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Austrian contemporary classical is a modern strand of art music rooted in Austria’s postwar avant‑garde and Vienna’s long classical legacy, blending rigorous craft with bold experimentation. It often moves fluidly between concert hall tradition and exploratory sound worlds: microtonal harmony and spectral color, dense rhythmic drive, extended instrumental techniques, and an ear for unusual timbres—from chamber intimacy to vivid orchestral masses. The genre favors sharp contrasts (lyric fragility against abrasive energy), precise formal thinking, and a distinctly Central European sense of tension and clarity, while readily absorbing electronics, improvisatory textures, and theatrical elements.

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Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, V. Elpis: Hoffnung album image
Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, V. Elpis: Hoffnung
Bernd Richard Deutsch•
The Cleveland Orchestra•
Franz Welser-Möst•
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
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H.K. Gruber
Lukas Lauermann
Christoph Breidler
Olga Neuwirth
Klaus Lang
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  1. October 16, 2026
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, V. Elpis: Hoffnung album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, V. Elpis: Hoffnung
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    The Cleveland Orchestra•
    Franz Welser-Möst•
    The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
    1 tracks
  2. October 2
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, II. Tyche: Das Zufällige album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, II. Tyche: Das Zufällige
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    The Cleveland Orchestra•
    Franz Welser-Möst•
    The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
    1 tracks
  3. March 27
    Dancing on a Volcano (Musik zwischen 1920 und 1933) album image
    Dancing on a Volcano (Musik zwischen 1920 und 1933)
    Ensemble Modern•
    H.K. Gruber•
    Wallis Giunta•
    Amarcord
    19 tracks
  4. March 27
    Lukas Ligeti: Notebook album image
    Lukas Ligeti: Notebook
    Lukas Ligeti
    4 tracks
  5. March 26
    Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music album image
    Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music
    Louise Farrenc•
    Agathe Backer Grøndahl•
    Amy Beach•
    Augusta Holmès•
    Augusta Read Thomas•
    Barbara Strozzi•
    Comtessa de Dia•
    Yi Chen•
    Clara Schumann•
    Cécile Chaminade•
    Ethel Smyth•
    Fanny Mendelssohn•
    Florence Beatrice Price•
    Francesca Caccini•
    Gabriella Smith•
    Galina Ustvolskaya•
    Germaine Tailleferre•
    Grażyna Bacewicz•
    Hildegard von Bingen•
    Isabella Leonarda•
    Julia Wolfe•
    Kaija Saariaho•
    Lili Boulanger•
    Margaret Bonds•
    Maria Theresia von Paradis•
    María Grever•
    Mel Bonis•
    Meredith Monk•
    Nadia Boulanger•
    Naomi Shemer•
    Olga Neuwirth
    77 tracks
  6. February 6
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air album image
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air
    H.K. Gruber•
    Frank Dupree•
    ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
    12 tracks
  7. February 6
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air album image
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air
    H.K. Gruber•
    Frank Dupree•
    ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
    12 tracks
  8. January 30
    Bernhard Lang: Hermetika IX album image
    Bernhard Lang: Hermetika IX
    Bernhard Lang•
    Els Mondelaers•
    Nadar Ensemble•
    Pieter Matthynssens
    5 tracks
  9. January 16
    Friedrich Cerha: Complete Works for Organ album image
    Friedrich Cerha: Complete Works for Organ
    Friedrich Cerha•
    Wolfgang Kogert
    25 tracks
  10. December 5, 2025
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins album image
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber
    16 tracks
  11. November 21
    Haas: Violin Concerto No. 2 & de terrae fine album image
    Haas: Violin Concerto No. 2 & de terrae fine
    Georg Friedrich Haas•
    Miranda Cuckson
    10 tracks
  12. November 21
    Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12: IIb. Cadenza. Moderato album image
    Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12: IIb. Cadenza. Moderato
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber
    1 tracks
  13. November 14
    SEMA album image
    SEMA
