182:"World Premiere Recordings": Lisa Reim, "Tiger’s cry"; Luca Vanneschi, "Maqam"; Pierre Couprie, "Ainsi, toujours, vers l’azur"; Tony K.T. Leung, "Seven trumpets of the Seven Angels", Lars Graugaard, "Fractured Waves"; Jean-Luc Darbellay, "Lux"; Andreas Pflüger, "Contrasts"; Serban Nichifor, "La Nuit Obscure". Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 401.
188:"International Composition Prize 2003, World Premiere Recordings": Francisco Lara, "Dust"; Patrick Harrex, "Hauptweg und Nebenwege"; Cristian Marina, "Density - Intensity"; Paul Robinson, "Chamber Concerto"; Kyung-Jin Han, "Dancing on a Bamboo"; Marco Carnevalini, "Riflessioni sul giallo e sul blu". Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 403.
185:"International Composition Prize 2002, World Premiere Recordings": Carsten Hennig, "Ausflug nach Sing-Sing"; Stéphane Altier, "Treize Fragments de la Danse"; Nicholas Sackman, "Ballo"; Thoma Simaku, "Luxonorité"; Ittetsu Shimizu, "Suspiria de Profundis"; Carlos Satué, "Mizar-Alcor". Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 402.
48:. The Sinfonietta not only gives first time performances of contemporary works but also plays classics from the past century as well as its own orchestrations of existing works. As its repertoire covers all the most significant contemporary composers, the orchestra has been invited to a number of international festivals and has played in
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194:"International Composition Prize 2005, World Premiere Recordings": Maiko Nakao, "naminoyo"; Cristina Pascual, "Magnetism"; Ezequiel Menalled, "and everything was death"; Frank Zabel, "Chant de la Lave"; Lorenc Xhuvani, "di tenue vivo chiarore". Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 405.
201:, "Angst II"; Barnaby Hollington, "Mechanical Avunculogratulation"; Alexander Shchetynsky, "Chamber Concerto"; Maki Nakajima, "passing rain"; Iain Matheson, "Equal Parts". Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Soloists: ZĂ©non Bialas, Annie Kraus, Pascal Meyer, Xenia Pestova. Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 406.
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Composition Prize Luxembourg 2008, World Premiere Recordings, New Works for Solo-Sheng and Orchestra": Huang Ruo, "MO"; Lan-chee Lam, "Threnody for the Earth"; Kee Yong Chong, "Phoenix calling"; Xiaozhong Yang, "Horsetail Whisk II", Lok-yin Tang, "It is What it is!"; Stephen Yip, "Six
204:"International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2007, World Premiere Recordings": Nicholas Casswell, "Triplicity"; Robert Lemay, "Mare Tranquilitatis III"; Akihiro Kano, "The Fifth Station"; Gordon Hamilton, "Sinfonietta Concertante". Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 407.
191:"International Composition Prize 2004, World Premiere Recordings": Chañaral Ortega-Miranda, "Q'inti"; Lin Wang, "Lin Lang"; Satoru Ikeda, "Fireworks"; Matteo Franceschini, "Là bara"; Jonathan Eato, "Bling Bling Balaam". Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 404.
211:"International Composition Prize, Luxembourg 2009": Pui-shan Cheung, "Chi’en III"; Miguel Farias, "Acier"; Takahiro Sakuma, "Against the Current", Zhenzhen Zhang, "Xiang"; Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor: Marcel Wengler. CD LGNM No 104.
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