Scelsi: Discography

The following list includes all CDs of music by Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988) of which I am aware.

Dedicated Recordings

  1. Accord 200 402
    Scelsi: Aion / Pfhat / Konx-Om-Pax
    Orchestre et Choeur de la Radio-Télévision Polonaise de Cracovie - Jürg Wyttenbach

  2. Accord 200 612
    Scelsi: Quattro Pezzi / Anahit / Uaxuctum
    Orchestre et choeur de la Radio-Télévision de Cracovie - Jürg Wyttenbach

  3. Accord 200 622
    Scelsi: Elegia per Ty / Divertimento
    Zimansky / Schiller / Demenga

  4. Accord 200 742
    Scelsi: Quattro Illustrazioni / Xnoybis
    Fournier / Fournier / Simpson

  5. Accord 200 802
    Scelsi: Suite Nos. 8 & 9
    Werner Bärtschi

  6. Accord 201 112
    Scelsi: Hurqualia / Hymnos / Chukrum
    Orchestre de la Radio-Télévision de Cracovie - Jürg Wyttenbach

    Accord 201 692 (3 CDs)
    Scelsi: Oeuvre intégrale pour choeur et orchestre symphonique
    Orchestre et choeur de la Radio-Télévision de Cracovie - Jürg Wyttenbach

  7. Accord 206 812
    Scelsi: Intégrale des oeuvres chorales
    New London Chamber Choir, Percussive Rotterdam - James Wood

  8. Adda 581 189
    Scelsi
    Ensemble 2e2m - Paul Méfano

  9. Ananda 3 [LP]
    Scelsi: Hô / Pranam / Khoom
    Hirayama / Tosatti

  10. Ananda 5 [LP]
    Scelsi: Canti del Capricorno (1, 3, 8, 17, 20) / Sauh I / Taiagarù / Sauh II
    Michiko Hirayama

  11. Attacca Babel 9479
    Scelsi: Winds & Percussion
    Attaca Percussion Ensemble et al.

  12. Col Legno 20035
    Scelsi: Complete Works for flute & clarinet
    Ebony Duo

  13. Col Legno 20068
    Scelsi: Suite pour piano No. 8
    Markus Hinterhäuser

  14. Col Legno 31889
    Scelsi: Suites pour piano Nos. 9 & 10
    Markus Hinterhäuser

  15. CPO 999 266
    Scelsi: The Complete Works for Clarinet
    David Smeyers et al.

  16. CPO 999 340
    Scelsi: Chamber Works for Flute and Piano
    Carin Levine et al.

  17. ECM New Series 1963
    Scelsi: Natura Renovatur
    Frances-Marie Uitti / Münchener Kammerorchester - Christoph Poppen

  18. Edipan / La Musica - 1988 No. 17
    Scelsi: Piano Music
    Giuseppe Scotese

  19. Editioni RZ 1014
    Scelsi: Ensemble Music

  20. Fore 80 No. 6 [LP]
    Scelsi: Trilogia / Ko-Tha
    Frances-Marie Uitti

  21. Fore 80 No. 13/14 [LPx2]
    Scelsi: Quartetti
    Arditti String Quartet

  22. Forlane 16800
    Scelsi: Intégrale de la musique de chambre pour orchestre à cordes
    Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie - Jean-Paul Dessy

  23. FY 103 [LP]
    Quattro Pezzi per Orchestra, Kya, Okanagon, Pranam (II)
    Partially reissued as FY 119
    Brion, J.-C. / Ensemble 2e2m - Luca Pfaff
    Recorded: 1981

  24. Hat Art 6006
    Scelsi: Piano Suites Nos. 9 & 10
    Marianne Schroeder

  25. Hat Art 6092
    Scelsi: Piano Suite No. 8
    Marianne Schroeder

  26. Hat Art 6124
    Scelsi: Okanagon
    Joëlle Léandre et al.

  27. Hat Art "Now" 117
    Scelsi: Kya
    Marcus Weiss / Ensemble Contrechamps - Jürg Wyttenbach

  28. INA Mémoire Vive 262009
    Scelsi: Music for small ensembles
    Michiko Hirayama, Aldo Brizzi, et al.

  29. Kairos 1203
    Scelsi: Yamaon, Anahit, I Presagi, Tre Pezzi, Okanagon
    Klangforum Wien - Hans Zender

  30. Kairos 1216
    Scelsi: 4. Streichquartett, Elohim, Duo, Anâgâmin, Maknongan, Natura Renovatur
    Klangforum Wien - Hans Zender

