★Stockhausen-Verlag
Hymnen
Program notes in German and English in 200-page booklet. Karlheinz Stockhausen personally mixed down and mastered these recordings from the original analogue tapes for this CD edition. Karlheinz Stockhausen –“Mikrophonie I” (1964) for tam-tam, 2 microphones, 2 filters with potentiometers (6 players) / “Mikrophonie II” (1965) for choir, Hammond organ, 4 ring modulators / “Telemusik” (1966) (electronic music). Together with Stockhausen's immediately preceding work Mixtur, for five orchestra grou…
Mikrophonie I / Mikrophonie II / Telemusik
Packaged in a thick 2CD jewel case with 128-page booklet in English. Karlheinz Stockhausen –“Mikrophonie I” (1964) for tam-tam, 2 microphones, 2 filters with potentiometers (6 players) / “Mikrophonie II” (1965) for choir, Hammond organ, 4 ring modulators / “Telemusik” (1966) (electronic music). Together with Stockhausen's immediately preceding work Mixtur, for five orchestra groups, four sine-wave generators, four ring modulators, they form a tryptych of live-electronic works, where electronic …
Mixtur
*2022 Stock.* In short, some of the most breathtaking, intrepidly advanced electronic music ever recorded. A truly precious survey of a lone, pioneering voice in electronic music. Cardboard slipcase housing a CD jewel with 104-page booklet in German and English. Karlheinz Stockhausen – “Mixtur” (1964) is one of the earliest compositions for orchestra with live electronics, and is amongst the first compositions using live-electronic techniques generally. "Orchestral sounds transform into electron…
Momente
Momente (Moments), written between 1962 and 1969, was Stockhausen's first piece composed on principles of modular transposability, and his first musical form to be determined from categories of sensation or perception rather than by numerical units of musical terminology. Comes with a 72-page 4-color big size booklet in German and English, plus a separate 36-page 2-color book with complete sung texts. "Momente for soprano solo, four chorus groups and thirteen instrumentalists” is dominated by th…
Zyklus - Refrain - Kontakte
In short, some of the most breathtaking, intrepidly advanced electronic music ever recorded. A truly precious survey of a lone, pioneering voice in electronic music. Cardboard slipcase housing a CD jewel case and a 184-page booklet in German and English. Karlheinz Stockhausen – “Zyklus” (1959) / “Refrain” (1959) / “Kontakte” (1959 – 60). "Krakabang! Prrrrrrrrrr! Plipprrring! Swooossssh! Goooong! Wuawuawuawua! You’re in the middle of it right from the start, with nowhere to hide. Maybe that’s how…
Elektronische Musik 1952-1960
In short, some of the most breathtaking, intrepidly advanced electronic music ever recorded. A truly precious survey of a lone, pioneering voice in electronic music. Cardboard slipcase housing a CD jewel case and a 184-page booklet in German and English. Karlheinz Stockhausen – Electronic Music 1952 – 1960: “Etude” (1952) / “Studie I” (1953) / “Studie II (1954) / “Gesang der Jünglinge” (1955-56) / “Kontakte” (1959-60). "Nowadays anybody with a computer and some relatively cheap software can mani…