Mode Records Catalog

mode 81 Luc FERRARI:081ferrari Vol.1 - Chansons pour le corps (1988-94) . for voice, 2 clarinets, percussion, piano & synthesizer (Elise Caron, voice); Et si tout entière maintenant. (1986-87), conte symphonique for voice, orchestra & tapes (Anne Sèe, voice, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique/Yves Prin).

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mode 80 Iannis XENAKIS: Xenakis Vol.4 — Complete Piano Music — (Herma, Evryali, Mists, A.r.) plus Dikhthas for violin & piano (Jane Peters, violin); Palimpsest for piano & ensemble (Society for New Music/Charles Peltz). Aki Takahashi, piano.  Series Aki Takahashi Vol.2. (Reissue)
*Winner of the Diapason d'or Prize   

mode 77 Chaya CZERNOWIN: Afatsim - chamber works performed by The Arditti Quartet, Mayumi Miyata (sho), John Fonville (flutes), SONOR, Harvey Sollberger (conductor)

mode 76 Lydia Kavina, Theremin076theremin: Music from the Ether - original compositions for theremin by Bohuslav MARTINU: Fantasy for theremin, string quartet, oboe & piano.; Percy GRAINGER: Free Music #1 for 4 theremins + works of Joseph Schillinger, Isidor Achron, Kavina, Freidrich Wilckens, Jorge Antunes and Vladimir Kamorov. With Joshua Pierce (piano), Elizabeth Parcells (soprano), Portland String Quartet

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mode 75 John CAGE: Vol.19: The Number Pieces 2 - Five³ - Monique Buzzarté, (trombone), The Arditti String Quartet.

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mode 72/73 Henry COWELL: Mosaic - chamber works: String Quartets Mosiac, Euphometric & Romantic, Movement for String Quartet; Polyphonica; 26 Simultaneous Mosaics.; Suite for Woodwind Quintet.; Return.; Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Violoncello, and Harp. - Musicians' Accord, Colorado String Quartet (2-CDs)

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mode 71 John CAGE, Vol. 18:  The Choral Works 1 — Hymns and Variations for 12 amplified voices; Four2.; Living Room Music; ear for Ear.; Four Solos.; Five-Vocalgroup Ars Nova/Támas Vetö.

mode 70 Roger REYNOLDS: Watershed IV (Steven Schick, percussion with TRAnSiT, live sound spatialization); Eclipse for computer generated sound (with video by Ed Emswhiller); The Red Act Arias. (excerpt, for 5-channel sound) + interviews with Reynolds, Schick, others. Interactive DVD with video and true 5.1 Surround Sound.

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mode 68 In the Sky I am Walking - Voxnova performs Native American songs and works influenced by that music by Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN: In the Sky I am Walking; Pascal DUSAPIN: Red Rock.

mode 67 Gerard PAPE: Electroacoustic Chamber Works - Arditti Quartet, Voxnova, Ensemble 2e2m/Paul Mefano, Daniel Kleintzy

mode 66 Morton FELDMAN, Vol. 2:  First Recordings - Intersection for tape; Nature Pieces; Variations; Piece for Violin & Piano; Extensions 1, 3 & 4; Two Intermissions; Intermission 3-6 (#6 versions for 1 & 2 pianos); music from a film for Jackson Pollock for 2 cellos-Philipp Vandré (piano), Turfan Ensemble.

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mode 65 Sylvano BUSSOTTI: Piano Works - Martine Joste. Composer Supervised

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mode 64 David TUDOR: Rainforest (Versions I & IV) - David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi.

