Welcome to the K2M Listening Room...

Leafing through bins at the local music store is no way to find good contemporary music to play. Neither is relying on someone else's recommendation- their taste may be radically different from yours. That's where K2M comes in- listen to the excerpts on this website and you'll know just what you're getting. There are more than 150 different excerpts included here.

If you would like us to add another recording here, simply forward a copy of it to: Keys to the Millennium Website, 1 Cotton Hall Lane, Hilton Head, Sc 29928- we'll add a clip of it to this page. You can also E-mail K2M.

To listen to selections, simply click on a composer, click on the excerpt you want to hear, and wait a few seconds for the music to start streaming.  For your information we have included the record label alongside of each piece.

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Click on a composer below to hear an excerpt.

A
Adler, Samuel. Sonata for Harpsichord (Kingdom)
Adler, Samuel. Bridges to Span Diversity (Gasparo)
Akin, Cenan. Kuheylan (Pavane)
Albright, William.  Four Fancies for Harpsichord (Kingdom)
Albright, William. Danza Ostinata (Ondine)
Allanbrook, Douglas. Sonata No. 1 (Music & Arts)
Andriessen, Louis. Overture to Orpheus (SNE)
Aperghis, Georges.  Quatre petits moments brefs (ADDA)
Arho, Anneli. Minos (Finlandia)
Ayer, Nat. O! You Beautiful Doll (AFKA)

B
Bergeijk, Gilius van.  Zu Tee & Tanz (Haags Gemeentemuseum)
Bergman, Erik.  Energien (Finlandia)
Boroff, Edith.  Metaphors (Gasparo)
Brady, Timothy. Reaching Past (SNE)
Brady, Timothy. Doubling (J&W)
Brouwer, Leo. Micro Piezas (Erasmus)
Brozak, Daniel.  In A (Haags Gemeentemuseum)
Brubeck, Dave.  Blue Rondo a la Turk (Ondine)
Buck, Ole.  Gymel (RCA Victor)
Burkhard, Willy.  Sonatine (BCG)
Burkhard, Willy.  Suite en miniature Op. 71, 2 (BCG)

C
Caba, Eduardo. 6 Aires Indios (Gallo)
Cage, John.  Solo VII (Ondine)
Christiansen, Asger Lund.  Sonatina No. 1 (RCA Victor)
Coloumbe-Saint-Marcoux, Micheline. Miroirs (SNE)
Clement, Nicole. Covalences Multiples  (first movement)(Gasparo)
Cowell, Henry. Set of Four (Music & Arts)

D
Delius, Frederick. Danse pour clavecin (Pavane)
de Leeuw, Ton Mo-Do (SNE)
de Man, Roderik.  Frenzy (Haags Gemeentemuseum)
de Man, Roderik.  What's in a Name? (Haags Gemeentemuseum)
deVries, Klaas. Toccata Americana (Haags Gemeentemuseum)
Dolden, Paul. Physics of Seduction (J&W)
Donaldson, Walter. Carolina in the Morning (AFKA)

E
Efendi, Tatyos. Saz Semaisi (Pavane)
Einem, Gottfried von. Capriccio op. 36, No. 1 (Pavane)

F
Falla, Manuel de. Concerto pour clavecin et cinq instruments (ADDA)
Felder, Alfred.  Ballade pour violoncelle solo, clavecin et cordes (Gallo)
Ferneyhough, Brian.  Etudes Transcendantales (Etcetera)
Ferrari, Luc.  Conversation intime (harpsichord & percussion)(ADDA)
Ferrari, Luc. Programme Commun pour clavecin et bande (ADDA)
Fine, Vivian.  Toccatas and Arias (Gasparo)
Francaix, Jean. Extraits de l'Insectarium (Pavane)

G
Gershwin, George. I Got Rhythm (AFKA)
Ginastera, Alberto. Preludios Americanos (Gallo)
Glinsky, Albert.  Sunbow.
Goebels, Franzpeter.  Bird-Boogie (Ondine)
Goeyvaerts, Karel. Litanie 5 (Megadisc)
Goodman, Steve. City of New Orleans (AFKA)
Gorecki, Henrik-Mikolaj.  Concerto pour clavecin et cordes (ADDA)
Grudzien, Jacek. Turdus Musicus (J&W)

H
Hakim, Naji.  Rondo (Ondine)
Halffter, Cristobal. Adieu (ADDA)
Halffter, Cristobal. Tiempo para Espacios (ADDA)
Hambraeus, Bengt. Capriccio I (SNE)
Harbach, Barbara.  Spaindango- Caprice for harpsichord (Gasparo)
Harris, Tom. Jubilate Deo (Gasparo)
Harrison, Lou. Six Sonatas (Music & Arts)
Hedman, Jens & Erik Mikael Karlsson. Scar (J&W)
Henze, Hans Werner. Apollo et Hyazinthus (London)
Holmboe, Vagn.  Trio (RCA Victor)
Horovitz, Joseph.  Jazz Harpsichord concerto (ADDA)
Hovhaness, Alan.  Sextet for Recorder, String Quartet and Harpsichord (Etcetera)

I
Illanes, Emilio Gutierrez Illanes. Tunari (Gallo)

J
Jacob, Gordon.  Sonatina (RCA Victor)
Jencka, Daniel Various Harpsichord Works
Jones, Samuel.  Two Movements (Gasparo)
Joplin, Scott. The Entertainer (AFKA)
Justel, Elsa. La Ventana Deshabitada (J&W)

K
Kagel, Mauricio.  Ragtime-Waltz (Ondine)
Keene, David. Turbo Toccata (J&W)
Klausmeyer, Peter.  Pete Johnson's Ground (Gasparo)
Knittel, Krzystof. Histoire III pour clavecin et bande (ADDA)
Kouneva, Penka. Raga (Gasparo)
Kraehenbuehl, David. Toccata per Cembalo (Music & Arts)