  31. Kairos 1231
    Scelsi: Action Music, Suite No. 8
    Bernhard Wambach

  32. Mode 92
    Scelsi: The Piano Works, 1
    Sonatas Nos. 2 & 4 / Suite No. 9 "Ttai"
    Louise Bessette

  33. Mode 95
    Scelsi: The Orchestral Works, 1
    Hymnos / Hurqualia / Konx-Om-Pax / Canti del Capricorno
    Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic & Choir - Juan Pablo Izquierdo

  34. Mode 102
    Scelsi: Music for High Winds
    Scelsi Edition - 3
    Carol Robinson / Cathy Milliken / Clara Novakova

  35. Mode 143
    Scelsi: The Piano Works, 2 / Scelsi Edition - 4
    Suite No. 2 "The Minor Prophets" / Action Music
    Stephen Clarke

  36. Mode 159
    Scelsi: The Piano Works, 3 / Scelsi Edition - 5
    Aitsi / Cinque Incantesimi / Quattro Illustrazioni / Sonate No. 3 / Suite No. 10 "Ka" / Un Adieu
    Aki Takahashi

  37. Mode 176 [DVD]
    Scelsi: The Orchestral Works, 2 / Scelsi Edition - 6
    Quattro Pezzi / Uaxuctum / La nascita del Verbo
    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

  38. Neos 10722
    Musica Viva - 17
    Scelsi: Chukrum / Quattro Pezzi / Natura Renovatur / Hymnos
    Elisabeth Zawadke / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Peter Rundel & Hans Zender

  39. New Albion 129
    Incantations
    The Art of Song of Giacinto Scelsi
    Marianne Schuppe

  40. Salabert 8904-5 (2 CDs)
    Scelsi: Les cinq Quatours à Cordes
    Arditti Quartet et al.

  41. Solstice FY 119
    Giacinto Scelsi
    David Simpson et al.

  42. Sonopolis ????
    Scelsi: Instrumental Music
    Ensemble Siddharta - Nicola Costernino

  43. Stradivarius 33801
    Scelsi Collection, vol. 1
    Various performers

  44. Stradivarius 33802
    Scelsi Collection, vol. 2
    Various performers

  45. Sub Rosa 51
    Scelsi: Tre canti popolari
    Helix Ensemble et al.

  46. Sub Rosa 63
    Scelsi: Piano Sonata No. 4 & Suite No. 11
    Johan Bossers

  47. Thorofon 2480
    Scelsi: Trilogia
    Jessica Kuhn

  48. Wergo 60127-50
    Scelsi: Canti del Capricorno
    Michiko Hirayama et al.

  49. Wergo 6672
    Scelsi: Suono rotondo
    Michael Kiedaisch / Stefano Scodanibbio / Michael Svoboda

Collections

Originally I did not list recordings which were not entirely devoted to Scelsi, so this section began only later. Due especially to the assistance of Frédérik Brandi, it is now rather substantial.

  1. Adda 581043
    C'est bien la nuit, Le reveil profond, Maknongan
    w/ Works by Jolas, Cage, Durckman, Léandre, Bussotti, Kanach
    Joëlle Léandre
    Recorded: 1987

  2. Adda 581047
    (or Musidisc 243652)
    Tre Pezzi per saxophone
    w/ Works by Berio, Stroe, Mache, Stockhausen, Cavanna, Viaggone
    Kientzy, D.
    Recorded: 1988

  3. Adda 581075
    (or Musidisc 243512)
    Ko-Lho
    w/ Works by Durville, Manoury, Höller, Hurel, Singier, Rosse, Reich, Huber
    Valade, P-A. / Lerner R.
    Recorded: 1988

  4. Adda 581087
    (or Musidisc 243672)
    Tre Pezzi per trombone
    w/ Works by Anderson, Berio, Xenakis, Denisov, Dusapin, Leibovitz, Dutilleux
    Benny Sluchin
    Recorded: 1989