    Jacob Mühlrad•
    Olga Neuwirth•
    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    3 tracks
  14. November 7
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 1, Sloth album image
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 1, Sloth
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber
    1 tracks
  15. November 7
    Bernhard Lang: Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin" - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo album image
    Bernhard Lang: Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin" - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo
    Bernhard Lang•
    Daan Vandewalle
    12 tracks
  16. October 31
    Alarm of the Soul album image
    Alarm of the Soul
    Jacob Mühlrad•
    Olga Neuwirth
    1 tracks
  17. October 24
    Varve album image
    Varve
    Lukas Lauermann
    10 tracks
  18. October 24
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 2, Pride album image
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 2, Pride
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber•
    Wallis Giunta
    1 tracks
  19. October 17
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde X – Spectral Spectres album image
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde X – Spectral Spectres
    Bernhard Lang•
    Daan Vandewalle
    1 tracks
  20. October 10
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live) album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live)
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    Wolfgang Kogert•
    ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien•
    Stefan Asbury•
    ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
    4 tracks
  21. October 10
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live) album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live)
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    Wolfgang Kogert•
    ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
    Stefan Asbury
    4 tracks
  22. September 26
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde V album image
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde V
    Bernhard Lang•
    Daan Vandewalle
    1 tracks
  23. September 19
    Paramyth 1-3 album image
    Paramyth 1-3
    Clemens Gadenstatter•
    Arditti Quartet
    12 tracks
  24. August 22
    Wind Quintet No. 1 "Raunacht" (Live at Munich, Germany, 8/9/2024) album image
    Wind Quintet No. 1 "Raunacht" (Live at Munich, Germany, 8/9/2024)
    Johanna Doderer
    1 tracks
  25. January 28
    Klaus Lang: tönendes licht. album image
    Klaus Lang: tönendes licht.
    Klaus Lang•
    Wolfgang Kogert•
    Wiener Symphoniker•
    Peter Rundel
    1 tracks
  26. January 10
    GAME 10-4-1 Diminuendo album image
    GAME 10-4-1 Diminuendo
    Bernhard Lang•
    Maximilian Ehrhardt
    1 tracks
  27. December 27, 2024
    Haas: ...Über den atem, die stille und die zerbrechlichkeit... album image
    Haas: ...Über den atem, die stille und die zerbrechlichkeit...
    Georg Friedrich Haas•
    Enno Poppe•
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    1 tracks
  28. November 29
    Johannes Maria Staud: Chamber Music album image
    Johannes Maria Staud: Chamber Music
    Johannes Maria Staud•
    Various Artists
    6 tracks
  29. November 8
    Deutsch: Phantasma album image
    Deutsch: Phantasma
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra•
    Gianandrea Noseda
    1 tracks
  30. September 30
    Bruno Strobl: Überwärts album image
    Bruno Strobl: Überwärts
    Bruno Strobl
    5 tracks
  31. June 30
    Alchemical Allures album image
    Alchemical Allures
    Katharina Klement
    4 tracks
  32. June 21
    Haas: Blumenwiese album image
    Haas: Blumenwiese
    Georg Friedrich Haas•
    Florentin Ginot•
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    1 tracks
  33. February 26
    Elisabeth Harnik: Someone will remember Us album image
    Elisabeth Harnik: Someone will remember Us
    Elisabeth Harnik•
    Bruno Strobl•
    Jaap Blonk•
    Nacho de Paz
    6 tracks
  34. January 22
    Bernhard Lang: Voice and Ensemble album image
    Bernhard Lang: Voice and Ensemble
    Bernhard Lang•
    Sarah Maria Sun•
    Ensemble Proton Bern
    18 tracks
  35. November 17, 2023
    Ondate album image
    Ondate
    Olga Neuwirth
    1 tracks
  36. November 3
    Saxophonquartett IV album image
    Saxophonquartett IV
    Friedrich Cerha
    1 tracks
  37. November 3
    Otto M. Zykan plays Schönberg and Scriabin, Duncan Honeybourne plays Otto M. Zykan album image
    Otto M. Zykan plays Schönberg and Scriabin, Duncan Honeybourne plays Otto M. Zykan
