All compositions by Maarten Altena
1. Speechless (MAE version 2005) (11’08”); 2. PianoPiano (5’36”); 3. Intemède (4’27”); 4. Eluard/Beckett (20’56”); 5. One, Four, Five Blow Up (3’04”), 6. DagaDaga (10’23”)
CD issued on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the MAE
MAE Documents 01 (CD Catalogue)

1. Sonata for clarinet & piano nr. 2 in E flat major (Johannes Brahms) (23’20”); 2. Memory Protect Alias, for clarinet (Guus Janssen) (10’29”); 3. Five little pieces for clarinet solo (Altena) (6’40”); 4. Pan: three songs for bass-clarinet solo (Gilius van Bergeijk) (9’04”); 5. Intermezzo for piano in E major, op. 116/4: Adagio (Johannes Brahms) (5’49”); 6. Intermezzo for piano in B flat minor, op. 117/2: Andante (5’47”); 7. Intermezzo for piano in B minor, op. 119/1: Adagio (Johannes Brahms) (4’49”); 8. Phantasiestücke for clarinet (or violoncello or violin) & piano (Robert Schumann) (11’16”)
Recensie Trouw

All compositions and arrangements by Maarten Altena
1. La statue de bronze (Satie | Altena); 2. Terts A (fragment) (Maarten Altena); 3. Terts D (fragment) (Maarten Altena); 4. Les Anges (Satie | Altena).
Duration of tracks not indicated

Text Solex | Arrangements Maarten Altena
1. 5 Superstar (3’17”); 2. Go Easy On The Fun Fund (2’30”); 3. 1 + 1 = 11 (17’58”); 4. Birthday Superboy (3’13”)

1. 4 vocum (John Baldwin) (1’37”); 2-3. Salva nos (Anon.) (2’33”); 4. In nomine Domini (John Taverner) (3’17”); 5. In nomine William Byrd (Maarten Altena | William Byrd) (4’48”); 6. Upon in nomine (John Baldwin) (2’07”); 7-10. Suite No.4 in F (Matthew Locke) (7’02”); 11-16. Out of: Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell) (7’03”); 17. Liebestod (Richard Barrett) (10’13”); 18. Fantasia No.7 (Henry Purcell) (4’16”); 19. Out of: Venus and Adonis (John Blow) (3’); 21-22. Mese tenor. Paramese tenor (Robert Fayrfax) (2’11”); 23-24. Ave regina coelorum. Gloriose virginis (Leonel Power) (5’10”); 25-26. Clarifi ca me pater (Tallis) (5’10”)

Text (track 3) Remco Campert
1. The Owl and the Pussycat (Vanessa Lan) (9’47”); 2. The [Mis]adventures of Amy Bock (Alision Isidora) (7’24”);  3. Minnaars (Altena) (6’25”); 4. Noisy Kid, Utterly (Davis Dramm) (3’36”); 5. You Are my Fairy Queen, Dearest (Gilius van Bergeijk) (4’55”); 6. Een lied van de zee (Louis Andriessen) (3’17”); 7. Nederland-Muziekland (Martijn Padding (16’03”)
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a. Kowald & Phillips
1. Die Jungen: Random Generations (Kowald | Philips) (5’24”); 2. Two Fingers Please (Kowald | Philips) (8’29”); 3. Ein Stück ins Blaue – Chops (Kowald | Philips) (10’40”); 4. The Boys (Kowald | Philips) (2’ 23”);
Recorded March 1-2, 1979
b. Kowald & Guy
1. ‘Das Schweigen von Marcel Duchamp wird überbewertet’ (Kowald) (7’01”); 2. Paintings (Kowald | Guy) (19’12”)
Recorded October 3-4, 1981
c. Kowald & Altena
1. a+b=c (6’56”); 2. b→c (3’41”); 3. (a+b)2→ c (4’14”); 4. c→a+b ( 10’49”)
Recorded March 19-20, 1982

