John Tilbury and Philip Thomas playing Morton Feldman's 1957 work 'Two Pianos'. From the double CD of Feldman works for multiple pianos: 'Two Pianos and other pieces 1953-1969' on Another Timbre.

Morton Feldman - Two Pianos

extract from John Cage's 'Two2' (1989) for two pianos, played by Philip Thomas and Mark Knoop. Unusually for Cage's number pieces, the duration of the piece is undetermined, dependent on the 'inner clock' of the interpreters. This realisation from 2017 is the longest yet performed, lasting 128 minutes, the slow pacing bringing out new resonances from the work.

John Cage - Two2 extract

Extract from Jurg Frey's 'Late Silence' (2017) played by Ensemble Grizzana. The work is based on two fragments of early music - Ockeghem's 'Deploration sur la mort de Binchois' and Byrd's 'How Vain are all our Frail Delights'. From the CD 'Early to Late', which includes this piece and a sister composition by Magnus Granberg, which is based on the same fragments of music, but develops quite differently.

Jurg Frey 'Late Silence' extract

Two movements from a performance of Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor pour la fin du temps' (1941) by Apartment House - Anton Lukoszevieze, cello, Mira Benjamin, violin, Heather Roche, clarinet, and Philip Thomas, piano. Apartment House's performance is unusual in avoiding dramatic phrasing and use of vibrato etc. It was released on CD alongside Linda Catlin Smith's composition 'Among the Tarnished Stars' (1998), for the same instrumentation.

extract from Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor pour la fin du temps' by Apartment House

Extract from Morton Feldman's 'For Bunita Marcus' played by Philip Thomas. From a forthcoming 5-CD box set of Feldman's piano music to be released in September 2019.

extract from Morton Feldman's 'For Bunita Marcus' played by Philip Thomas

The second movement of Morton Feldman's music for the film ‘Sculpture by Lipton’ , a documentary from 1954 about the work of the sculptor Seymour Lipton to which Feldman wrote the music. The original score has not survived, but the piece was transcribed from the soundtrack by Philip Thomas, who performs it on his 5-CD box set of Feldman's piano music, which will be released in September 2019.

Morton Feldman - Lipton Piece #2, played by Philip Thomas

The Canon from 'Kvarteto' by Adrián Demoč, the first movement of his 'Kvarteto' (2017), played by Apartment House - Anton Lukoszevieze, cello, Mira Benjamin, violin, Heather Roche, clarinet & Philip Thomas, piano.  From a portrait CD of Adrián Demoč's music to be released on Another Timbre late in 2019.

Adrián Demoč - Canon from 'Kvarteto'

extract from Ryoko Akama's 'a sense of coming back' (2019) - one of a series of compositions based round research in the Krzysztof Kieslowski archive, and collectively called 'dial 45-21-95', to be released on Another Timbre in late 2019. Played by Apartment House: Anton Lukoszevieze (cello), Simon Limbrick (vibraphone), Cristian Alvear (guitar) and Kerry Yong (piano)

Ryoko Akama - 'a sense of coming back' extract

'Für Biliana' (2015) by Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, played by Biliana Voutchkova, violin.  From the CD 'Für Biliana', featuring four chamber works for strings by Ernstalbrecht Stiebler

Ernstalbrecht Stiebler - Für Biliana

extract from 'unfurling', jointly composed and performed by Angharad Davies (violin), Klaus Lang (harmonium) and Anton Lukoszevieze (cello). Developed during a residency at Dai Hall in Huddersfield in March 2020.

'unfurling' by Angharad Davies, Klaus Lang & Anton Lukoszevieze

First movement of 'Frog' (1974) by Frank Denyer, performed by Elisabeth Smalt on the sneh, a single-string instrument built by Frank Denyer.  From the CD 'The Boundaries of Intimacy', featuring several chamber works by Frank Denyer

Frank Denyer 'Frog' (first movement)

'Aftermaths 2' (2014) by Mark R. Taylor, performed by Teodora Stepančić, from the CD 'Aftermaths', featuring several piano works by Mark R. Taylor

Mark R. Taylor 'Aftermaths 2'

Extract from 'Ricercar nell'ombra' (2019), a piece jointly developed by Emmanuel Holterbach and the Italian ensemble 'Blutwurst'.
Cristina Abati (viola), Marco Baldini (trumpet), Maurizio Constantini (double bass), Daniela Fantechi (accordion), Michele Lanzini (cello), Edoardo Ricci (bass clarinet), Luisa Santacesaria (harmonium)

'Ricercar nell'ombra' by Emmanuel Holterbach & Blutwurst

'Y Tŷ Unnos 5' by J.P.A. Falzone, played by Morgan Evans-Weiler (violin) and J.P.A. Falzone (piano & vibraphone), from the double CD 'Chordioid', featuring one disc each of compositions by the two performers.

J.P.A. Falzone 'Y Tŷ Unnos 5'

extract from 'windfell' by James Weeks, an hour-long composition for Mira Benjamin (violin & voice)

James Weeks - 'windfell' (extract)

Extracts from the five Another Timbre CD released in February 2021. 
About 3 minutes from each disc:
Michael Winter - 'single track'  ( a 7-part canon performed by Liminar)
Adrián Demoč - 'Ma fin est mon commencement' (trio for clarinet, viola & piano, played by Apartment House)
Josten Myburgh - 'Sculthorpe Studies' (composition for ensemble & field recordings from Western Australia)
Jim O'Rourke - 'Best that you do this for me' (string trio played by Apartment House)
Catherine Lamb - 'Muto Infinitas' (duo for quartertone bass flute & double bass, performed by Rebecca lane and Jon Heilbron)

Extracts from Another Timbre January releases

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