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mode 63 John CAGE, Vol. 17:  The Piano Works 3 - The Seasons; Cheap Imitation; ASLSP — Stephen Drury (piano).

mode 62 Roland DAHINDEN: Naima - Dahinden (trombones), Anthony Braxton (saxes), Joe Fonda (bass), Art Fuller(drums).

mode 61 Howard SKEMPTON: Surface Tension (solo & chamber works) - Skempton (accordion), Sarah Leonard (soprano), HCD Ensemble (Frankfurt).

mode 60 HILDA PAREDES, "The Seventh Seed"; A chamber opera to a libretto by Karen Whiteson; Lourdes Ambriz, soprano; John Oakley-Tucker, baritone; with The Arditti Quartet; Steven Schick: percussion; Virginia Sublett: soprano, Carol Plantamura: mezzo-soprano; Issac Langen: tenor; Rand Steiger: conductor. Permutaciones for solo violin, 2 versions (Irvine Arditti).

mode 59 PETER MAXWELL DAVIES, "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" Edward Albert,  baritone Opera Sacra Buffalo conducted by Charles Peltz, Karen Bentley,  violin ,  Susan Royal,  flutes, piccolo; John Fullam, clarinet,  bass-clarinet; Ted Mook,  cello; Stephen Drury,  piano, celesta; Michael Pugliese,  percussion; Children's Band directed by Matthew Cool.

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mode 58 IANNIS XENAKIS, Vol.3--"Xenakis & Varèse"-- XENAKIS: Dämmerschein for large orchestra; Persephassa for 6 percussionists; La Déessee Athéna for baritone, percussion solo and chamber ensemble; VARESE: Amériques for large orchestra--Philip Larson, Timothy Adams/Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic/Juan Pablo Izquierdo.

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mode 57 John CAGE, Vol. 16: The Piano Concertos-- Concert for Piano and Orchestra (David Tudor, Ensemble Modern/Ingo Metzmacher); Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra; Fourteen (Stephen Drury, Callithumpian Ensemble/Charles Peltz)

mode 56 Iannis XENAKIS: Ensemble Music 2--A la Mémoire de Lutoslawski (1994, 1st rec.); Akrata; XAS for sax quartet; Okho for percussion trio ; Echange for bass-clarinet & ensemble--Lowenstern/ST-X Ensemble/Bornstein.

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mode 54 Morton FELDMAN: Illusions (1948, 1st recording); 2 Intermissions; Extensions 3; Piano Piece 1955; For Philip Guston; Piano; Palais de Mari — Aki Takahashi. Feldman Edition 1 and Aki Takahashi Vol.1. Over 79 minutes of music.

mode 53 Iannis XENAKIS: Ensemble Music 1--Plektó (1993, 1st recording); Eonta; Akanthos; Rebonds; N'Shima--ST-X Ensemble/Bornstein.

mode 50 John CAGE, Vol. 14: Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano--Philipp Vandré (first recording using a Steinway "O" piano as intended).

mode 48 Luciano BERIO, Vol.1: The Great Works for Voice--Folk Songs; Circles; Chamber Music; O King; Sequenza III - Christine Shadeberg with Musicians' Accord.

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mode 46 DEEP LISTENING BAND: "Sanctuary"--Pauline Oliveros (accordion, electronics), Stuart Dempster (trombone, didjeridu), David Gamper (organ, flutes, electronics) with expanded band featuring Tom Buckner, Joe McPhee, Women Who Drum, Julie Lyon Balliett, Brazilian percussion, others.

mode 45 Milos RAICKOVICH: "New Classicism" orchestral, chamber & toy piano works in Raickovich's unique blend of minimalism and classical styles — Margaret Leng Tan (toy piano), Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Milos Raickovich.

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mode 44 John CAGE, Vol.12: The Number Pieces 1 - One⁵ (piano solo); Two⁶ (violin & piano, dedicated to Joste & Flammer); Four³ (rainsticks, 2 pianos & violin) -- Joste, Flammer, Alchourroun, Michaut. First recordings.

mode 43 Christian WOLFF: Piano Works 1976-83 — Sally Pinkas.

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mode 42 Anne LeBARON: "The Musical Railism of..." including the blues opera The E & O Line--LeBaron (harp), New Music Consort, Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center/Leon Fleisher. Co-production with Tellus.