    Otto M. Zykan•
    Duncan Honeybourne
    37 tracks
  38. November 3
    Otto M. Zykan plays Schönberg and Scriabin, Duncan Honeybourne plays Otto M. Zykan album image
    Otto M. Zykan plays Schönberg and Scriabin, Duncan Honeybourne plays Otto M. Zykan
    Otto M. Zykan•
    Duncan Honeybourne
    37 tracks
  39. October 6
    Whatever Shall Be (Music for Toy Instruments and Electronics) album image
    Whatever Shall Be (Music for Toy Instruments and Electronics)
    Karlheinz Essl•
    Ensemble Reconsil
    9 tracks
  40. May 19
    Organo/Logics album image
    Organo/Logics
    Karlheinz Essl•
    Wolfgang Kogert
    10 tracks
  1. March 27, 2026
    Dancing on a Volcano (Musik zwischen 1920 und 1933) album image
    Dancing on a Volcano (Musik zwischen 1920 und 1933)
    Ensemble Modern•
    H.K. Gruber•
    Wallis Giunta•
    Amarcord
    19 tracks
  2. March 27
    Lukas Ligeti: Notebook album image
    Lukas Ligeti: Notebook
    Lukas Ligeti
    4 tracks
  3. March 26
    Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music album image
    Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music
    Louise Farrenc•
    Agathe Backer Grøndahl•
    Amy Beach•
    Augusta Holmès•
    Augusta Read Thomas•
    Barbara Strozzi•
    Comtessa de Dia•
    Yi Chen•
    Clara Schumann•
    Cécile Chaminade•
    Ethel Smyth•
    Fanny Mendelssohn•
    Florence Beatrice Price•
    Francesca Caccini•
    Gabriella Smith•
    Galina Ustvolskaya•
    Germaine Tailleferre•
    Grażyna Bacewicz•
    Hildegard von Bingen•
    Isabella Leonarda•
    Julia Wolfe•
    Kaija Saariaho•
    Lili Boulanger•
    Margaret Bonds•
    Maria Theresia von Paradis•
    María Grever•
    Mel Bonis•
    Meredith Monk•
    Nadia Boulanger•
    Naomi Shemer•
    Olga Neuwirth
    77 tracks
  4. February 6
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air album image
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air
    H.K. Gruber•
    Frank Dupree•
    ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
    12 tracks
  5. February 6
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air album image
    HK Gruber: Piano Concerto, Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, Castles in the Air
    H.K. Gruber•
    Frank Dupree•
    ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
    12 tracks
  6. January 30
    Bernhard Lang: Hermetika IX album image
    Bernhard Lang: Hermetika IX
    Bernhard Lang•
    Els Mondelaers•
    Nadar Ensemble•
    Pieter Matthynssens
    5 tracks
  7. January 16
    Friedrich Cerha: Complete Works for Organ album image
    Friedrich Cerha: Complete Works for Organ
    Friedrich Cerha•
    Wolfgang Kogert
    25 tracks
  8. December 5, 2025
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins album image
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber
    16 tracks
  9. November 21
    Haas: Violin Concerto No. 2 & de terrae fine album image
    Haas: Violin Concerto No. 2 & de terrae fine
    Georg Friedrich Haas•
    Miranda Cuckson
    10 tracks
  10. November 7
    Bernhard Lang: Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin" - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo album image
    Bernhard Lang: Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin" - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo
    Bernhard Lang•
    Daan Vandewalle
    12 tracks
  11. October 24
    Varve album image
    Varve
    Lukas Lauermann
    10 tracks
  12. October 10
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live) album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live)
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    Wolfgang Kogert•
    ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
    Stefan Asbury
    4 tracks
  13. October 10
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live) album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Organ Concerto "Okeanos" (Live)
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    Wolfgang Kogert•
    ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien•
    Stefan Asbury•
    ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
    4 tracks
  14. September 19
    Paramyth 1-3 album image
    Paramyth 1-3
    Clemens Gadenstatter•
    Arditti Quartet
    12 tracks
  15. November 29, 2024
    Johannes Maria Staud: Chamber Music album image
    Johannes Maria Staud: Chamber Music
    Johannes Maria Staud•
    Various Artists
    6 tracks
  16. September 30
    Bruno Strobl: Überwärts album image
    Bruno Strobl: Überwärts
    Bruno Strobl
    5 tracks
  17. June 30
