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.
Category: CD
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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Streams
Streams (Navona Records NV 5918), 2013
Martin Schlumpf: “Mouvements” (Martin Levicky, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Vit Micka), “Waves” (Petr Nouzovsy, Marek Vajo, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky), “Streams” (Matthias Müller, David Taylor, PARMA Orchestra, John Page)
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Summer Circle
Summer Circle (Navona Records NV 5873), 2012
Martin Schlumpf: “December Rains” (Karolina Rojahn), “Clarinet Trio” (Rane Moore, Rafael Popper-Kaiser, Cory Smythe), “Summer Circle” (Krypton Quartet: Alexandra Osborne, Joel Fuller, Abigail Evans, James Lee)
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pulsar_1
pulsar_1 (ZHdK Records 15/09), 2009
Martin Schlumpf: “pulsar_1”, “Atemspuren”, “Rattaplasma 2”
(Magda Schwerzmann, flutes, Matthias Müller, clarinets, Sergej Tchirkov, accordion and Thomas Dobler, drums)
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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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Nancarrow – Schlumpf
Conlon Nancarrow – Martin Schlumpf: Die Kunst des Tempokanons
(artist.cd, ARTS 81032), 2004
Computer-sound arrangements by Martin Schlumpf of 14 canonic Player-Piano Studies by Conlon Nancarrow
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SoloLog
SoloLog by Matthias Müller (occam records), 2003
with “Rattaplasma 2” by Martin Schlumpf (Matthias Müller, clarinets)
16 Zugaben
16 Zugaben aus dem Aargau, issued by the Wetting Chamber Concerts, 2003
with part one of “Rattaplasma 2” by Martin Schlumpf (Matthias Müller, clarinets)
Klaus Merz
Klaus Merz: Wenn die Wirklichkeit selber (Arsmedia), 1999
Poetry and prose, read by the author, accompanied by Martin Schlumpf, bass clarinet.
Live-recording of the “Lenzburger Lyrik-Lesung”, 11/7/1999
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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Schweizer Schlagzeug-Ensemble
Schweizer Schlagzeug-Ensemble + Christoph Baumann (Unit records UTR 4089 CD), 1995
with “…wie die Zeit vergeht…” (“how time flies”) by Martin Schlumpf
(Christoph Baumann, piano and Swiss Percussion Quartet: Stephan Diethelm, Matthias Eser, Lorenz Haas, Andreas Zihler)
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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)
Swiss Fusion 84
Martin Schlumpf: Swiss Fusion 84 – Live (Unit records UTR 4009 LP), 1984
“Interruptus”, “Rattaplasma – der serbische Olymp – Kokoskotten”, “Ouverture”
(Kornelia Bruggmann, Omri Ziegele, Martin Schlumpf, Werner Englert, Stephan Zimmermann, Urs Koller, Martin Schütz, Christoph Baumann, Hämi Hämmerli, Timo Fleig, Marco Käppeli)
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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)
Schweizer Musik 20. Jhdt.
Schweizer Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts (HUG, HC 9111 LP), 1976
with “Streichquartett 1975”
(The Chamber Musicians Zurich: Brenton Langbein, Romana Pezzani, Ottavio Corti, Raffaele Altwegg)