, Yayoi Ikawa, John Davis, Kenny Growhowski; The Squirrel and The Ricketty Racketty Bridge: Seth Josel.

mode 176 Giacinto SCELSI: The Orchestral Works 2 - Quattro Pezzi (su una nota sola), Uaxuctum-The Legend of the Mayan City which they themselves destroyed for religious reasons, La nascita del Verbo. Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Rundel, Johannes Kalitzke, Concentus Vocalis, Chorusmaster: Herbert Böck, Wiener Kammerchor, Chorusmaster: Michael Grohotolsky. First Recording.

mode 175 Roland DAHINDEN: Flying White - String Quartet No. 2 "mind rock", String Quartet No. 5 "poids de l'ombre"; Binaural Recordings: String Quartet No. 4 "flying white" and String Quartet No. 3 "mond see". Klangforum Wien String Quartet, Annette Bik and Sophie Schaffleitner, violins, Dimitrios Polisoidis, viola and Andreas Lindenbaum, violoncello.

mode 174 John CAGE: Volume 36: One¹¹ and 103 - One¹¹: a film without subject by John Cage, produced and directed by Henning Lohner. 103: for large orchestra, the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln or Spoleto Festival Orchestra with Arturo Tamayo and John Kennedy, directors.

mode 167 Gerard PAPE: Ascension to Purgatory - Funeral Sentences, for 2 soprano voices & percussion; La Naissance du Son, amplified cello; Weaveworld Prologue, for bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, horn, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass; For Maurizio, amplified viola; Ascension au Purgatoire, for percussion and computer ("Stochos" program); Le Fleuve du Désir IV, for 8 solo violins.

mode 165 The Arditti Quartet - Mexico: New Music for Strings - Juan Felipe Waller's De jaque, sal, gala y luna; Hebert Vázquez's String Quartet No. 1; Germán Romero's Ramas; Iván Naranjo's Uno; Rogelio Sosa's Espasmo fulgor; Hilda Paredes' Uy u'tan.

mode 158 John CAGE: Volume 34: The Piano Works 7 - Chess Pieces, Sonatas and Interludes, Chess Serenade; Margaret Leng Tan, piano & prepared piano.

mode 157 Marco CAPPELLI: Extreme Guitar Project — works by Anthony Coleman, Nick Didkovsky, Erik Friedlander, Annie Gosfield, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, David Shea, Mark Stewart, Otomo Yoshihide — Marco Cappelli, guitar.

mode 156 Stefan WOLPE: Wolpe in Jerusalem — ensemble recherche, WDR Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Werner Herbers and Johannes Kalitzke. (deluxe set in slipcase)

mode 154/155 Yvar MIKHASHOFF: Opera — Virtuoso Fantasies, Paraphrases and Transcriptions of Verdi, Puccini, Bellini, Berg, Debussy, Bussotti and Volans. (2-CDs)

mode 153 John Luther ADAMS: Strange and Sacred Noise - performed by Percussion Group Cincinnati.    

mode 150 Walter ZIMMERMANN: The Echoing Green - Chamber Works 1986-89 - Wstenwanderung for piano; Geduld und Gelegenheit for cello and piano; Lied im Wüstenvogelton for bass-flute and piano; The Echoing Green for violin and piano; HCD Ensemble and guests.

mode 148 Iannis Xenakis, Vol. 5: La Légende d'Eer - Electroacoustic Work for 7-channel tape. 

mode 142 George CRUMB: Makrokosmos Books 1 and 2 - Margaret Leng Tan, piano.

mode 131 Phill NIBLOCK: Disseminate - Disseminate Ostrava (Ensemble OCNM with members of the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra); Kontradictionaries (The Kontra-Trio); Disseminate Q-O2 (Q-O2 Ensemble).

mode 129 John CAGE, Vol. 29: Variations I, II and III; Lecture on Nothing (Helen Pridmore, voice), Motion Ensemble

mode 128 Elliott CARTER: Quintet for Piano and Strings; Quintet for Piano and Winds; Fragment II for string quartet; Retrouvailles for piano - Ursula Oppens, Arditti Quartet. Tempo e Tempi; Syringa-Lucy Shelton, Andre Solomon Glover/Ensemble Sospeso/Stefan Asbury; Jeffrey Milarsky.  Available on CD and DVD (DVD also includes 45-minute conversation with Carter, Arditti & Oppens and Frank Scheffer's film of the Quintet for Piano & Strings). Composer supervised recordings

mode 127 Mauricio KAGEL: Phonophonie for voice and tapes - Nicholas Isherwood, bass; Maurcio Kagel and Steffano Bassanese, sound direction; Transición II for piano, percussion and tape - Aldo Orvieto, piano; Dimitri Fiorin, percussion; Alvise Vidolin, electronics.

