Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 to 2007), born in Mödrath near Cologne, wrote more than three hundred works, from orchestral and chamber pieces to pure electronic music, and did more than anyone to shape the postwar avant-garde. His Studie I (1953) was the first piece composed entirely from sine waves, Studie II the first electronic score to be notated and published, and Gesang der Jünglinge (1956) and Kontakte (1960) remain the classics of the Cologne studio.
Urantia
*2022 Stock.* Urantia (19th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Soprano and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 16-18. This CD features t…
Jerusem
*2022 Stock.* Jerusem (18th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Tenor and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 13-15. This CD features the…
Nebadon (17. Stunde Aus Klang)
*2022 Stock.* Nebadon (17th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Horn and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 10-12. These layers also inc…
Uversa (16. Stunde Aus Klang)
*2022 Stock.* Uversa (16th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Basset-horn and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 7-9. These layers als…
Orvonton
*2022 Stock.* Orvonton (15th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Baritone and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 4-6. This CD features t…
Havona
*2022 Stock.* Havona (14th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Bass and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 1-3. This CD features the bas…
Treue
*2022 Stock.* Treue (Fidelity, 11th Hour from Klang, for wind trio, 2007) and Erwachen (Awakening, 12th Hour from Klang, for trio, 2007) both adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to creat…
Hoffnung
*2022 Stock.* Hoffnung (Hope, 9th Hour from Klang, for string trio, 2007) and Glanz (Brilliance, 10th Hour from Klang, for septet, 2007) both adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (on The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to cr…
Balance
*2022 Stock.* Balance (7th Hour from Klang, 2007) and Glück (Bliss, Eighth Hour from Klang, 2007) are both wind trios which adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (on The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to create a similarly h…
Harmonien
*2022 Stock.* Harmonien (Harmonies, 5th Hour from Klang, 2006) consists of three adaptations (for bass clarinet, flute, trumpet) of a composition for a solo melody instrument, in which broad melodic fragments are answered by brisk cycles of related a…
Himmels-Tür (4. Stunde Aus Klang) - 24 Türin
*2022 Stock.* Himmels-Tür (Heaven’s Door, 4th Hour from Klang) for a "percussionist and a little girl" (2005) is essentially performed on a hand-made door, with panels constructed from different types of wood in order to obtain a broad range of timbr…
Klang- Die 24 Stunden Des Tages: 3.Stunde: Natürliche Dauern Für Klavier
*2022 Stock.* Natürliche Dauern (Natural Durations, 3rd Hour from Klang) for piano (2005/06) is presented in a 2 CD set. Some of these short piano etudes (24 in all) are predicated on the decay times of sustained, pianistic attacks, while others are …
Freude
*2022 Stock.* Freude (Joy, 2nd Hour from Klang) for 2 harps (2005) consists of 24 moments, each linked with a liturgical verse sung by one or both harpists during performance. This piece is one of Stockhausen's most lyrical pieces in the traditional…
Himmelfahrt
*2022 Stock.* Himmelfahrt (Ascension, 1st Hour from Klang, for synthesizer, soprano and tenor (and some percussion) (2004/05): This work primarily features the polyphonic/polytimbral synthesizer of Antonio Pérez Abellán, with added sung text by Huber…
Michaels-Ruf / Bassetsu / Synthi-Fou / Quitt / Komet / Trumpetent
*2022 Stock.* Chamber Works from Licht, for Brass, Reeds, Percussion & Electronics.
Punkte with introduction
*2022 Stock.* Punkte was presented in an earlier form on The Stockhausen Edition no. 2 (1966 version, rec. 1977). This version, recorded in 2004 with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne under Péter Eötvös (and using modern high fidelity), is a version…
Momente
*2022 Stock.* This is a 2 CD presentation of a new recording of Momente from 1998. Momente has a "mobile-form", which means that the individual segments can be rearranged from performance to performance (typically pre-arranged at the conductor's disc…
Vibra-Elufa
*2022 Stock.* This CD highlights three different percussionists (Michael Pattmann, Andreas Boettger, and Stuart Gerber), as well as the synthesizer of Antonio Pérez Abellán. Klavierstück XVIII and Mittwoch-Formel are two arrangements of the Licht sup…
Music for saxophone with Julien Petit
*2022 Stock.* This CD features the saxophone artistry of Julien Petit. Some of these works were originally written for other wind instruments from 1976 to 1986, but are here newly arranged for saxophone. The 2nd saxophone part of Knabenduett is playe…
Tierkreis / 7 Lieder Der Tage / Vision
*2022 Stock. Includes a 30-page booklet.* This CD features three works (all recorded in 2005) featuring Hubert Mayer as tenor vocalist and Antonio Pérez Abellán on synthesizer (Marco Blaauw joins on trumpet for the third piece). This is notably the d…
Strahlen (Für Einen Schlagzeuger)