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mode 41 John CAGE, Vol.11: Orchestral Works I - 101; Apartment House 1776; Ryoanji (for 4 soloists & orchestra)--New England Conservatory Orchestra. First recordings, composer supervised.

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mode 38/39 John CAGE, Vol.10: Europeras 3 & 4 - The Long Beach Opera.
First recording. A deluxe 2-CD set with 80-page book.

mode 37 John CAGE, Vol.9: Freeman Etudes, Books 3 & 4 -- Irvine Arditti
(The complete music for violin, Vol.2) 

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mode 36 John CAGE, Vol. 8: Europera 5 — Martha Herr, Gary Burgess, Yvar Mikhashoff, Jan Williams, Don Metz. Premiere recording, composer supervised

mode 35 Arthur Honegger: Christoph Colomb -- premiere recording of Honneger's radio-play scored for actors (in English), orchestra and chorus. Opera Sacra Orchestra of Buffalo conducted by Charles Peltz. (Deluxe set, 64-page libretto)

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mode 34 William RUSSELL: "Made in America" - the complete works for percussion orchestra performed by Essential Music

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mode 33 NEWBAND play Microtonal Works by Harry PARTCH: Daphne of the Dunes; Thelonius MONK (arr. Drummond) 'Round Midnight; Dean DRUMMOND: Different Drums for Different Strokes; Mathew ROSENBLUM: Circadian Rhythms; James PUGLIESE: Freeze.

mode 31 Haydée SCHVARTZ plays "New Piano Works from Europe and the Americas" by PÄRT: Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka*; Für Alina; CAGE: Perpetual Tango*; SCELSI: Quattro Illustrazioni; KAGEL: An Tasten*; BERIO: Brin*; Leaf*; SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze #14; GANDINI: Eusebius*; VALVERDE:
Ek-Stasis*  (*denotes first recording)

mode 30 Anne LeBARON: Chamber works performed by New Music Consort and the Chamber Music Players of the Kennedy Center.

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mode 28/29 John CAGE, Vol. 6: Roaratorio (John Cage, voice; with Irish musicians and 62-track tape); Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake (Cage, speaker); Laughtears (discussion on Roaratorio with Cage and Klaus Schöning of the West German Radio). Deluxe 2-CD set with 76-page book of extensive notes, photos and articles on the works and a 44-page book containing the complete spoken texts. 2-CDs.  Winner Diapason d'Or and "Choc" awards  

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mode 27 John CAGE, Vol. 5: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 - String Quartet in Four-Parts (1950); Four - Arditti Quartet. Composer Supervised.  

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mode 26 Gerard PAPE: Chamber works performed by Arditti Quartet, William Albright, Prism Orchestra, Thomas Buckner, Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra. Composer Supervised

mode 24 John CAGE, Vol. 4: "Music for Merce Cunningham" - Five Stone Wind; Cartridge Music - David Tudor, Michael Pugliese and Takehisa Kosugi.  

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mode 22 RELACHE: "On Edge" — works by James TENNEY; Thomas ALBERT and Paul EPSTEIN

mode 21 Emanuel Dimas de Melo PIMENTA: Digital Music

mode 20  Neely BRUCE: The Plague; Eight Ghosts; The Dream of the Other Dreamers - music for voices and electronics performed by Electric Phoenix, with John Marshall (drums) and Ray Russell (guitar). Composer Supervised