L
Lamb, Joseph. Ethiopia Rag (AFKA)
Laredo, Teresa. Korikenty (Gallo)
Lawalree, Dominique. Harpsinotes (Pavane)
Lee, Hope.  Melboac (SNE)
Levy, Ernst. Fantasie Symphonique (Music & Arts)
Ligeti, Gyorgy. Hungarian rock (Finlandia)
Ligeti, Gyorgy. Passacaglia ungherese (Finlandia)
Ligeti, Gyorgy. Continuum (Finlandia)
Linjama, Jyrki.  Metamofooseja (Ondine)
Locklair, Dan.  Cluster's Last Stand
Locklair, Dan.  The Breakers Pound (excerpt) (Gasparo)
Locklair, Dan. Fantasy Brings the Day (Gasparo)
Locklair, Dan.  Rag (Gasparo)

M
Mache, Francois-Bernard. Korwar (Finlandia)
Malaga, Carlos Sanchez Malaga. Yanahuara (Dia de Difuntos)(Gallo)
Marco, Thomas. Torner (ADDA)
Martin, Frank. Petite Symphonie concertante (London)
Martinu, Bohuslav.  Deux pieces pour clavecin (Kingdom)
McLean, Edwin.  Sonata, excerpt (Gasparo)
McLean, Edwin.  Sonata No. 2 , excerpt (Centaur)
Meijering, Chiel.  A lady shaves her legs (harpsichord & guitar)(Erasmus)
Merilainen, Usko.  Zimbal (Finlandia)
Mieg, Peter. Le voyage a Montfort (Music & Arts)
Miereanu, Costin.  Trilogie trajectoire (ADDA)
Miereanu, Costin.  Limping Rock (ADDA)
Milhaud, Darius. Sonate pour violon et clavecin (Gallo)
Milhaud, Darius. Sailor Song (Gallo)
Milhaud, Darius. Sonata de Baptiste Anet: transcription libre (Gallo)
Milhaud, Darius. L'Apotheose de Moliere (Hyperion)
Monje, Humberto Viscarra. Cancion (Gallo)

N
Nagao, Issac.  Ancient Cities (Gasparo)
Near, Gerald.  Triptych (Gasparo)
Nyman, Michael. Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings (EMI)

P
Palmero, Armando. Poema Indio (Gallo)
Pennycock, Bruce. The Desert Speaks... (J&W)
Persichetti, Vincent.  Harpsichord Sonata No. 7 (Kingdom)
Persichetti, Vincent. From the Sonatas for Harpsichord, op. 52 (Music & Arts)
Piazzola, Astor. Adios Nonino (disques Pierre Verany)
Pinkham, Daniel.  Partita (Gasparo)
Ponjee, Ted.  The Female Modes (Haags Gemeentemuseum)
Poulenc, Francis.  Concert Champetre (EMI)
Powell, Mel. Recitative and Toccata Percossa (Music & Arts)

R
Rieti, Vittorio. Concerto (CRI)
Rieti, Vittorio. Partita (CRI)
Rieti, Vittorio. Sonata breve (Gallo)
Roncal, Simeon. Rosa (Gallo)
Rosner, Arnold. Musique de clavecin (Gasparo)
Rosner, Arnold.  Sonatine d'Amour (Gasparo)

S

Saariaho, Kaija. Jardin secret II (Finlandia)
Salinas, Humberto Iporre. El sueno de la Nusta (Gallo)
Salonen, Esa-Pekka.  YTA llb (Finlandia)
Salmenhaara, Erkki.  Etude (Ondine)
Sandi, Marvin. Ritmos Panteisticos (Gallo)
Schnittke, Alfred. Hymn No. 4 for Cello, Bassoon, Bass, Harpsichord, Bells, Harps and     Timpani (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
Sciarrino, Salvatore. De o de do (Finlandia)
Segond, Pierre.  Petite serenade (BCG)
Sierra, Roberto.  Con Salza (ADDA)
Sierra, Roberto. Concerto Nocturnal (ADDA)
Snyder, Randall.  The Book of Imaginary Beings (Coronet)
Solal, Martial.  Improvisation pour les cordes pincees no. 1 (ADDA)
Solovyev-Sedoy. Midnight in Moscow (AFKA)
Sowash, Rick.  The Unicorn (Kingdom)
Staeps, Hans Ulrich.  Intermezzo (RCA Victor)
Stevens, Halsey. From the Partita (Music & Arts)

T
Tanc, Cengiz. Deux Petites Pieces (Pavane)
Templeton, Alec.  Bach Goes to Town (Kingdom)
Tesei, Tonino.  Italian Rock (Ondine)
Tiensuu, Jukka.  Fantango (Erasmus)
Tiensuu, Jukka.  M (with chamber orchestra) (Finlandia)
Tiensuu, Jukka.  Veto (Ondine)
Thompson, Randall.  Four Inventions (Gasparo)
Thomson, Virgil. Four Portraits (Kingdom)

U
Un, Ekrem Zeki. Kasiklt Oyun Havasi (Danse folklorique) (Pavane)
Usmanbas, Ilhan. Trois Pieces Serielles (Pavane)

V
Valmond, Jacques. Concerto pour violon, cordes et clavecin (Gallo)

W
Westerheide, Reinhold.  Balance (Erasmus)

X
Xenakis, Iannis.  Naama (Erato)
Xenakis, Iannis.  Komboi (Erato)
Xenakis, Iannis.  A L'ile de Goree (harpsichord & orchestra) (Erato)

Y
Yates, Stephen. (excerpt) Suite (Gasparo)