CD nr 2 (track 1) Wiener Buben
H. Reichel (violin); Carl Rüdiger (tenor saxophone), Maarten Altena (cello)
Duration of tracks not indicated

1. Aphorism (2’38”); 2. Before Long (2’49”); 3. See for Yourself (9’28”); 4. Defer Judgement (2’36”); 5. Heave a Brick (1’03”); 6. Effervescence 90’27”); 7. Chief of Police (1’44”); 8. Age for Retirement (2’04”); 9. Hyphenated 1’43”); 10. Javelin (3’09”); 11. Cafeteria (1’03”); 12. Hell for Leather (1’17”); 13. Emphasis (8’57”); 14. Envelope (2’58”); 15. Over the Top 1’39”); 16. Performing (2’09”); 17. Cue for Something 1’54”); 18. Half a Nicker (6’26”); 19. As Far as We Go (4’52”); 20. Tea for Three (6’17”); 21. Euphemism (3’43”); 22. Viva la difference (3’44”); 23. Double You For The Kitty (0’23”); 24. Eggs For Breakfast (0’23”); 25. Wife or Mistress (1’10”); Said For Effect (2’)
Recorded March 24,1981

1. Trappel (Altena) (8’24”); 2. ABCD (1996 version) (Altena) (7’56”); 3. Ballad (Martijn Padding) (3’49”); 4. Leisure (Allison Cameron) (10’05”); 5. Cinéma (Eric Satie/Cor Fuhler) (8’50”); 6. Cantus (Altena) (12’35”); 7. En/Of  II (Alison Isidora) (11’48”)
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1. Kettelbirds (V sub); 2. Seepferdchen und Flugfische (Hugo Bal, Jaap Blonk); 3. Game 3 + Grieg’s Old Warhorse (Jon Rose); 4. Double (Frances-Marie Uitti); 5. Kwartet (Geert van Keulen; Delta Saxophone Quartet); 6. The Silver Swan ( Ig Henneman Tentet); 7. Tikkertje (Trio Jorrit Dijkstra, Stuart Hall); 8. Slow Motion (Maarten Altena; Maarten Altena Ensemble); 9. Te-Au-O-Tonga + Expobident (The Ex + Guests); 10. Hinten den Scene (Florentijn Boddendijk); 11. MacGowan (Richard Ayres); 12. Le Sacre du Moment (Horst Rickels); 13. La Tour qui Chant ( Maurice Horsthuis)
Duration of tracks not indicated

1. Anthony Braxton (alto saxophone); Misha Mengelberg (piano); Mark Dresser (bass); Han Bennink (drums)
1a. Well, You Needn’t (Thelonious Monk) (9’22”); 1b. Body and Soul (Heyman, Sour, Heyton & Green) (8’56”); 1c. Four (Miles Davis (8’39”); 1e. Bye Bye Blackbird (M. Dixon & R. Henderson) (10’18”)
2. Cor Fuhler (piano); Tristan Honsiger (violoncello); Maarten Altena (double bass); Wim Jansen (drums)
2a. Collective improvisation (11’52”)
3. Evan Parker (tenor saxophone, narration); Steve Beresford (piano, electronics, pocket trumpet); Arjen Gorter (bass); Han Bennink (drums. Voice)
3a. The Bear (Parker, Beresfors, Gorter & Bennink) (17’04”)

All compositions by Maarten Altena
1. Slow Motion (version 1993; 11’41”); 2. Tik (9’22”); 3. Figuur (7’05”); 4. Lento (9’02”); 5. ABCDE (11’13”); 6. Slow Motion (version 1994) (12’57”)
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Recensie de Volkskrant 

CD nr 1 (track 2) Maarten Altena Ensemble
Tik (Maarten Altena) (9’21”)

1. Introduction (0’50”); 2. WAM (Peter Hannan) (16’16”); 3. Rij (Maarten Altena) (9’21”); 4-5 Hermit Hand & Movement I (Nic Gotham) (7’23”) & Movement II (5’17”); 6 Seven Dances for Fifteen (Jean Derome) (19’14”)