    Alchemical Allures album image
    Alchemical Allures
    Katharina Klement
    4 tracks
  18. February 26
    Elisabeth Harnik: Someone will remember Us album image
    Elisabeth Harnik: Someone will remember Us
    Elisabeth Harnik•
    Bruno Strobl•
    Jaap Blonk•
    Nacho de Paz
    6 tracks
  19. January 22
    Bernhard Lang: Voice and Ensemble album image
    Bernhard Lang: Voice and Ensemble
    Bernhard Lang•
    Sarah Maria Sun•
    Ensemble Proton Bern
    18 tracks
  20. November 3, 2023
    Otto M. Zykan plays Schönberg and Scriabin, Duncan Honeybourne plays Otto M. Zykan album image
    Otto M. Zykan plays Schönberg and Scriabin, Duncan Honeybourne plays Otto M. Zykan
    Otto M. Zykan•
    Duncan Honeybourne
    37 tracks
  1. October 16, 2026
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, V. Elpis: Hoffnung album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, V. Elpis: Hoffnung
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    The Cleveland Orchestra•
    Franz Welser-Möst•
    The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
    1 tracks
  2. October 2
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, II. Tyche: Das Zufällige album image
    Bernd Richard Deutsch: Urworte, II. Tyche: Das Zufällige
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    The Cleveland Orchestra•
    Franz Welser-Möst•
    The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
    1 tracks
  3. November 21, 2025
    Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12: IIb. Cadenza. Moderato album image
    Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12: IIb. Cadenza. Moderato
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber
    1 tracks
  4. November 14
    SEMA album image
    SEMA
    Jacob Mühlrad•
    Olga Neuwirth•
    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    3 tracks
  5. November 7
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 1, Sloth album image
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 1, Sloth
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber
    1 tracks
  6. October 31
    Alarm of the Soul album image
    Alarm of the Soul
    Jacob Mühlrad•
    Olga Neuwirth
    1 tracks
  7. October 24
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 2, Pride album image
    Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: No. 2, Pride
    Kurt Weill•
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra•
    H.K. Gruber•
    Wallis Giunta
    1 tracks
  8. October 17
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde X – Spectral Spectres album image
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde X – Spectral Spectres
    Bernhard Lang•
    Daan Vandewalle
    1 tracks
  9. September 26
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde V album image
    Monadologie XXXVI "Chopin“ - 12 Etüden für Klavier solo: Etüde V
    Bernhard Lang•
    Daan Vandewalle
    1 tracks
  10. August 22
    Wind Quintet No. 1 "Raunacht" (Live at Munich, Germany, 8/9/2024) album image
    Wind Quintet No. 1 "Raunacht" (Live at Munich, Germany, 8/9/2024)
    Johanna Doderer
    1 tracks
  11. January 28
    Klaus Lang: tönendes licht. album image
    Klaus Lang: tönendes licht.
    Klaus Lang•
    Wolfgang Kogert•
    Wiener Symphoniker•
    Peter Rundel
    1 tracks
  12. January 10
    GAME 10-4-1 Diminuendo album image
    GAME 10-4-1 Diminuendo
    Bernhard Lang•
    Maximilian Ehrhardt
    1 tracks
  13. December 27, 2024
    Haas: ...Über den atem, die stille und die zerbrechlichkeit... album image
    Haas: ...Über den atem, die stille und die zerbrechlichkeit...
    Georg Friedrich Haas•
    Enno Poppe•
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    1 tracks
  14. November 8
    Deutsch: Phantasma album image
    Deutsch: Phantasma
    Bernd Richard Deutsch•
    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra•
    Gianandrea Noseda
    1 tracks
  15. June 21
    Haas: Blumenwiese album image
    Haas: Blumenwiese
    Georg Friedrich Haas•
    Florentin Ginot•
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    1 tracks
  16. November 17, 2023
    Ondate album image
    Ondate
    Olga Neuwirth
    1 tracks
  17. November 3
    Saxophonquartett IV album image
    Saxophonquartett IV
    Friedrich Cerha
    1 tracks
  18. April 4
    Puzzle of Purcell album image
    Puzzle of Purcell
    Karlheinz Essl•
    Wolfgang Kogert
    1 tracks
  19. October 29, 2022
    Ploi album image
    Ploi
    Lukas Lauermann
    1 tracks
  20. October 18
    Drei Allmenden, Pt. 3/3 album image
    Drei Allmenden, Pt. 3/3
    Klaus Lang•
    Konus Quartett
    1 tracks