  5. Adda 581157
    (or Musidisc 244192)
    Ko-Tha
    w/ Works by Miereanu, Corregia
    Antidogma Musica Ensemble (Torino)
    Recorded: 1988

  6. Adda 581240
    (or Musidisc 243582)
    In Nomine Lucis
    w/ Works by Ligeti, Vivier, Lenot, Pärt, Cavanna
    Bousseau, P.
    Recorded: 1990

  7. Adda 590013
    (or Adda 812698)
    Natura Renovatur
    w/ Works by Sbordoni, Pascal, Savouret, Rose
    Ensemble Alternance - Luca Pfaff
    Recorded: 1984

  8. Agorá Musica 275
    Hyxos
    w/ Works by Sani, Vaira, Sotelo, Lombardi, Cage, Donatoni
    Fabbriciani / Damerini / Faralli
    Issued: March 2001

  9. Albedo 003
    Hô
    w/ Works by Wallin, Kruse, Schaathun
    Wallin, R.

  10. Ambitus 96823
    Coelacanth
    w/ Works by Norgard, Dinescu, Frounberg
    Slaatto, A.
    Recorded: 1996

  11. Andrew Will Recordings
    Quattro Pezzi for French Horn
    "Gone"
    David Kappy

  12. Antidogma AM-I 861-862 [LPx2]
    Okanagon, Rotative
    w/ (unknown)
    Ensemble Antidogma - Daniel Tosi
    Issued: 1986

  13. Antidogma AM-I 871-872 [LPx2]
    I presagi
    w/ (unknown)
    Ensemble Antidogma - Will Hamburg
    Issued: 1987

  14. Attacca Babel 9477
    Maknongan w/ Works by Andriessen, Brown, Cage, Del Monaco, Fulkerson
    Fulkerson, J.
    Recorded: 1992-1993

  15. Bianchi-Neri ??
    Aïtsi / Quattro Illustrazioni
    w/ Works by Evangelisti, Nono, Ritter, Calame
    Gerber, I.
    Recorded: 1996

  16. Bis 640
    Maknongan / Ixor / Tre pezzi per saxophone
    w/ Works by Stockhausen, Berio, Jolas, Takemitsu
    Claude Delangle
    Issued: July 1994

  17. Bis 1090
    Tre Canti Sacri / Tkrdg
    w/ Works by Hosokawa, Schoenberg, Leibowitz, Webern, Schwehr, Xenakis, Ligeti
    Schola Heidelberg - Nussbaum
    Issued: September 2001

  18. BV Haast 9501
    (or Musick 02)
    Le fleuve magique
    w/ Works by Breuker, Wyschnegradsky, Cuypers, Galas, Gould, Feldmann, Francesconi, Van Maren, Xenakis

  19. Cadenza 800876
    Quattro pezzi per tromba solo
    w/ Works by Ketting, Friedmann, Askin, Erickson, Kühnl, Heyduck, Takemitsu, Sampson
    Mandler, L.

  20. Capriccio 10482
    Quattro pezzi for trumpet
    Nobody Knows De Trouble I See
    w/ Works by Zimmermann, Berio, Rihm, Killmayer
    Reinhold Friedrich
    Issued: October 1993

  21. Capriccio 10839
    Riti (version for Alexander)
    w/ Works by Weill, Strauss, Kagel, Gruber, Rihm, Beethoven, Wagner, Chabrier, Prokofiev, Holzmann, Joplin
    HR Brass
    Recorded: 1993

  22. Capstone 8628
    Maknongan
    w/ Works by Ghezzo, Berio, Macchi, Giraud, Kessner, Cage, Mazurek
    Canonici, C.
    Recorded: 1995

  23. Cavalli MP 1001
    Pwyll
    w/ Works by Hallfter, Yun, Benjamin, Denisov, Jirasek, Pousseur, Petrassi
    Nolte, I.
    Recorded: 1990

  24. Classico 259
    Sonata No. 3
    w/ Works by Berio, Dallapiccola, Busotti, Evangelisti
    Elisabeth Klein
    Issued: March 2001

  25. Col Legno 20030 (2 CDs)
    Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart
    Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart - Manfred Schreier

