2 Comp (2023)

~ Release by Anthony Braxton (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

World première recordings: Thunder Music at Lichtenbergschule, Große Sporthalle, August 7, 2023 and Combination Music at Bessunger Knabenschule, Halle, August 15, 2023.

The CD is a companion to the book "Anthony Braxton - 50+ Years of Creative Music" (editors: Timo Hoyer | Kobe Van Cauwenberghe) Schott ISBN 978-3-7957-3400-8 / barcode 9 783795 734008 (Germany, 2025)

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC 00846

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-01 15:33 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Composition No. 445 (Thunder Music)
recording engineer:
Aaron Holloway-Nahum (sound engineer and artistic director)
mixer:
Lennard Schubert (engineer)
accordion:
Andreas Borregaard
alto saxophone:
Anthony Braxton (American saxophonist and composer) and James Fei (Taiwanese-born composer)
bassoon:
Katherine Young (composer and bassoonist)
double bass:
George Cremaschi and Carl Testa
sopranino saxophone:
James Fei (Taiwanese-born composer)
trombone:
Roland Dahinden and Reut Regev
trumpet:
William Forman (trumpeter)
vocals:
Juliet Fraser (British soprano), Nick Hallett (Brooklyn composer and vocalist), Andreas Halling (Swedish tenor vocalist; member of Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Les Pages Et Les Chantres Du Centre De Musique Baroque De Versailles), Štěpán Janoušek (Czech trombonist and singer), Anne Rhodes (experimental vocalist; researcher), Fabienne Seveillac (vocalist; performs with Anthony Braxton) and Lisa Willems (Belgian operatic soprano vocalist)
orchestra:
Thunder Ensemble
48:18
2Composition No. 446 (Combination Music)
recording engineer and mixer:
José Cárdenas (credited as editing engineer and photographer)
cello [violoncello]:
Tord Bremnes (violoncello; performs with Anthony Braxton), Jun Sian Chee (violoncello; performs with Anthony Braxton), Clara Dietze (violoncello and choir vocal), Audréanne Filion and Laurence Gaudreau (cellist and violoncello; performs with Anthony Braxton, Maison Brume)
clarinet:
Tadashi Lewis (clarinetist; performs with Anthony Braxton), Dafni Mengou (clarinetist; performs with Anthony Braxton) and Rebecca Minten (clarinetist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
double bass:
Pablo Jiménez (bassist)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Paul Steinbeck (associate professor of music at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri)
flute:
Luciana Perc (flutist; performs with Anthony Braxton), Seraina Ramseier (flutist; performs with Anthony Braxton), Marianne Sihvonen (flutist and chorister; performs with Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi, Anthony Braxton) and Maral Yerbol (flutist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
guitar:
Alec Goldfarb (Member of Laughing Coffin), Leonardo Melchionda (Italian contemporary music guitarist), Aleksey Potapov (guitarist; performs with Anthony Braxton) and Orestis Tsekouras (guitarist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
oboe:
Aleksandra Panasik (Polish classical oboist)
percussion:
Orson Abram (percussionist; performs with Anthony Braxton) and Aditya Ryan Bhat (percussionist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
piano:
Jennifer Mong (pianist; performs with Anthony Braxton) and Qi Qu (pianist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
trombone:
Kalun Leung and Vasily Ratmansky (trombonist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
trumpet:
Émilie Fortin (trumpetist and booking manager)
viola:
Aruzhan Abilseit (violist; performs with Anthony Braxton), Tan Choon Keat Christoven (violist; performs with Robert Casteels, Anthony Braxton) and Alison Eom (violist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
violin:
Ana Luisa Diaz de Cossio (violinist; performs with Anthony Braxton), Paolo Vuono (Italian violinist from Novara; member of Bell'Arte Salzburg) and Mac Waters (violinist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
vocals:
Elizabeth Gartman (vocalist; performs with Anthony Braxton) and Maria Morfeo (vocalist; performs with Anthony Braxton)
orchestra:
Darmstadt Creative Orchestra
conductor:
Anthony Braxton (American saxophonist and composer), Kobe Van Cauwenberghe (Belgian guitarist) and Katherine Young (composer and bassoonist)
31:19

Credits

Release

photography:Kristof Lemp (photographer; performs with Anthony Braxton)
liner notes:Anthony Braxton (American saxophonist and composer)
Timothy Hoyer (liner notes related and visual artist; performs with Anthony Braxton, Earth to Heaven)
Kobe Van Cauwenberghe (Belgian guitarist)
producer and recording engineer:MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion KG (artist credit of company MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion KG)
mastering:MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion KG (artist credit of company MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion KG)
Lennard Schubert (engineer)
composer:Anthony Braxton (American saxophonist and composer)
design:Rike Lamberty (graphic designer; performs with Anthony Braxton)
artwork:Anthony Braxton (American saxophonist and composer) (task: composition no. 445 / cover)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Schott Music GmbH & Co KG
recorded at:Bessunger Knabenschule in Darmstadt, Hessen (Hesse), Germany
Darmstädter Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, Hessen (Hesse), Germany
Lichtenbergschule, Große Sporthalle
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/34286008 [info]