1. Golden Slumbers (arr. by Toru Takemisu); 2. Misery (arr. by  Rashid Kalimullin); 3. Norwegian Wood (arr. by  Rashid Kalimullin); 4. Monkey Fingers (arr. by  Kaija Saariaho); 5. Blue Jay Way (arr. by  Zygmunt Krauze); 6. Love Me Do (arr. by James Tenney); 7. Do You Want To Know a Secret (arr. by  James Tenney); 8. Let It Be – Asian Tour (arr. by  Masahiro Miwa); 9. Mother Mary Comes To Me (arr. by  Yui Kakinuma); 10. Snapshot I (Hello, Goodbye) (arr. by  Maarten Altena); 11. Girl (arr. by  Otto Sidharta); 12. George Took The Wrong Plane (arr. by  Jan Rokus van Roosendael); 13. Will (arr. by  Kensaku Tanikawa); 14. Yesterday (arr. by  Johannes Fritsch); 15. Aki 2.2 (arr. by  Ryuichi Sakamoto)
Durations of tracks not indicated

All compositions by Maarten Altena
Text Remco Campert
1. Stad (11’02”); 2. Stijg ( 7’06”); 3. Bandrecorder, eenvoudig (8’03”); 4. Signo (15’22”); 5. Fat City (7’21”)

All compositions by Maarten Altena
1. Prikkel (7’48”); 2. Blauw Beest (7’58”); 3. Rij (7’44”); 4. Slange (6’44”); 5. Triptych [5a. Blues; 5b. Manier; 5c. Koraal] (12’15”); 6. Echoes and Shadows (4’34”); 7. Rif (8’52”)
Maarten Altena (bass, composer); Peter van Bergen (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Michael Moore (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet); Marc Charig (trumpet, alto horn); Wolter Wierbos (trombone); Christel Postma (violin); Michiel Scheen (piano); Michael Vatcher (percussion)
Cover drawing Aki Kuroda

Unlike
Instant compositions by Mario Schiano (alto saxophone); Paul Lovens (drums, cymbals); Maarten Altena (double bass); Jean-Marc Montera (guitar)
1. 1st set (25’09”); 2. 2nd set (18’08”)
Flirt
Instant compositions by Mario Schiano (alto saxophone); Co Streiff (alto saxophone)
3. A (1’34”); 4. B (2’58”)
Trend
Instant compositions by Evan Parker (tenor saxophone); Alex von Schlippenbach (piano); Joelle Léandre (double bass); Paul Lytton (drums); Mario Schiano (alto saxophone)
5. 1st excerpt (6’44”); 6. 2nd excerpt (13’04”)

Eleven compositions by (and performed by) Maarten Altena and Steve Lacy
1. High (2’37”); 2. Offhand (4’30”); 3. Post (5’47”); 4. Low (4’05”); 5. Blush (2’25”); 6. Inconsistent-Shuffle (6’54”); 7. Notice (3’35”); 8. Order (2’02”); 9.  Hop (3’10”); 10. Breeze (3’54”); 11. Kiss (2’21”)

All compositions by Maarten Altena
1. Principia (3'08"); 2. Slange (10'45"); 3. Terodatilu (7'06"); 4. Tempi, rumori, spari (4'49"); 5. Prikkel (8'21"); 6. Scène de mort (6'28"); 7.Stimme (7'59"); 8. Rij (8'44"); 9. Code 1 (10'52")

Maarten Altena (bass); Peter van Bergen (tenor saxophone | bass clarinet); Jacques Palinckx (guitars); Christel Postma (violin); Michiel Sheen (piano); Jannie Pranger (voice); Michael Vatcher (percussion); Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
Recorded at Felix Meritis, Amsterdam on December 27, 28, 30 and 31, 1990
Cover drawing Akira Kuroda