  26. Col Legno 20076
    Rotativa (piano transcription)
    w/ Works by Casavola, Savinio, Mix, Casella, Mortari, Giuntini, Chesimo, Napoletano, Malipiero, Birot, Stravinsky
    Lombardi, D.
    Recorded: 1994-97

  27. Col Legno 31893 [4 CDs]
    Ko-Tha (version for double bass) / Un adieu
    Fernando Grillo / Marianne Schroeder
    Recorded: 1996

  28. CP2 108
    (also CP2 6 [LP] ; 1976)
    Anahit
    w/ Works by Xenakis, Wolpe, Cage, Brant, Glass
    Paul Zukofsky et al.
    Issued: September 1995

  29. CPO 999485
    Quattro Pezzi / Pranam
    w/ Works by Zender
    Hans Zender Edition, v.13
    Issued: October 1997

  30. Curci SPL915
    Hô 2, 5
    w/ (unknown)
    Michiko Hirayama, Michele Iannaccono
    Issued: 1974

  31. Cyprès 4601
    Anahit
    w/ Works by Pousseur, Foccroulle, Fourgon, d'Haene, Denisov
    Liège New Music Ensemble
    Issued: December 1996

  32. Dacapo 12
    Tre pezzi per trombone
    w/ Works by Bark, Berio, Feldman, Hölszhy, Svoboda, Xenakis, Zonn
    Svoboda, M.
    Recorded: 1998-2000

  33. DMCD 9901
    Quays
    w/ (unknown)
    Flutedance
    Stefano Cogolo
    Issued: 1999 ?

  34. Durian 097/098 [2 CDs]
    I Presagi
    w/ Works by Zender, Schurig, Lindenbaum, Molinari, Gross, Lachenman, Schönberg, Furrer, Kubo
    Klangforum Wien
    Recorded: 1995

  35. ECM 1377
    Quattro Illustrazioni
    w/ Works by Mozart, Pärt, Bärtschi, Busoni
    Werner Bärtschi
    Issued: June 1994

  36. ECM 1599
    Preghiera per un' ombra
    w/ Works by Lachenman, Boulez, Yun, Stockhausen, Stravinsky
    Brunner, E.
    Recorded: 1995

  37. FM Records 95 C 0602
    Aisti
    Imaginary Landscapes
    w/ Works by Ives, Xenakis, Cage
    Leon Michener
    Issued: 2003

  38. Fonè 9203
    In Nomine Lucis
    w/ Works by Schoenberg, Messiaen, Hindemith
    Livia Mazzanti
    Issued: 1993, 1995

  39. Hat Hut Art 6148
    Ckckc I & II / Grand Sanctuaire I & II / 3 Latin Prayers
    w/ Works from Byzantium
    VoxNova
    Issued: December 1994

  40. Hendrik Niehoff 890524
    Suite No. 10 (played on organ, 2 movements only)
    w/ Works by Schoenberg, Britten, Cage, Hacken, Kagel, Kodaly, Milhaud, Satie, Stravinsky
    Hacken, H.T.
    Recorded: 1989

  41. Innova Records 564
    Tre Pezzi per saxophone
    Ponder Nothing
    w/ Works by Reich, Engebretson, Johnston, Wagner, Wagendristel
    Susan Fancher
    Issued: 2002

  42. Koch International 3-1339
    In Nomine Lucis
    w/ Works by Rihm, Ruzicka, Feldman, Hespos
    Friedemann Herz
    Issued: 1993

  43. Mainstream 5009 [LP]
    String Quartet No. 4
    w/ Works by Boulez, Brown
    Quartetto Nuova Musica (Roma)
    Recorded: c.1970

  44. Metier 92018
    Kya
    Plot in Fiction
    w/ Works by Correggia, Francesconi, Gentile, Maggi
    Firebird Ensemble
    Issued: 2002

  45. Mode 31
    Quattro Illustrazioni
    w/ Works by Pärt, Cage, Kagel, Berio et al.
    Haydée Schvartz
    Issued: 1993

  46. Montaigne 782042
    String Quartet No. 4
    w/ Works by Donatoni, Melchiorre, Castiglioni, Sciarrino, Stroppa, Scodanibbio, Berio, Bussotti, Maderna
    Arditti Quartet
    Recorded: 1993

