Darmstadt Aural Documents · Box 3 · Ensembles

Barden, Barrett, Becker, Billone, Brün, Cage, Carrillo, Eloy, Erickson, Estrada, Evangelisti, Fritsch, Gentilucci, Grosskopf, Hoban, Hoffmann, Ishii, Ives, Jelinek, Johnston, Jungheinrich, Kounadis, Lauck, Lehman, von Lilienstern, Lim, Marchetti, Moguillansky, Poppe, Pousseur, Prins, Radulescu, Reudenbach, Riehm, Rzewski, Wielecki, Xenakis

CD 1
total time: 77:27

Hanns Jelinek (1901–1969)
[01–04] Streichquartett Nr. 2 op. 13 (1949) 25:36

Végh Quartet
(Sándor Végh, Sándor Zöldy, Georges Janzer, Paul Szábo)

German premiere · Recording: 13 July 1952 – Darmstadt, Seminar Marienhöhe

Herbert Brün (1918–2000)
[05] Streichquartett Nr. 3 (1960) 10:44

LaSalle Quartet
(Walter Levin, Henry Meyer, Peter Kamnitzer, Richard Kapuscinski)

European premiere · Recording: 14 July 1962 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)
[06] Aleatorio for string quartet (1959) 01:59

LaSalle Quartet
(Walter Levin, Henry Meyer, Peter Kamnitzer, Richard Kapuscinski)

World premiere · Recording: 14 July 1962 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
[07] ST/4-1,080262 for string quartet (1956–1962) 09:10

Quatuor Parrenin
(Jacques Parrenin, Jacques Ghestem, Michel Walès, Pierre Pénassou)

German premiere · Recording: 21 July 1963 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

John Cage (1912–1992)
[08] Thirty Pieces for String Quartet (1983) 29:52

Kronos Quartet
(David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt, Joan Jeanrenaud)

World premiere · Recording: 27 July 1984 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

CD 2
total time: 71:13

Richard Barrett (*1959)
[01] I Open and Close for string quartet (1983–1988) 19:34

Arditti Quartet
(Irvine Arditti, David Alberman, Levine Andrade, Rohan de Saram)

German premiere · Recording: 22 July 1990 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Erhard Grosskopf (*1934)
[02–06] Lied for bass clarinet and string quartet (1977) 12:00

Arditti Quartet
(Irvine Arditti, Lennox Mackenzie, Levine Andrade, Rohan de Saram)
Roger Heaton, bass clarinet

Recording: 19 July 1982 – Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Schule

Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010)
[07] Streichquintett (1984) 15:28

Arditti Quartet
(Irvine Arditti, Alexander Balanescu, Levine Andrade, Rohan de Saram)
Fernando Grillo, double bass

World premiere · Recording: 26 July 1984 – Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Schule

Pierluigi Billone (*1960)
[08] Muri IIIb for string quartet per Federico de Leonardis (2010) 24:04

Arditti Quartet
(Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan, Ralf Ehlers, Lucas Fels)

World premiere · Recording: 22 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

CD 3
total time: 68:27

Maki Ishii (1936–2003)
[01] Präludium und Variationen for nine players (1959–1960) 06:58

Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble
Bruno Maderna, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 04 September 1961 – Darmstadt, Kongresshalle Mathildenhöhe

Arghyris Kounadis (1924–2011)
[02–04] Drei Nocturnes nach Sappho for soprano and ensemble (1960) 08:15

Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble
Akémi Karaki, soprano
Bruno Maderna, conductor

Recording: 11 July 1962 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Henri Pousseur (1929–2009)
[05] Madrigal III for clarinet, violin, cello, two percussionists and piano (1962) 16:26

Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble

World premiere · Recording: 15 July 1962 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich (*1938)
[06] Zeitspiel for chamber ensemble (1962) 08:20

Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble
Bruno Maderna, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 18 July 1962 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Jean-Claude Eloy (*1938)
[07] Equivalences (1st Version) for 15 instruments (1963) 08:53

Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble
Pierre Boulez, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 20 July 1963 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Günther Becker (1924–2007)
[08] Diaglyphen for chamber ensemble (1962) 10:45

Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble
Bruno Maderna, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 24 July 1963 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Hans Ulrich Lehmann (1937–2013)
[09] Komposition für 19 Instrumentalisten (1964–1965) 08:44

Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble
Bruno Maderna, conductor

Recording: 25 July 1965 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

CD 4
total time: 70:36

Charles Ives (1874–1954)
[01] Psalm 24 for mixed choir (1894) 03:23

The Gregg Smith Singers
Gregg Smith, conductor

German premiere · Recording: 30 August 1961 – Darmstadt, Kongresshalle Mathildenhöhe

Walter Marchetti (1931–2015)
[02] Spazi II for ensemble (1958) 05:45

Ensemble Incontri musicali
Bruno Maderna, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 05 September 1958 – Darmstadt, Schloss Heiligenberg

Ben Johnston (*1926)
[03] Knocking Piece for ensemble (1963) 05:25

Contemporary Chamber Players (University of Illinois)

European premiere · Recording: 01 September 1966 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Robert Erickson (1917–1997)
[04] Scapes II A Contest for Two Groups (1966) 10:04

