MORTON FELDMAN : Piano and Orchestra · Flute and Orchestra · Oboe and Orchestra · Cello and Orchestra (1997) 2CD-SET | Hans Zender Edition – 11 Series | Two Version | APE + FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

MORTON FELDMAN (1926-1987)
1-1.    Flute And Orchestra (1977/78)    32:35
1-2.    Cello And Orchestra (1972)    18:52
2-1.    Oboe And Orchestra (1976)    21:20
2-2.    Piano And Orchestra (1975)    26:47
Credits :
Conductor – Hans Zender
Flute – Roswitha Staege (tracks: 1-1)
Oboe – Armin Aussem (tracks: 2-1)
Orchestra – Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Piano – Roger Woodward (tracks: 2-2)
Violoncello – Siegfried Palm (tracks: 1-2)

MORTON FELDMAN : For Franz Kline · For Frank O'Hara · De Kooning · Piano Piece To Philip Guston (Ensemble Avantgarde) (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

MORTON FELDMAN (1926-1987)
1.    For Franz Kline (1962) 5:04
French Horn – Johannes Winkler
Soprano Vocals – Kerstin Klein
2-4.     The O'Hara Songs (1962)    
Baritone Vocals – Markus Köhler
Viola – Ivo Bauer
5.    De Kooning (1963) 14:34
French Horn – Jochen Pleß
6.    Piano Piece To Philip Guston (1963)    3:11
7.    Four Instruments (1965)    12:05
8.    For Frank O'Hara (1973) 15:49
Clarinet – Matthias Kreher
Conductor – Roland Kluttig
Flute – Ralf Mielke
Percussion – Winfried Nitzsche
Credits :
Ensemble Avantgarde 
Cello – Matthias Moosdorf (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8)
Percussion – Stefan Stopora (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
Piano, Celesta – Steffen Schleiermacher (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 8)
Violin – Andreas Seidel (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8)

MORTON FELDMAN : For Frank O'Hara · Bass Clarinet and Percussion · De Kooning · Instruments 1 (New Millennium Ensemble) (2000) Two Version | APE (image+.tracks+.cue), losslessss

MORTON FELDMAN (1926-1987)
1.    For Frank O'Hara    14:36
2.    Bass Clarinet And Percussion    17:06
3.    De Kooning    11:08
4.    Instruments I    16:57
Credits :
Cello – Gregory Hesselink
Clarinet – Marianne Gythfeldt
Conductor – Brad Lubman
Ensemble – New Millennium Ensemble
Flute – Tara Helen O'Connor
Horn – Daniel Grabois
Oboe – Jacqueline Leclair
Percussion – John Ferrari, Tom Kolor
Piano, Celesta – Margaret Kampmeier
Trombone – Benjamin Herrington
Violin – Sunghae Anna Lim

MORTON FELDMAN : Durations I-V · Coptic Light (Ensemble Avantgarde · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Michael Morgan) (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Performed by the Ensemble Avantgarde, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Michael Morgan, this is a very sensitive and fine performance of the new music classic "Durations I-V." In these five innovative pieces, the composer gave over control of the duration parameter entirely to the performers (there are only notes without stems, therefore no divided rhythm) -- the pulse (ictus) is slow, all is quiet, the tones have a minimum of attack. Thus, each performance is unique, and creates its own timbre combinations and exquisite beauty of a transparent sound texture. By contrast, "Coptic Light" for orchestra is of an extremely dense, polyrhythmic texture that shifts slowly by rhythmic staggering (phase shifting) within orchestral groups, creating the unique effect of a shimmering of sound analogous to the shimmering of light on water. The specific visual analog in Feldman's mind was the fine interweaving of ancient Coptic textiles he had seen in a museum. He was also attempting to create the effect of a piano's sustaining pedal for the orchestra, which allows tones to continue resonating and to blend together and overlap. "Blue" Gene Tyranny
MORTON FELDMAN (1926-1987)
Durations I-V    
1.    Durations I For Alto Flute, Piano, Violin, Violoncello    10:29
2.    Durations II For Violoncello And Piano    4:10
3-6.    Durations III For Violin, Tuba And Piano    (10:47)
7.    Durations IV For Violin, Violoncello And Vibraphon    3:29
8.    Durations V, For Violin, Violoncello, Horn, Vibraphon, Harp And Piano/Celesta    8:58
9.    Coptic Light For Orchestra    23:51
Credits :
Ensemble – Ensemble Avantgarde (tracks: 1 to 8)
Orchestra – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (tracks: 9)
Conductor – Michael Morgan (tracks: 9)

MORTON FELDMAN : The Ecstasy of the Moment (The Barton Workshop) 3CD-SET (1997) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

On three discs, Fulkerson and co. manage to touch upon a portion of the three periods of Feldman's writing career. What is espacially significant are the numerous first recordings of both individual pieces (Instruments III, Voice and instruments II) and sets of like-titled pieces (the five-part Projection series from the '50's and the equally-parted Vertical Thoughts cycle from the '60's, as well as another cycle of Durations 1-5). As John Cage spoke of his friend in his book "Silence": Feldman's music does not evolve but continue. That phrase could not be more apropo here. The journey starts with the monophonic setting of 1947's "Only" (to me the only (no pun intended) weak performance on this disc; the Joan LaBarbara version is superior), continues to the graph pieces of Projections 1-5 and Intersections 2-4 (where numbers are placed onto graph paper to indicate pitch events), moves into the free duration pieces (where pitches are defined but their durations are left to the performer's discression) of the late '50's and early '60's, and closes with a handful of pieces dating from 1972-81 that presage the dark atmosphere of the large scale works that Feldman would explore in the last years of his life. A daring undertaking all around and I look forward to Fulkerson's next installment. Sparky P.
MORTON FELDMAN (1926-1987)
Tracklist :
The Barton Workshop :
John Anderson (clarinets), Krijn van Arnhem (bassoon), Nina Hitz (cello), Frank Denyer (piano), James Fulkerson (trombone), Marieke Keser (violin), Tobias Liebezeit (percussion), Jos Tieman (bass), Manuel Visser (viola), Jos Zwaanenburg (flutes).