The discs, books and CDs are available, either directly from the respective labels (see page links), or from the Association Ivan Wyschnegradsky (see contact).
Musical excerpts are presented below with the kind permission of the publishers.
Ivan Wyschnegradsky:
Préludes op.22 (1934)
Nos. 1, 3, 5 et 24 in ¼ tone, Martine Joste.
Nos. 13, 14, 11, 17 et 6 in ¼ tone, Marija Skender.
Chant nocturne op.11 (1927) for piano in ¼ tonz and violin (playing in ¼, ¹⁄6, ⅛ tone)
Transcription for piano in ¼ tone by Marija Skender.
Marija Skender, piano, Ulrike Stortz, violin.
Trauergesang (1922) for piano in ¼ tone
Marija Skender.
Affirmation du paradoxe éthique (1940-50) for ondes Martenot, 2 man voices, and 6 pianos tuned differently (1° standard – 2° 1/12 higher – 3° 1/6 higher – 4° 1/4 lower – 5° 1/6 lower – 6° 1/12 lower). First performance.
Recording date: september 2019
Publication date: november 2020
koitka@zwischenzeit.ch
Works for 2 and 4 pianos tuned a 1/4 tone apart, ondes Martenot and cello.
Ivan Wyschnegradsky:
4e Fragment symphonique op.38c for ondes Martenot and 4 pianos (1956).
Cécile Lartigau, Ondes Martenot, Hiroko Arimoto, Manon Lonchamp, Emiri Wada, Yoko Yamada, pianos, Léo Margue, conducting.
Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra op.17 for 4 pianos (1930/1936). World premiere recording.
Cyrille Guion, Martine Joste, Li Xie, Guanlan Xu, pianos, Léo Margue, conducting.
Méditation sur deux thèmes de la Journée de l’Existence op.7 for cello and piano 1/2 ton (1918/1976).
Noé Natorp, cello, Martine Joste, piano.
Alain Moëne:
De l’Ange for 2 pianos (2015). First performance.
Dominique Ciot and Martine Joste, pianos.
Alain Bancquart:
Racines for 4 pianos (2014). First performance.
Matthieu Acar, Jean-François Ballèvre, Dominique Ciot, Martine Joste, pianos, Léo Margue, conducting.
Recording date: february 2016
Publication date: december 2017
Excerpts:
La Journée de l’Existence, for large orchestra and narrator
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Mario Haniotis, narrator, Alexandre Myrat conducting.
Historic recording of the first performance in 1978, published in 2009.
Diapason d’Or, 4 stars – Le Monde de la Musique.
Excerpts:
24 Préludes Op.22b, for two pianos in quarter-tones
Sylvaine Billier and Martine Joste
Étude sur les mouvements rotatoires Op.45a, for two pianos in quarter-tones – 8 hands
Sylvaine Billier, Martine Joste, Gérard Frémy, Fuminori Tanada, pianos, Fernand Vandenbogaerde, conducting
Recording date: 2000
Publication date: 2002
Excerpts:
Transparences I Op.35 for ondes Martenot and 2 pianos
Transparences II Op.47 for ondes Martenot and 2 pianos
Composition in quarter-tones for 4 ondes Martenot
Cosmos Op.28 for 4 pianos
+ Works by Serge Provost and Bruce Mather
Recording date: 1994
Jean Laurendeau, ondes Martenot, l’Ensemble d’ondes de Montreal, Pierrette Le Page, Marc Couroux, François Couture, Paul Helmer, Bruce Mather, pianos, Bruce Mather conducting.
Excerpts:
Étude sur les mouvements rotatoires Op.45c version for chamber orchestra
Sonata for viola and piano Op.34
Dialogue op. posth. for 2 pianos in quarter-tones, 8 hands
Deux études sur les densités et les volumes Op.39 bis
Dithyrambe Op.12 for 2 pianos in quarter-tones
Deux chants sur Nietzsche Op.9 for voice and piano
Recording date: February 1991 (live) and March 1994 (studio)
S. Billier, G. Frémy, M. Joste, Y. Rault, pianos, J. Bona, bass-baritone, T. Coman, viola, Ensemble 2e2m, Paul Méfano conducting.
4 stars from Diapason and from Le Monde de la Musique.
Excerpts:
L’Évangile rouge Op.8
Deux chants sur Nietzsche Op.9
Deux chants russes Op.29
À Richard Wagner Op.26 for voice and 2 pianos in quarter-tones
+ Works by Bruce Mather
Recording date: 1999
Michel Decharme, bass-baritone, Bruce Mather and Pierrette Lepage, pianos.
Excerpts:
Prélude et Etude Op.48 for Carrillo piano in thirds of tone
+ Works by Bruce Mather, Jean-Étienne Marie, Marc Patch, Gilles Tremblay, Jacques Desjardins, Michel Gonneville, Olivier Gagnon and John Winiarz, for piano in thirds and sixteenths of tone
Recording date: 2008/2009
S. Billier, M. Joste, B. Mather, pianos.
Excerpts:
Two Preludes Op.2
Three Pieces Op.38
Etude sur le Carré magique sonore Op.40
+ Works by Ciurlionis, Obukhov, Roslavetz, Protopopov, Scriabin
Publication date: 2005
Christoph Staude, piano.