*2022 Stock.* Strahlen is an arrangement of Hoch-Zeiten's choir part for tuned percussion (manipulated through signal processing). In a live performance presented here, a percussionist (vibraphone) performs to a tape containing the other 9 complement…
Sonntags-Abschied
*2022 Stock. Includes a 20-page booklet in German and English.* Sonntags-Abschied (Sunday Farewell) contains the exit music for Sonntag aus Licht, programmed and performed by a synthesizer quintet. Harmonically, Sonntags Abschied is an arrangement of…
Hoch-Zeiten
*2022 Stock.* Hoch-Zeiten (High-Times, 2001/02, 5th scene of Sonntag aus Licht) for orchestra and choir. The 5th scene of Sonntag aus Licht is actually a 2-part conception. One part is staged as an instrumental orchestral work, and the other is a sim…
Hoch-Zeiten für orchester
*2022 Stock.* Hoch-Zeiten für orchester (High-Times for orchestra) features each of the orchestral sub-groups from Hoch-Zeiten (presented in its staged form on the Stockhausen Edition no. 73) as individual tracks. These tracks essentially allow the l…
Hoch-Zeiten für chor
*2022 Stock.* Hoch-Zeiten für chor (High-Times for choir) features each of the choral sub-groups from Hoch-Zeiten, 5th scene of Sonntag aus Licht (presented in its staged normal form on the Stockhausen Edition no. 73) as individual, isolated tracks.…
9 Düfte Der Woche
*2022 Stock.* 9 Düfte Der Woche (9 Scents of the Week, from Düfte – Zeichen) for 7 vocalists, boy’s voice, synthesizer (2002). This CD contains the nine songs from Düfte – Zeichen (Scents – Signs), 4th scene of Sonntag Aus Licht (Sunday from Light) o…
Düfte - Zeichen
*2022 Stock.* Düfte - Zeichen (Scents – Signs, 4th scene of Sonntag aus Licht (Sunday from Light) for 7 vocalists, boy’s voice, synthesizer (2002). This Scene features six vocalists grouped as soloists, in duets, and in trios, supported and bracketed…
Licht-Bilder
*2022 Stock. Includes a 56-page illustrated booklet in German and English.* Licht-Bilder, Licht Pictures, 3rd scene of Sonntag aus Licht (Sunday from Light), for tenor vocalist and basset-horn, with ring-modulated flute and trumpet (2002/03). Licht-B…
Engel - Prozessionen
*2022 Stock. Engel - Prozessionen (Angel Processions), 2nd scene of Sonntag Aus Licht (Sunday from Light) for choir groups. The 1st disc on this 2 CD set contains the complete recording of Engel - Prozessionen, the 2nd Scene from Sonntag Aus Licht (…
Mittwochs-Gruss
*2022 Stock.* Mittwochs-Gruss (Wednesday Greeting) - Electronic Music from Mittwoch Aus Licht/Wednesday from Licht (developed during Michaelion's 1998 production, this final tape version was created in 2003). Mittwochs-Gruss is an 8-channel electroni…
Szenen Vom Freitag Aus Licht
*2022 Stock. Szenen Vom Freitag Aus Licht (10 Scenes of Friday from Light) contains just the live music sequences (the "Real Scenes") from Freitag Aus Licht, excerpted from the Stockhausen Edition no. 50. The booklet includes the bulk of the libretto…
Europa-Gruss / Stop Und Start / Zwei Paare / Komet / Licht-Ruf
*2022 Stock.* Europa-Gruss / Stop Und Start / Zwei Paare / Komet / Licht-Ruf is titled the "Electronic and Concrete Music of Stockhausen". However, this CD actually opens with two electro-acoustic chamber pieces, highlighting an ensemble dominated by…
Luzifer's Zorn / Die 7 Lieder Der Tage / Der Kinderfänger
*2022 Stock.* Luzifer's Zorn / Die 7 Lieder Der Tage / Der Kinderfänger features independent acoustic and electro-acoustic scenes from Montag Aus Licht (Monday from Light). These pieces spotlight the talents of bass vocalist Nicholas Isherwood, the "…
3 X Refrain 2000
*2022 Stock.* This CD contains 3 X Refrain 2000 for piano with 3 wood blocks (Benjamin Kobler), sampler-celesta with 3 antique cymbals (Antonio Pérez Abellán), and vibraphone with 3 cow bells and glockenspiel (Andreas Boettger). This is essentially 3…
Litanei 97 - Kurzwellen
*2022 Stock.* This disc contains two pre-Licht pieces, one a modernized reworking of an intuitive text piece from Aus Den Sieben Tagen, and the the other an "historical/archival" release from the shortwave radio "Plus-Minus" series. Litanei 97 is bas…
ARIES for trumpet and electronic music
*2022 Stock.* This disc spotlights the trumpet and flugelhorn skills of Marcus Stockhausen (also a featured performer on The Stockhausen Edition no. 33, 35, and 43). These four tracks were originally released by EMI Classics in 1998. - Stockhausenspa…
Rechter Augenbrauentanz - Capricorn
*2022 Stock.* This disc has two longer electro-acoustic works. Rechter Augenbrauentanz (Right-Eyebrow-Dance) is a completely new arrangement of a theme from "Lucifer's Dance", and in Capricorn, Nicholas Isherwood sings the "Winter" portion of Sirius …
Lichter - Wasser
*2022 Stock.* Lichter - Wasser (Light-Waters) is the 1st Scene of Stockhausen's dramatic music work Sonntag Aus Licht (Sunday from Light), which was the last-composed entry of his 7-part, 29-hour opera cycle Licht (Light). Licht is a work for acousti…
Music for flute and synthesizer
*2022 Stock.* Music for flute and synthesizer is a collection of independent acoustic and electro-acoustic chamber pieces drawn from four of the Licht operas, highlighting the flute and voice of Kathinka Pasveer as well as the synthesizer playing/pro…
Klavierstücke I-XIV
*2022 Stock. Includes a 86-page booklet.* Although several recordings of Stockhausen's cycle for solo piano have been recorded over the decades, notably by David Tudor and Aloys Kontarsky, this set is the definitive edition, with Ellen Corver present…