mode 126 Christian WOLFF, Vol. 5: Pebbles (written for Sabat/Clarke); Duo for Violinist and Pianist (2 versions) - Sabat/Clarke Duo. Composer supervised recordings

mode 122 Lou HARRISON: Works 1939-2000 - Marriage at the Eiffel Tower; The Only Jealousy of Emer; Arias from "Young Caesar"; Music for Remy; Mass to St. Anthony: Kyrie and Gloria; Vestiunt Silve; Short Set from "Lazarus Laughed"; Easter Cantata

mode 120/121 Alain BANCQUART: Le Livre du Labyrinthe - Prologue; Icare; Labyrinthe / miroir; Solitude du Minotaure; Meurtre; Epilogue — Nicholas Isherwood, Ensemble Voxnova, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Carol Robinson, Jérome Voisin, Pascal Gallois, Claude Pavy, Roland Auzet, Emmanuel Curt, Thierry Briard, Virginie Tarète, Martine Joste, Sylvaine Billier, Brice Pauset, Pierre Morlet, Frédéric Baldassaré, Romain Garioud, Florian Lauridon, Michel Poulet, Frédéric Baldassaré, Romain Garioud, Florian Lauridon, Michel Poulet, Gerard Pape, Alain Bancquart

mode 111 Walter ZIMMERMANN, Vol. 1: Schatten der Ideen; Ursache und Vorwitz; Distentio; Shadows of Cold Mountain - Ensemble Recherche.

mode 110  Peter GARLAND: Another Sunrise; I Have Had to Learn the Simplest Things Last (for John Cage); Dreaming of Immortality in a Thatched Cottage - Aki Takahashi (piano & harpsichord), Essential Music.

mode 109 Christian WOLFF: Look She Said: Complete Works for Bass - Look She Said; Jasper; String Bass Exercise out of "Bandiera Rossa"; Dark as a Dungeon; Untitled; Robert Black, basses.

mode 106  John CAGE, Vol.25: The Works for Piano 4 (featuring performance by John Cage) - Works for Prepared Piano: Works of Calder (1949-50) - including original film soundtrack with Burgess Meredith, narrator; John Cage, percussion & tape collage; Totem Ancestor (1942); Triple Paced (1944); Music for Marcel Duchamp  (1947). Works for Piano: ONE2  (1989, written for Ms. Leng Tan, first recording of version for 3 pianos); Ad Lib (1943); Triple Paced (1944); Jazz Study (1943) - Margaret Leng Tan (pianos)

mode 105  Bernadette SPEACH: "Reflections". When It Rains, Llueve for piano;  Viola for viola & piano; Trio des Trois III for viola, cello & piano; Chosen Voices for prepared guitar & toy piano; Angels in the Snow for piano; Woman without Adornment for reciter, voice, guitars, bass & piano; les ondes pour quatre for string quartet - Arditti Quartet, Anthony de Mare, piano; Rozanna, viola; Lois Martin, viola; David Heiss, cello; Jeffrey Schanzer, guitars; Bernadette Speach, piano; Thulani Davis, reciter; Alva Rogers, voice; Mark Dresser, bass

mode 104  John CAGE, Vol. 24: "A Cage of Saxophones I". Ryoanji for 4 saxophones & percussion; Five for two saxophones, two bowed pianos & accordion; Four5 for 4 saxophones; Five4 for saxophone quartet; Hymnkus for 2 saxophones, 2 pianos, accordion & 2 percussions - Ulrich Krieger, saxophones; with other saxophonists plus Mario Bertoncini, piano; others.

mode 98/99  Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum: New Electroacoustic and Electroacoustic Music from CCMIX Paris: Iannis XENAKIS: Mycenae Alpha; Polytope de Cluny; plus works by Jean-Claude Risset, Julio Estrada, Curtis Roads, Brigitte Robindoré, Nicola Cisternino, Daniel Terruggi, Takehito Shimazu, and CCMIX's director Gerard Pape. 2-CD set with 56-page book

mode 97 Morton SUBOTNICK, Vol.1: Electronic Works-Touch (1969); A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur (1978); Gestures (1998-2001, first recording) - Joan LaBarbara, voice. Hi-resolution 24-bit mastering from original analogue master tapes. Composer supervised.