catherine lamb -- descensus trio (2020). i recorded each part by myself over the course of the pandemic.

catherine lamb -- decensus trio

composed and performed by Christopher Otto
engineered, edited, mixed and mastered by Christopher Botta

Violin Octet

Performed by Olivia Stahn [soprano], Mathilde Conley, Florian Baccuet, Paul Hübner, Chloë Abbott [trumpets], Samuel Stoll, Morris Kliphuis [horns], Wojciech Jeliński, Weston Olencki, Maxine Troglauer [trombones], Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir [harp] Matthias Engler [percussion], Max Murray [conductor]

Max Murray | Schaufeln | Brayen — Rain / for soprano, nine brass instruments, harp, and percussion

Edu Haubensak: "PUR" for piano solo in scordatura (2004/2005, rev. 2012)

for two violas [2014]

John Pickford Richards / Elizabeth Weisser [February 2015]

[Headphones or good speakers strongly recommended.]

chyme

for prepared piano + electronics.

good headphones/speakers recommended. 

note: this piece makes extensive use of mid-range feedback. 

all electronic sound a result of live transducer feedback + mono jack signal. no tape or fixed media used. 

recorded @ ccrma w/ eoin callery. 
composed/performed/mixed by wo.

casting [2015-16]

for String Quartet
Performed by the JACK Quartet

Charasim II - in sITU

Claude Debussy - Sonata in d minor: III. Finale

If you have a chance to listen in surround, you can download the 5.1 surround mix here:
https://brandeis.box.com/s/jn56la94xt49jie6z25unpse8trdpu4b 
Listening at a higher volume and in surround sound is highly recommended for optimal experience.
This is a live recording of "Inner Time II," realized with one live clarinet and six pre-recorded parts at Project Q in NYC. Gleb Kanasevich - clarinets.
Enormous gratitude to Alec Hall for recording the show and to Alec and David Bird for putting the special show together.

Inner Time II, Op. 42b "Homage to Alexander Calder"

Horațiu Rădulescu - Inner Time II (for 7 clarinets) Live @Qubit 5/9/18

Joseph Houston, piano.  Live recording on 22/04/18 at St John's Smith Square, London (from Occupy the Pianos Festival, 2018)

Rădulescu: Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 92 ('like a well... older than God')

new, old and previously unexhibted (2019)
for oboe, clarinet, cello and electronics

Premiered by ELISION Ensemble in Cambridge, MA
Oboe: Peter Veale
Clarinet: Richard Haynes
Cello: Tyler J. Borden

image by Erich Heckel, "Adversaries" (1912)

Max Murray | Schaufeln | Brayen — Rain / for soprano, nine brass instruments, harp, and percussion

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