Andre, Aperghis, Apostel, Baltakas, Barden, Barlow, Bartók, Boucourechliev, Boulez, Bussotti, Castiglioni, Clementi, Criton, Engelmann, Evangelisti, Febel, Ferneyhough, Ferrari, Flammer, Heyn, Kagel, Kayn, Killmayer, Krebber, Kubisch, Kurtág, Lachenmann, Lang, Mack, Marie, Mochizuki, Poppe, Rayeva, Rihm, Rothman, Sa unders, Schoenberg, Sciarrino, Sessions, Steen-Andersen, Stiebler, Stockhausen, Tanaka, Webern, Wolpe, Xenakis, Zimmermann, Žuraj
program:
CD 1
Piano repertoire before 1950
Total playing time: 73:43
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Six Little Piano Pieces op. 19 (1911) 04:46
[01] I. Light, tender 01:09
[02] II. Slowly 00:50
[03] III. Very slow quarters 00:44
[04] IV. Quick but easy 00:20
[05] V. A little quick 00:35
[06] VI. Very slowly 01:08
Edward Steuermann, piano
Recording: 17 July 1957 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Arnold Schoenberg(1874-1951)
Five Piano Pieces op. 23 (1920-23) 10:24
[07] I Very slowly 02:15
[08] II. Very quickly 01:08
[09] III. Slow 03:18
[10] IV. Swinging 01:18
[11] V. Waltz 02:25
Peter Stadlen, piano
Recording: July 31, 1948 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Sonata (1926) 12:11
[12] I. Allegro moderato 04:00
[13] II. Sostenuto e pesante 04:56
[14] III. Allegro molto 03:15
Andor Foldes, piano
Recording: 18 July 1952 – Darmstadt, Congress Hall Mathildenhöhe
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Variations op. 27 (1935 / 36) 05:49
[15] I. Very moderate 02:10
[16] II. Very fast 00:30
[17] III. Flowing calmly 03:09
Peter Stadlen, piano
German premiere
Recording: July 31, 1948 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle
Stephen Wolpe (1902-1972)
[18] passacaglia from “Four Studies on Basic Rows” (1936) 12:38
David Tudor, piano
German premiere
Recording: 12 July 1956 – Darmstadt, Marienhöhe Seminar
Roger Sessions (1896-1985)
From My Diary. Four Pieces (1939-40) 08:12
[19] I. Poco adagio 02:57
[20] II. Allegro con brio 02:38
[21] III. Large and mysterious 01:42
[22] IV. Allegro pesante 00:55
Howard Lebow, piano
Recording: 14 July 1960 – Darmstadt, Marienhöhe Seminar
Hans Erich Apostle(1901-1972)
Kubiniana. Ten Piano Pieces op. 13 (1946) 09:58
[23] 1. Lento assai 01:48
[24] 2. Marcia moderato 00:47
[25] 3.Allegretto 00:25
[26] 4. Serious 00:48
[27] 5. Andante molto 00:48
[28] 6. Tempo di marcia 00:42
[29] 7. Allegro molto 00:39
[30] 8. Slow 01:36
[31] 9. Moderate 01:08
[32] 10. Andante molto 01:17
Peter Stadlen, piano
Recording: July 31, 1948 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
Premiere Sonata (1946) 09:26
[33] I.Lent 04:55
[34] II. Assez large 04:31
Erika Haase, piano
Recording: 03 September 1959 – Darmstadt, Congress Hall Mathildenhöhe
CD 2
Piano repertoire of the 1950s / 1960s
Total playing time: 70:34
Bernd Alois Zimmerman (1918-1970)
Enchiridion Part 2 “Retreats” (1952, early version) 08:06
[01] 1. Vigil 01:16
[02] 2. Time 01:32
[03] 3. Ostinato 01:07
[04] 4. Matins 01:34
[05] 5. L'apres-midi d'un Puck* 00:42
[06] 6. Homage to Johann Strauss* 00:41
[07] 7. Imagination 01:14
*(Pieces removed by the composer from the final version of “Retreats”)
Yvonne Loriod, piano
Recording: 19 July 1952 – Darmstadt, Marienhöhe Seminar
Franco Evangelisti (1926-1980)
[08] proposition sonore. structure (1955-56) 04:17
David Tudor, piano
world premiere
Recording: 10 September 1958 – Darmstadt, Heiligenberg Castle
Luca Ferrari (1929-2005)
[09] Visage I (1956) 07:06
Else Stock-Hug, piano
Recording: 20 July 1957 – Darmstadt, Marienhöhe Seminar
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
[10] Piano Piece XI (1956) 06:01
David Tudor, piano
Recording: 08 September 1958 – Darmstadt, Heiligenberg Castle
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
[11] Troisième Sonata (1955-57) 20:42
Non-edited preliminary version in five movements (formants):
Antiphony - Séquence - Miroir - Verse - Trope
Pierre Boulez, piano
Recording: August 30, 1959 – Darmstadt, Congress Hall Mathildenhöhe
Aldo Clementi (1925-2011)
Composition n. 1 (1957) 04:10
[12] I. 01:20
[13] II. 01:46