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mode 17 John CAGE, Vol. 3: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 - Thirty Pieces for String Quartet; Music for Four - Arditti Quartet. Composer Supervised.
Winner "Choc" Le Monde de la Musique

mode 15 Margaret Leng TAN: "Sonic Encounters: The New Piano" — piano works of CAGE: Primitive; In the Name of the Holocaust; CRUMB: 5 Pieces; HOVHANESS: Jhala; Orbit; SATOH: Cosmic Womb; GE GAN RU: Gu Yue

mode 14 Janice GITECK: Breathing Songs from a Turning Sky; Thunder Like a White Bear Dancing; Callin' Home Coyote - John Duykers, AndyNarrell/New Performance Group. Available on CD & Chrome Cassette. Composer Supervised

mode 3/6  John CAGE, Vol. 2: Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music. Remastered with bonus tracks. The New Performance Group and Thomasa Eckert, Bun-Ching Lam, Roger Nelson, pianos. John Cage, conductor + Atlas Eclipitcalis for 86 musicians – The Wesleyan Festival Orchestra, Arditti Quartet, Mel Strauss, conductor (FIRST RECORDING OF ALL INSTRUMENTAL PARTS); Winter Music for 20 pianos – Callithumpian Consort of New England Conservatory, Stephen Drury, director (COMPLETE RECORDING). 

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mode 1/2 John CAGE: Vol.1: Etudes Boreales for cello solo, piano solo and cello/piano duo (Frances-Marie Uitti, cello. Michael Pugliese, piano). Ryoanji for 4 voices and percussion (Isabelle Ganz, mezzosoprano. Michael Pugliese, piano).  Composer supervised first recordings. A 2-LP limited-edition set of 200, signed and numbered by John Cage. (very limited stocks at $400 per set)

Avant 19 JOHN HEWARD QUINTET: Lori Freedman, clarinets; John Heward, drums; Joe McPhee, alto & soprano saxophones; Barre Phillips, bass; Dana Reason, piano. Recorded live in Montreal, September 2014

Avant 17 Langston HUGHES: The Dream Keeper: jazz interpretations of Hughes' poetry with Eric Mingus (voice); David Amram (piano); Larry Simon (director, arranger, guitar), Groove Bacteria

Avant 16: Lori FREEDMAN/John HEWARD: on no on - Lori Freedman, b-flat & bass-clarinets, John Heward, drums, percussion.

Avant 14 Respect Sextet: Respect in Yule - Eli Asher, trumpet, toys, James Hirschfeld, trombone, toys, Josh Rutner, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, toys, Red Wierenga, piano, Hammond organ, toys, Malcolm Kirby, Jr., bass, Ted Poor, drums, bells. With Guests: Marco Cappelli, electric guitar, The JACK Quartet, Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman, conductor, tympani.

Avant 09/12 Anthony BRAXTON & Gerry HEMINGWAY: Old Dogs (2007) - Braxton, saxes, Hemingway, drums, percussion, electronics. 4-CD boxed set.

Avant 07 Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio: Les Nuages en France - Marco Cappelli, guitar. Ken Filiano, double bass. Satoshi Takeishi, percussion.

Avant 06 The Respect Sextet: Sirius Respect - The Respect Sextet play the music of Sun Ra and Stockhausen - Jet Flight (Ra), Leo (Stockhausen), Shadow World (Ra), Dienstagslied (Stockhausen), Angels and Demons at Play (Ra), Lights on a Satellite (Ra), Pisces (Stockhausen), El is the Sound of Joy (Ra), Set Sail for the Sun (Stockhausen), Velvet (Ra), Capricorn (Stockhausen) / Saturn (Ra).

Avant 05 Joe MCPHEE/John HEWARD: Voices: 10 Improvisations - Joe McPhee, pocket trumpet, alto sax and John Heward, drums, kalimba, percussion.

Avant 04 Steve LACY/John HEWARD: Recessional for Oliver Johnson, Live Montreal 2004 - Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone and John Heward, drums, African bells, kalimba.

Avant 03 Marc FARRE: Margaret Maybe - debut EP from this singer/songwriter with Michael Pugliese (drums & percussion). (rock) special price $6.99

Avant 01 Chris BURKE: Idioglossia - Burke, samplers, synthesizers & instruments. (alternative music). “One of the Year's 10 Best”, John Schaeffer, NPR’s “New Sounds”