  47. Music Worx PHM 940926 B
    Manto I
    w/ Works by Sciarrino, Donatoni, Morricone, Platz, Hosokawa, Francesconi, Feldman, Silvestrini, Brizzi
    Barbetti, M.
    Recorded: 1995

  48. New Albion 074
    In Nomine Lucis
    w/ Works by Pärt, Cage
    Christoph Maria Moosmann
    Issued: June 1995

  49. Neuma 45071
    Tre pezzi for trombone
    w/ Works by Xenakis, Risset, Korde, Rubin, Lippe
    Benny Sluchin et al.
    Issued: 1988

  50. Neuma 45072
    (or Ad 8772 302)
    Cinque Incantesimi
    w/ Works by Berio, Reynolds, Barney, Ferneyhough, Cogan
    Kathleen Supove
    Issued: 1990

  51. Norway Music 015
    Quattro Illustrazioni, Suite No. 10
    w/ Works by Berio, Nono
    Kenneth Karlsson
    Issued: November 2000

  52. ORF CD 100
    (? or OS 2001510)
    Tre canti sacri
    w/ Works by Schmitt, Villa-Lobos, Dallapiccola, Ligeti, Pizzetti
    Wiener Konzertchor
    Recorded: 1995-1996

  53. ORF MP 89 ORF 7
    Hymnos
    ORF-Symphonieorchester - Hans Zender
    Recorded: 1989

  54. Poly Art Records 5303 [LP]
    Tre pezzi per saxophone
    w/ Works by Berio, Rosse, Mefano, Jolas
    Kientzi, D.
    Recorded: 1984

  55. Rec Rec 04 [LP]
    Aïtsi
    w/ Works by Cage, Kessler, Stockhausen, Cowell, Bärtshi, Ingham
    Werner Bärtschi
    Recorded: 1984

  56. SFZ Records 2001
    Pwyll
    w/ Works by Debussy, Varese, Jolivet, Bäck, Berio, Rosenberg, Ferneyhough, Takemitsu, Tiensuu, Morthenson, Grimsland, Nilsson, Welin, Eliason, Karkoff, Maros, Möller, Deak
    Möller, M.
    Recorded: 2000

  57. Signum Sig x61-00
    Ko-Tha
    w/ Works by Stahmer, Yun, Glanert, Müller-Hornbach, Meijering, Riehm
    Ensemble Nunc (Austria)

  58. Simax 1136
    C'est bien la nuit
    w/ Works by Bibalo, Berio, Huber, Feidje
    Björn Lanke
    Issued: May 1998

  59. Simax 1252
    Maknongan
    w/ Works by Piazzolla, Xenakis, etc.
    Dan Styffe et al.
    Issued: 2004

  60. SNE 571
    Canti del Capricorno
    w/ Works by Asperghis
    Pauline Vaillancourt
    Recorded: 1990

  61. Taraga 001
    Ho
    w/ Philomela
    Keiko Hatanaka
    Recorded: 1995

  62. Taraga 002
    Taiagaru
    w/ Works by Hosokawa, Ichiyanagi, Cage, Dun, Berio
    Keiko Hatanaka
    Recorded: 1998

  63. Thorofon 2015
    I Presagi
    w/ Works by Huber
    Ensemble Köln - Robert Platz
    Recorded: 1986

  64. Timpani 1C1032
    Hyxos
    w/ Works by Di Tucci, Féron, Korelis, Lersy, Naviner, Rosse, Taira
    Henri Tournier / Michel Gastaud
    Recorded: 1995

  65. VRD 053521
    Tre Pezzi per saxophone
    Claude Delangle

  66. Warner Classics 11292 12
    Sound in Spirit
    Chanticleer - Joseph Jennings

For some recordings in this section, the remainder of the program, the date, or even the interpreters remains unknown. For items with links, please consult the individual file for additional information.

If you know of other recordings to list, or more & better details for those listed, please do contact me. Thanks also to Irène Assayag and Peter Söderberg for their assistance. The discography of the Scelsi Foundation was also consulted more recently, as well as that by Fabio Carboni for a few items.

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Todd M. McComb