[14] III. 01:04
Aloys Kontarsky, piano
world premiere
Recording: 05 September 1958 – Darmstadt, Heiligenberg Castle
Niccolo Castiglioni (1932-1996)
[15] Initiation of movement (1958) 02:15
Niccolò Castiglioni, piano
world premiere
Recording: 10 September 1958 – Darmstadt, Heiligenberg Castle
Gyorgy Kurtag (* 1926)
Eight Piano Pieces op. 3 (1960) 03:50
[16] I. Inesorabile. Andante con moto 00:44
[17] II. Calmo 00:35
[18] III. sostenuto 00:25
[19] IV. Scorrevole 00:24
[20] V. Prestissimo possible 00:17
[21] VI. Graves 00:17
[22] VII. Adagio 00:37
[23] VIII. Vivo 00:31
Andor Losonczy, piano
world premiere
Recording: 10 July 1960 – Darmstadt, Marienhöhe Seminar
First brecht Stiebler (* 1934)
[24] Unstable action (1962) 03:57
Peter Roggenkamp, piano
Recording: 1963; produced by the International Music Institute Darmstadt (IMD) beyond the Summer Courses
(World premiere: July 17, 1962 – Seminar Marienhöhe; Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, piano)
Helmut Lachenmann (* 1935)
[25] Echo Andante (1962) 09:58
Helmut Lachenmann, piano
world premiere
Recording: July 18, 1962 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle
CD 3
Piano repertoire of the 1970s
Total playing time: 75:38
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
[01] Evryali (1973) 07:02
Aloys Kontarsky, piano
German premiere
Recording: 30 July 1974 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Andre Boucourechliev (1925-1997)
Six études d'apres Piranèse (1975) 15:32
[02] I.Δ (delta) 02:35
[03] II. Π (pi) 01:17
[04] III. Σ (sigma) 05:02
[05] IV.Φ (Phi) 01:35
[06] V.Θ (theta) 03:05
[07] VI. Ξ (Xi) 01:58
Claude Helffer, piano
Recording: 19 July 1996 – Darmstadt, Congress Hall Mathildenhöhe
Wolfgang Rihm (* 1952)
Piano Piece No. 5 “Tombeau” (1975) 10:55
[08] 1. 01:52
[09] 2. Ciacona 06:00
[10] 3. Quasi chorale 03:03
Herbert Henck, piano
Recording: 21 July 1976 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Salvatore Sciarrino (* 1947)
[11] Great Sonata (1976) 14:07
Peter Schmalfuss, piano
Recording: 23 July 1980 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Reinhard Febel (* 1952)
[12] piano piece (1976) 04:40
Edward Lambert, piano
Recording: 26 July 1976 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Reinhard Febel (* 1952)
[13] Piano Piece 1978 06:53
Bernhard Wambach, piano
Recording: 13 August 1978 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Maurice Kagel (1931-2008)
[14] On keys. piano etude (1977) 16:21
Aloys Kontarsky, piano
Recording: 05 August 1978 – Darmstadt, municipal sports hall
CD 4
Piano repertoire of the 1980s
Total playing time: 72:10
Sylvano Bussotti (* 1931)
[01] The Morte of Fedra (1980) 06:05
Yvar Mikhashoff, piano
Recording: 19 July 1990 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Brian Ferneyhough (* 1943)
[02] Lemma-Icon-Epigram (1980 / 81) 12:56
Cecil Lytle, piano
Recording: 05 August 1988 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
[03] Lucifer's Dream or Piano Piece XIII (1981) 30:58
Bernhard Wambach, piano
Recording: 20 July 1984 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Wilhelm Killmayer (* 1927)
[04] Piano Piece No. 7 “Fantasy Paraphrase” (1986-88) 14:02
Siegfried Mauser, piano
Recording: 09 August 1988 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Ernest Helmuth Flammer (* 1949)
[05] Piano piece 3. Passacaglia brevis (1987 / 88) 08:06
Ortwin Sturmer, piano
Recording: 27 July 1990 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
CD 5
Piano repertoire of the 1990s
Total playing time: 78:41
Daniel Rothman (* 1958)
[01] Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (1991) 14:47
Bernhard Wambach, piano
Recording: 02 August 1996 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Enno Poppe (* 1969)
[02] Theme with 840 variations (1993 / 97) 07:28
Anna D'Errico, piano
Recording: 28 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Academy for Music
Mark André (* 1964)
[03] un-fini III (1993-95) 15:58
Ermis Theodorakis, piano
Recording: 28 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Academy for Music