1. Punt (Maarten Altena) (4’42”); 2. 88 (Maarten Altena) (8’19”); 3. Roscoe Boulevard (Gene Carl); 4. Rails (Maarten Altena) (8’28”); 5. Brokken (Maartje ten Hoorn); 6. Voices (Maarten Altena) (8’52”); 7. Quotl (Maarten Altena) (3’32”)
Cover drawing Aki Kuroda

1. Boa (Altena) (5’57”); 2. Rondo (Janssen) (7’09”); 3. Ruis (Altena) (6’44”); 4. Rif (Altena) (11’26”); 5. De Yup (Maartje ten Hoorn) (5’16”); 6. Marre (Altena) (7’36”); 7. Dek (Altena) (3’52”); 8. Remix (Martland) (4’28”)
Cover drawing Aki Kuroda

1. Boa (Altena) (5’57”); 2. Rondo (Janssen) (7’09”); 3. Ruis (Altena) (6’44”); 4. Rif (Altena) (11’26”); 5. De Yup (Maartje ten Hoorn) (5’16”); 6. Marre (Altena) (7’36”); 7. Dek (Altena) (3’52”); 8. Remix (Martland) (4’28”)
Cover drawing by Peter Struycken

1. I Mel. F, berliner / früh um fünfe (34’43”); 2. II anschluss mit handtuch (0’00”- 2’20” [ohne muskelkraft – very soft / m.v.regteren-altena] (29’28”); 3. III Eins bis zehn minus fùnf (1 bis 10-5)
Sven-Åke Johansson (voice, accordion, percussion); Rüdiger Carl (tenor saxophone, accordion); Wolfgang Fuchs (sopranino, bass clarinet); Radu Malfatti (pos); Thomas Wiedermann (pos); Hans Reichel (guitar, violin); Norbert Eisbrenner (guitar, violin); Maarten Altena (double bass, cello)
Recorded April 12, 1979

Mandela
All compositions by Theo Loevendie
1. Mr. Brook (9’); 2. Trompedly (6’10”); 3. Timbuktu (4’41”) ; 4. Trombomanie (6’51”); 5. Pepy (5’22”); 6. Monday (4’06”); 7. Mandela (5’)
Nedley Elstak (trumpet);Willem van Manen (trombone); Hans Dulfer (tenor saxophone; bambooflute); Theo Loevendie (alto saxophone, piano); Joop Mastenbroek (baritone saxophone, clarinet, percussion); Maarten van Regteren Altena (double bass); John Engels (drums); Martin van Duinhoven (drums)
Chess!
All compositions by Theo Loevendie
8. Chess! (9’33”); 9. Scratch (6’24”); 10. Brasilia (6’56”); 11. Tremolo (4’39”); 12. Lapsang Souchong (7’24”)
Willem van Manen (trombone); Theo Loevendie (alto saxophone, piano); Hans Dulfer (tenor saxophone); Leo van Oostrom (baritone saxophone, clarinet); Rien de Reede (Flute);  Harry Sparnaay (bass clarinet); Leo Cuypers (piano, conga drum); Arje Gorter (bass); Martin van Duynhoven (drums)

Track 11 No One Around (Elstak) (2’52”)
Vocals Nedley Elstak with the Theo Loevendie Consort; Nedley Elstak (trumpet); Willen van Manen (trombone); The Loevendie (alt saxophone); Hans Dulfer (tenor saxophone); Joop Mastenbroek (baritone saxophone); Maarten Altena (double bass); John Engels | Martin van Duynhoven (drums)
Recorded January 13, 1970

1. Träsch (Daniel Buess); 2. Intermission; 3. Activities (Rico Gubler); 4. Intermission; 5. Puls 1 + 2 (Maarten Altena); 6. Intermission; 7. Psappha (Iannis Xenakis); 8 Intermission; 9. N.S. Tuning Machine Version (Ales Buess)
Duration of tracks not indicated