• Charles IVES (1874-1954)
  1. Piano Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840-60” (1911-15)
  – III.  The Alcotts 7:08
• Leo ORNSTEIN (1893-2002)
  2. Suicide in an Airplane (c. 1916) 4:42
• Charles Tomlinson GRIFFES (1884-1920)
  3-5. Three Preludes (1919) 7:30
• Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961)
  6. In a Nutshell – III. Pastorale (1916) 11:47
• Aaron COPLAND  (1900-90)
  7-9. Three Sonnets (1918-19) 7:54
  FIRST RECORDING of 1 & 3
• Henry COWELL (1897-1965)
  10. Amiable Conversation (1917) 1:02
• Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
  11. Valse pour les petits lecteurs du Figaro (1917) 1:04
• 12-15. George ANTHEIL (1900-59)
  Sonata: Death of Machines  (1922) 2:03
• Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959)
  16. Poems of the Sea – II. Chanty  (1922) 3:59
  FIRST RECORDING
• George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
  17. Impromptu in Two Keys  (1924) 1:15
• Edward Elzear “Zez” CONFREY (1895-1971)
  18. Nickel in the Slot  (1923) 2:36
• Dane RUDHYAR (1895-1985)
  19. Third Pentagram (Release) – IV. Stars  (1926) 3:56
• Wallingford RIEGGER (1885-1961)
  20. Blue Voyage, Op. 6  (1927) 8:16
• Henry BRANT (1913-2008)
  21. Music for a Five and Dime  (1932) 2:56
• Ruth CRAWFORD SEEGER (1901-53)
  22. Nine Preludes – No. 6  (1924-28) 3:17
• Paul BOWLES (1910-99)
  23. Sonatina Fragmentaria (1933) 4:52
  FIRST RECORDING
• Conlon NANCARROW (1912-97)
  24. Prelude & Blues – Blues (c. 1935) 2:32
• John CAGE (1912-92)
  25. Quest (1935) 1:10

CD 2

• Ernst KRENEK (1900-91)
  1. Twelve Short Piano Pieces, Op. 83 – VI.  A Boat Slowly Sailing (1938)  2:43
• Otto LUENING (1900-96)
  2. Six Preludes – Prelude No. 4 (1938-51) 2:15
• Roger SESSIONS (1896-1985)
  3. From My Diary, No. 3 (1938) 2:06
• Virgil THOMSON (1896-1989)
  4. Souvenir: Portrait of Paul Bowles (1935) 0:58
  FIRST RECORDING
• Aaron COPLAND (1900-90)
  5. The Resting Place on the Hill, from Our Town (1940) 5:04
• Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-90)
  Seven Anniversaries (1943, rev. 1954) 2:30
  6. I. For Aaron Copland 1:44
  7. VII. For William Schuman 0:46
• Carl RUGGLES (1876-1971)
  8-10. Evocations (1934-43, rev. 1954), movements I, II, IV 10:55
• Roy HARRIS (1898-1979)
  11. American Ballads – I. Streets of Laredo (1946) 2:26
• Morton GOULD (1913-96)
  12. Prelude & Toccata – Prelude (1945) 2:26
• John CAGE (1912-92)
  13. In a Landscape (1948) 9:06
• George ANTHEIL (1900-59)
  14-16. Valentine Waltzes  (1949) 7:15
• Virgil THOMSON (1896-1989)
  17. For a Happy Occasion (1951) 0:19
• Earle BROWN (1926-2002)
  18. Three Pieces – No. 2 (1951) 1:45
• Mel POWELL (1923-1998)
  19. Etude (1957) 2:21
• La Monte YOUNG (b. 1935)
  20. Study No. 2 (1959) 0:46 
  FIRST RECORDING
  21. Sarabande (1959, rev. 1980) 3:14 
  FIRST RECORDING FOR PIANO
• Peggy GLANVILLE-HICKS (1912-90)
  22. Prelude for a Pensive Pupil (1958) 3:02

CD 3

• Morton FELDMAN (1926-87)
  1. Vertical Thoughts 4 (1963) 3:36
• Alan HOVHANESS  (1911-2000)
  2-4. Five Visionary Landscapes Op. 214 (1965), movements I, II, III 10:39
• Frank ZAPPA (1940-93)
  5. Piano Introduction to “Little House I Used to Live In” (1970) 3:15
• Mario DAVIDOVSKY (b. 1934)
  6. Synchronisms No. 6 for piano & tape (1970) 7:19
• George CRUMB (b. 1929)
  7. Makrokosmos, Vol. 2 – VII. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica) (Scorpio) (1973) 2:23
• Lou HARRISON (1917-2003)
  8. A Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen (1977) 2:28
• Joan TOWER (b. 1938)
  9. Red Garnet Waltz (1977) 3:27
• John CAGE (1912-92)
  10. 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs  (1977) – 1st realization 0:17
  11. 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs  (1977) – 2nd realization 1:13
• Tom CONSTANTEN (b. 1944)
  12. Dejavalse (1977) 2:57
• Robert MORAN (b. 1937)
  13. Valse “In Memoriam Maurice Ravel” (1976) 1:56
• Philip GLASS (b. 1937)
  14. Modern Love Waltz (1977) 2:51
• Frederic RZEWSKI (b. 1938)
  15. Four Piano Pieces – No. 4 (1977) 9:29
• Christian WOLFF (b. 1934)
  16. Prelude No. 5 (1981) 4:15
• James SELLARS (b. 1943)
  Nocturnes (1981) 10:18
  17. I. Spanish Dreams 4:17
  18. II. French Dreams 2:14
  19. III. American Dreams 3:47
• Ross Lee FINNEY (1906-97)
  20. Youth’s Companion – V. Riddle Song (1981) 2:55
  FIRST RECORDING

CD 4

• Philip GLASS (b. 1937)
  1. Opening (1981) 5:21
• Lukas FOSS (1922-2009)
  2. Solo (1981) 13:04
• Alvin CURRAN (b. 1938)
  3. For Cornelius (1982) 13:47
• John CAGE (1912-92)
  4. Souvenir (1983) 7:03
  FIRST RECORDING FOR PIANO
• Nils VIGELAND (b. 1950)
  5. Nocturne: The Sensualist, Dying, Recalls His Protestant Youth (1987) 3:13
• Stephen PAULUS (b. 1949)
  6. Dance (1987) 2:03
• Kamran INCE  (b. 1960)
  7. My Friend Mozart (1987) 4:11
• Joseph SCHWANTNER (b. 1943)
  8. Veiled Autumn (Kindertodeslied) (1987) 4:20
• Otto LUENING (1900-96)
  9. Song Without Words (1987) 2:58
• Alvin SINGLETON (b. 1940)
  10. Changing Faces (1970/1987) 1:56
  FIRST RECORDING
• Lou HARRISON (1917-2003)
  11. A Summerfield Set – I. Sonata (1988) 5:18
• Conlon NANCARROW (1912-97)
  12-14. Three Two-Part Studies (c. 1935, premiered by
  Yvar Mikhashoff in 1991) 3:29