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The chronologically ordered discography below covers the most important CDs and LPs with works by the composer Martin Schlumpf or his improvisations on saxophone and bassclarinet.
The composer will gladly provide information on other recordings of his music.

The Five Points

The Five Points (NEOS 11519), 2015
Martin Schlumpf: “Spiegelbilder (Mirror Images)” (Michel Rouilly, Thomas Grossenbacher, Petya Mihneva), “Push and Pull” (Sergej Tchirkov), “The Five Points” (Matthias Müller, Galatea Quartet: Yuka Tsuboi, Sarah Kilchenmann, David Schneebeli, Julien Kilchenmann), “Puzzle” (Matthias Müller), “Pandora’s Promise” (Harry White Trio: Harry White, Pi-Chin Chien, Edward Rushton)
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Brahms – Schlumpf – Müller

Brahms – Schlumpf – Müller (NEOS 21305), 2013

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115; Martin Schlumpf: “The Five Points” for clarinet and string quartet; Matthias Müller: “In 23 Teilen” for string quartet (Matthias Müller; clarinet, Galatea Quartet: Yuka Tsuboi, Sarah Kilchenmann, Hugo Bollschweiler, Julien Kilchenmann)
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Timegrid_01

Timegrid_01, (tgmusic 47.101), «Zweizeit», 2008
“A Festive Line”, “Weiten”, Timegrid_1″, “Java”, “Blouse 24/3 Retro”, “Kleingetier – Go Ahead”, “We insist”, “Tomorrow Is The Question”, “Paintings”, “Li Bai’s Mood”, “One Two Three Four Five”, “Umdumm III”
(«Zweizeit»: Adrian Frey, piano and Martin Schlumpf, bass- / contrabassclarinet)
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Vier Jahreszeiten

Martin Schlumpf: Vier Jahreszeiten (Musikszene Schweiz CD 6129), 1996
“Winterkreis”, “Frühling”, “Sommerbogen”, “…aufflattern mit dunklen Gesichtern die Fledermäuse…” (Georg Trakl) by Martin Schlumpf
(Aargau Saxophone Quartet: Martin Schlumpf, Georges Müller, Mathias Baumann, Beat Blaser;
Swiss Percussion Quartet: Stephan Diethelm, Matthias Eser, Lorenz Haas, Andreas Zihler;
EOS Guitar Quartet: Marcel Ege, Martin Pirktl, David Sautter, Michael Winkler;
Lina Maria Åkerlund, Martina Bovet, Sylvia Nopper, Barbara Sutter)
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Cumuli

Cumuli (Unit records UTR 4049 CD), Martin Schlumpf’s Bermuda Viereck, 1992
“Ali Baba im Wunderland”, “Immerzu”, “Hard 11”, “3 für 2”, “Müll unser” (G. Grass), “Cumuli”, “Herr Nachbar, pathetisch”, “Schlonk”, “als ich 15 war” (K. Bayer), “Bluse für M.”
(Susi Petersen, voice, Martin Schlumpf, bassclarinet / sopranosax, Christoph Baumann, piano, Stephan Diethelm, drums / marimba)
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Winterkreis

Winterkreis (SOT 47-12 CD), Aargau Saxophone Quartett, 1992
with “Winterkreis” by Martin Schlumpf and miscellaneous arrangements
(Aargau Saxophone Quartett: Martin Schlumpf, sopranosax, Georges Müller, altosax, Uli Angstmann, tenorsax and Beat Blaser, baritonesax)

Bermuda Viereck

Martin Schlumpf’s Bermuda Viereck (Unit records UTR 4038 CD), 1990
“Clair de prune”, “Quick Zappa inglese”, “Round about”, “The harder the better”, “S’hätt nöd sölle si”, “Simple Melody”
(Urs Blöchlinger, saxophones / flute, Martin Schlumpf, bassclarinet / sopranosax, Matthias Kielholz, guitar, Jan Schlegel, e-bass, Dieter Ulrich, drums)
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Notspielplatz Zürich

Notspielplatz Zürich (Ex Libris, EL 12516 LP), 1986
with “Five O’Clock Jump
Beat Blaser – bs, Urs Blöchlinger – as/bss, Peter Böhringer – tp, Lindsay L. Cooper – b, Andreas Friedli – fl, Kurt Grämiger – as, Hugo Helfenstein – tb, Thomas Hirt – b, Mario Huter – vl, Peter Schärli – tp, Uli Scherer – p, Martin Schlumpf – ss/bcl, Dieter Ulrich – dr

Noblesse galvanisée

“Noblesse galvanisée (Plainisphare PL 1267-20/21 2LP), Martin Schlumpf’s Bermuda Viereck, 1985
“Freischütz”, “Ein gelber Spazierstock rutscht mir quer durchs Haupt (Pathethology)”, “Noblesse galvanisée”, “Hardau-Suite (59/2 Süd)”, “Die Ballade vom Elephanten und dem Moskito (in memoriam Timo Fleig)”, “Umdumm”, “29/16: Die Wolkenpumpe”, “Bimmelresonanz II”, “Die Ballade vom Mammut und der Gazelle”
(Urs Blöchlinger, saxophones / flute, Martin Schlumpf, bassclarinet / manzello / sopraninosax, Christoph Baumann, piano, Gabriel Schiltknecht, drums)

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Merlin Vibrations

Merlin Vibrations (Plainisphare PL 1267-10 LP), Hot Channels: John Tchicai Orchestra, 1983
with “Ballad” by Martin Schlumpf
(Daniel Covini, Markus Imboden, Ernst Bucher, Martin Schlumpf, John Tchicai, Thomas Schaffroth, Beat Lehmann, Timo Fleig)