Contemporary Chamber Players (University of Illinois)

European premiere · Recording: 01 September 1966 – Darmstadt, Stadthalle

Frederic Rzewski (*1938)
[05] Requiem (Part I) 12:40
for female speaker, male choir (basses), piano, tubular bells, woodblock and four drones, synthesizer, thunder stick and Jew’s harp (1963–1967)

Schola Cantorum Stuttgart
Nicole Rzewski, speaker
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Bernhard Kontarsky, conductor

German premiere · Recording: 27 July 1972 – Darmstadt, Städtische Sporthalle

Horatiu Radulescu (1943–2008)
[06] thirteen dreams ago op. 26 for 11 strings and two tapes (1977) 33:15

Ensemble Köln
Robert HP Platz, conductor

German premiere · Recording: 13 July 1982 – Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Schule

CD 5
total time: 72:27

Thomas Lauck (*1943)
[01] Denk daran, die Erde ist eine Trommel… for percussion quartet (1986) 10:44

Freiburger Schlagzeugensemble
(Isao Nakamura, Carlos Beresi, Rüdiger Pawassar, Richard Lepetit)
Bernhard Wulff, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 14 July 1986 – Darmstadt, Sporthalle am Böllenfalltor

Julián Carrillo (1875–1965)
[02] Balbuceos for sixteenth-tone piano and ensemble (1958) 11:27

Orchester zum 13. Ton Nürnberg
Martine Joste, piano
Ulf Klausnitzer, conductor

Recording: 10 August 1988 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Julio Estrada (*1943)
[03] eolo’oolin for six percussionists (1981–1984, rev. 1988) 39:58

Participants of the Darmstadt Summer Courses 1998
(Daniel Buess, László Hudacsek, Hideki Ikegami, Yoshiko Kanda, Ricardo Marini, Young-Cher Park)
Julio Estrada and Isao Nakamura, direction

World premiere · Recording: 03 August 1998 – Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Schule

Tadeusz Wielecki (*1954)
[04] Whisper of the Semitones / Szmer półtonów for double bass and ensemble (2004) 10:14

Ensemble Courage
Tadeusz Wielecki, double bass
Titus Engel, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 16 August 2004 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

CD 6
total time: 76:48

Rolf Riehm (*1937)
[01] Hawking for solo piano, bass drum and ensemble (1998) 34:52

ensemble recherche
Christoph Grund, piano
Christian Dierstein, bass drum

Recording: 21 July 2000 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Michael Reudenbach (*1956)
[02] und aber Music for String Quartet (2004) 13:37

Kairos Quartet
(Wolfgang Bender, Chatschatur Kanajan, Simone Heilgendorff, Claudius von Wrochem)

World premiere · Recording: 17 August 2004 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Wieland Hoban (*1978)
[03] zereint for eight instrumentalists (2006) 12:03

Participants of the Darmstadt Summer Courses 2006
Wieland Hoban, percussion
Lucas Vis, conductor

World premiere · Recording: 16 August 2006 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Genoël von Lilienstern (*1979)
[04] Adrenochrom for ensemble (2006) 09:13

Participants of the Darmstadt Summer Courses 2006
Lucas Vis, conductor

Recording: 16 August 2006 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Mark Barden (*1980)
[05] viscera for trio basso (2010) 06:58

Fathom String Trio
(Jessica Rona, Moritz Müllenbach, Aleksander Gabrys)

World premiere · Recording: 29 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

CD 7
total time: 78:18

Marta Gentilucci (*1973)
[01] radix ipsius for ensemble und live electronics (2008) 17:31

Ensemble ascolta

Recording: 09 July 2008 – Darmstadt, Sporthalle am Böllenfalltor

Eduardo Moguillansky (*1977)
[02] aide-mémoire for ensemble (2008) 05:39

Ensemble ascolta

World premiere · Recording: 09 July 2008 – Darmstadt, Sporthalle am Böllenfalltor

Liza Lim (*1966)
[03] City of Falling Angels for 12 percussionists (2007) 17:40

Participants of the Darmstadt Summer Courses 2008
Christian Dierstein, conductor

Recording: 14 July 2008 – Darmstadt, Sporthalle am Böllenfalltor

Stefan Prins (*1979)
[04] Fremdkörper #1 for flute, electric guitar, percussion, cello and live electronics (2008) 11:25

Nadar Ensemble
(Katrien Gaelens, Toon Callier, Yves Goemaere, Pieter Matthynssens)
Daan Janssens, conductor

German premiere · Recording: 21 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Robin Hoffmann (*1970)
[05] anstatt dass for chamber ensemble (2009) 09:20

IEMA Ensemble
Susanne Blumenthal, conductor

Recording: 23 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Orangerie

Enno Poppe (*1969)
[06] Speicher I for ensemble (2009 / 2010) 16:39

Klangforum Wien
Emilio Pomàrico, conductor

Recording: 31 July 2010 – Darmstadt, Darmstadtium

01/2017

aus: Kritikerumfrage “Welche fünf CDs haben Sie im vergangenen Jahr am meisten beeindruckt?”

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(Dirk Wieschollek)