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The Fairy's Kiss: B. Adagio (fig. 166)

Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss, Faun and Shepherdess, Ode · 1997
Twill By Twilight (1988) - in Memory of Morton Feldman - for Large Orchestra

Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream · 1998
Instances

Carter: Late Works · 2017
Night Dances: IV. Dance 2

The British Music Collection - Turnage: Some Days · 1996
Symphonia - Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei: II. Adagio tenebroso

Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Symphonia · 1999
Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition · 1999
Rape of Lucretia, Act I Scene II: Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia · 2012
Concerto for Orchestra: I. Allegro non troppo

American Classics: Elliott Carter · 1992
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Coda

American Classics: Elliott Carter · 1992
Concerto for Orchestra: II. Presto volando

American Classics: Elliott Carter · 1992
Requiem Canticles: Postlude

Stravinsky: The Flood, Abraham and Isaac, Variations, Requiem Canticles - Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky · 1995
Three Songs: II. Prayers of Steel

Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra, etc - Charles Seeger: John Hardy · 1997

Reflection

Reflection

2026
Porträt-Reihe: Ariadni's Thread (Ensemble Modern Presents Giorgos Panagiotidis)

Porträt-Reihe: Ariadni's Thread (Ensemble Modern Presents Giorgos Panagiotidis)

2026
Tippett, Beethoven, Knussen

Tippett, Beethoven, Knussen

2024
The Power of the Keyboard

The Power of the Keyboard

2023
The Power of the Keyboard

The Power of the Keyboard

2023
Visions

Visions

2022
Hans Werner Henze: Heliogabalus Imperator. Works for Orchestra

Hans Werner Henze: Heliogabalus Imperator. Works for Orchestra

2019

Elegiac Arabesques, Op. 26a (1991) - Single

Elegiac Arabesques, Op. 26a (1991) - Single

2015

Horizon 8 (Live)

Horizon 8 (Live)

2017

H.W. Henze Edition: Orchestra

H.W. Henze Edition: Orchestra

2026
Bcmg 2013 Sampler: New Music for New Ears

Bcmg 2013 Sampler: New Music for New Ears

2015
Where The Wild Things Are - A Fantasy Opera

Where The Wild Things Are - A Fantasy Opera

2015
Oliver Knussen: Autumnal

Oliver Knussen: Autumnal

2012
Harrison Birtwistle: Melencolia I, Ritual Fragment & Meridian

Harrison Birtwistle: Melencolia I, Ritual Fragment & Meridian

2012
Mussorgsky: Pictures At an Exhibition

Mussorgsky: Pictures At an Exhibition

2007

London Sinfonietta
Lucy Shelton
Peter Coleman-Wright
Ensemble Modern Orchestra
Claire Booth
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Thomas Adès
Anssi Karttunen
Fred Sherry
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Ian Bostridge