Yoshifumi Tanaka (* 1968)
[04] eco lontanissima II (1994 / 96) 09:48
Massimiliano Damerini, piano
Recording: 24 July 1998 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Klaus Lang (* 1971)
[05] The sleeping peasant, the tree of life and the bowls of darkness (1998) 15:31
Bernhard Wambach, piano
Recording: 16 July 2008 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Olga Rayeva (* 1971)
[06] Drawing with an Angel (1999) 15:05
Pi-Hsien Chen, piano
Recording: 08 July 2002 – Darmstadt, Orangery
CD 6
Piano Repertoire of the 2000s / 2010s · Speaking Pianists · Player Pianos
Total playing time 78:36
Younghi Pagh Paan (* 1945)
[01] PA-MUN (1971) 04:09
Kaya Han, piano
Recording: 08 August 2006 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Salvatore Sciarrino (* 1947)
[02] Due notturni crudeli (2001) 07:50
Nicolas Hodges, piano
German premiere
Recording: 07 July 2002 – Darmstadt, Orangery
James Saunders (* 1972)
[03] # 070702 (2002) 14:50
Nicolas Hodges, piano
World Premiere
Recording: 07 July 2002 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Misato Mochizuki (* 1969)
[04] Moebius ring (2003) 12:31
Nicolas Hodges, piano
Recording: 13 July 2008 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Mark Burden (* 1980)
[05] the skin of others (2008) 09:22
Rei Nakamura, piano
Recording: 26 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Academy for Music
Georges Aperghis (* 1945)
[06] Conversation X for prepared piano and speaking (1993) 02:18
Reto Staub, piano/speaker
Recording: 25 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Vykintas Baltakas (* 1972)
[07] Pasaka / a fairy tale for speaking pianist (1995–97) 04:38
Text from the Indian mythology
Benjamin Kobler, piano/speaker
Recording: 10 August 1996 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Clarence Barlow (* 1945)
[08] No. 5: L'orchidée d'argent 00:42
[09] No. 7: Pandora 08:22
from Orchideae Ordinariae, or The Twelfth Root of Truth (1989)
for orchestra, rev. for player piano and computer
Recording: 27 July 1990 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Vito Zuraj (* 1979)
[10] Matrix for player piano and electronics (2013) 06:07
German premiere
Recording: 14 August 2014 – Darmstadt, Morneweg School
Steffen Krebber (* 1976)
[11] fair signs for automatic piano and loudspeaker (2014) 07:40
World Premiere
Recording: 14 August 2014 – Darmstadt, Morneweg School
CD 7
Piano Extended
Total playing time: 73:47
Roland Kayn (1932-2011)
[01] quantum (1957-58) 11:12
Aloys Kontarsky, piano
Recording: 10 September 1958 – Darmstadt, Heiligenberg Castle
Jean Etienne Marie (1917-1989)
Three pieces brêves pour piano à tiers de ton (1958) 05:04
[02] I. 01:11
[03] II. 01:46
[04] III. 02:07
Martine Joste, piano
Recording: 10 August 1988 – Darmstadt, Orangery
Hans Ulrich Engelman (1921-2011)
[05] Cadenza Op. 23 (1961) 09:22
Else Stock-Hug, piano
World Premiere
Recording: July 10, 1962 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle
Clarence Barlow (* 1945)
[06] ...until... Version 5 (1972) 04:07
Kristi Becker, piano
Recording: 26 July 1986 – Darmstadt, Georg-Bücher-School
Christina Kubish (* 1948)
[07] Identikit (Divertimento) for five pianists (at one piano) and tapes (1974) 12:51
David Arden / Marek Mietelski / Davide Mosconi / Carlos Pellegrino / Werner Füsser, piano
Recording: August 03, 1974 – Darmstadt, Georg-Bücher-School
Volker Heyn (* 1938)
[08] Tap for prepared piano and live electronics (1987) 14:45
Oscar Pizzo, piano
Alessandro Pianu & Suyun Kim, live electronics
Recording: 23 July 1992 – Darmstadt, Edith Stein School
Pascale Crito (* 1954)
[09] Thymes for quarter-tone piano and tape (1989) 08:09
Martine Joste, piano
German premiere
Recording: 23 July 1990 – Darmstadt, Georg Büchner School
Simon Steen Andersen (* 1976)
[10] rendered for piano with two assistants (2003 / 04) 08:12
Ellen Ugelvik, piano
Two assistants (members of asamisimasa)
Recording: 24 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Orangery
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