Excerpts:
Le scintillement des étoiles lointaines op.4
+ Works by Brahms, Wagner et Pfitzner
Nicole Piccolomini, mezzosopran, Christoph Staude, piano.
Chant douloureux Op.6 for violin and piano
Chant nocturne Op.11 for violin and 2 pianos in quarter-tones
+ Works by Othmar Schoeck, Allen Sapp, Willy Burkhard, Richard Strauss, Hanns Jelinek, Dieter Acker
Recording date: 1995
Martin Gelland, violin, Lennart Wallin, piano.
String Quartets Op.13, 18, 38 bis
Composition pour quatuor à cordes Op.43
String Trio Op.53
Recording date: 1988
Arditti Quartet.
Excerpts:
Composition pour quatuor à cordes Op.43 - [WAV]
L’Acte chorégraphique Op.27
Recording date: 1999
Students of the Musikhochschule Winterthur/Zurich, Dominik Blum conducting.
24 Preludes in Quarter-Tone System Op.22b (1934/70)
Etude sur le « Carré Magique Sonore » Op.40 (1957)
+ Works by Ives
Recording date: 2001
Publication date: 2006
Josef Christof, Steffen Schleiermacher, pianos.
Intégrations Op.49 (1962)
+ Works by Ives, Streiff, Jordi, Moser, Mariétan, Wehrli
Recording date: 2001
Gertrud Schneider, Thomas Bächli, pianos.
Symphony in quarter-tone system for orchestra of four pianos, Op.17 (part I) (1936)
+ Works by Breuker, Francesconi, Galas, Gould, Cuypers, Xenakis, van Manen, Scelsi, Feldman
Recording date: 1981
Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Klara Körmendi, Susan Bradshaw, John Tilbury, pianos.
Etude ultrachromatique Op.42 for Prof. Adriaan Fokker’s tricesimoprimal organ
+ Works by Schat, Badings, Zwaanenburg, Reina
Recording date: 1999
Joop Van Goozen, organ in 1/31st of an octave.
Arc-en-Ciel op.37
Arc-en ciel II op.52a for 6 pianos
+ Works by J. Dillon, Ph. Manoury, B. Ferneyhough, O. Adamek, A. Posadas, A. Cassidy, M. Stroppa, V. Globokar, S. Steen-Andersen et G.F. Haas
Publication date: 2011
4 CDs box.
Pianos Pi-Hsien Chen, Ch. Grund, F. Hoelscher, A. Okabe, S.T. Kuebler, J. Vogelsänger, pianos, Sylvain Cambreling, conducting.
Excerpts:
5 Preludes Op.22b and Prelude and Fugue Op.21 for 2 pianos in quarter-tones
Étude sur le Carré magique sonore Op.40 for piano
Prelude and Etude Op.48 for Carrillo piano in 1/3 of tones
Étude sur les Mouvements rotatoires Op.45a for 2 pianos in quarter-tones, 8 hands
Méditation sur 2 thèmes de la Journée de l’Existence Op.7 for cello and piano
Third Symphonic Fragment Op.31 for 4 pianos in quarter-tones
+ Excerpts of Robert Pfeiffer’s Interviews with the composer
Publication date: 1983
Sylvaine Billier, Martine Joste, Jean-François Heisser, Jean Koerner, pianos, Jacques Wiederker, cello, Michel Decoust conducting.
Excerpts:
Dialogue à Trois Op.51
Composition Op.46
Prelude and Fugue Op.30
+ Works by Bruce Mather et Jack Behrens
Recording date: 1985
L.-P. Pelletier, P. Helmer, F. Couture, pianos, Bruce Mather conducting.
Excerpts:
Arc-en-ciel Op.37 for 6 pianos tuned in 1/12th of tones
+ Works by Béla Bartók, Alois Hába, Arthur Lourié, Julian Carrillo, Bernhard Lang
Recording date: 1988
C. Aigner, J. Polyzoïdes, I. Poncet, E. Schadler, K-H. Schuh, R. Solymar, pianos, Georg-Friedrich Haas conducting.
Ivan Wyschnegradsky:
Quatuor à cordes n° 2 op.18
Quatuor Asasello.
+ Quatuors by Lourié, Staude and Scriabine
Publication date: december 2022
Simon Goubert jazz drummer’s improvisations on Ivan Wyschnegradsky’s works in putting them in a loop
Publication date: october 2022
Ivan Wyschnegradsky:
Méditation sur 2 thèmes de La Journée de l’Existence op.7
David Louwerse, cello, François Daudet, piano.
+ Works by Alexandre Scriabine / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Sergueï Rachmaninov
Recording date: september 2019
Publication date: february 2021