 | Brian Ferneyhough: La Chúte d'Icare; Superscriptio; Intermedio alla Ciaccona' etc. (Etudes Trancendantales; Mnemosyne)
Selections from the Carceri d'Invenzione cycle, as well the chamber concerto La Chute d'Icare (also available on an Accord disc with Carceri III). Will we ever have a complete Carceri recording?
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 | Brian Ferneyhough 1
Ferneyhough's first 3 (and a half) string quartets. Need I say more?
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 | Brian Ferneyhough: Solo Works
A selection of solo works, including the devastating Time and Motion Study 2, performed by my compatriots from the Elision Ensemble of Brisbane, Australia.
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 | Experimental Studio, Freiburg:25 Years
Buy new: $69.98 / Used from: $45.30 This set of Freiburg goodies contains Werner Taube's premier recording of Time and Motion Study 2 for cello and electronics, one of the most uncompromising works of the late 20th century.
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 | Implosions
Another performance of Mnemosyne for bass flute and tape. I haven't heard it, but if you want another version, here you go.
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 | Piccolo XX
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $6.56 Roberto Fabbriciani plays Superscriptio among other piccolo stuff.
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 | Flute XX
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $11.98 Fabby Fabbriciani plays Carceri d'Invensione IIb for solo flute. This is the budget version (ie. no chamber ensemble), but I believe it is all there is for the moment.
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 | Sonor Ensemble
Buy used from: $9.58 This anthology of American-ish music includes Ferneyhough's early wind sextet Prometheus (also included on the Accord disc, is it still available?).
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 | Neue Vocalisten Stuttgart: Porträt
Included here is Ferneyhough's Missa Brevis, with other choral works from Josquin to Olga Neuwirth. Time and Motion 3 is available (still, I think) from amazon.de.
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 | Contemporary Music for Organ
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $9.65 Perhaps the most bizarre anthology ever? The only recording of Ferneyhough's Sieben Sterne (Seven Stars) for organ is coupled with other organ works by Tavener and Diana Burrell, amongst others.
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 | Piano XX, Vol. 2
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $5.69 Lemma-Icon-Epigram was written for and dedicated to Damerini. This recording is somewhat more resonant and expansive than Pace.
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| Tracts
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $10.00 Pace's wonderful piano disc contains an abrasive yet delineated (thanks partly to Barrett's acoustic) performance of Lemma-Icon-Epigram. An essential companion to Damerini's version.
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 | Pierre Boulez ~ Schoenberg · Berio · Carter · Kurtág · Xenakis by Arnold Schoenberg
A five CD anthology of some "modern" music. It contains the only recording so far of Funerailles 1 and 2 from Boulez's days at Erato (when he thought it was worthwhile recording interesting music).
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 | Brian Ferneyhough: Collected Writings (Contemporary Music Studies)
Buy used from: $275.00 Ferneyhough's words are as testing and seductive as his music. Not exactly easy-reading, but like it or not, this is an essential supplement to listening to the music. (NB: not about British railways)
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