Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mantra (LP)
FormatLPLabelDeutsche GrammophonGenreExperimental
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Mantra (1970) was Karlheinz Stockhausen's return to notated composition after the intuitive music of the late sixties, and the first piece built entirely on a "formula": a thirteen-note melody that generates the whole hour-long work. The two pianists also play crotales and woodblocks, and their sound passes through ring modulators that tint it with metallic, bell-like colours.
The performers are Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky, who premiered it, with Stockhausen at the sound desk. A first German Deutsche Grammophon pressing from 1972 in a gatefold sleeve. A turning point in late-twentieth-century piano music, and a source for a whole generation of electronic musicians.
Release notes
"Printed in Germany by Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover · Manufactured by Deutsche Grammophon, Hamburg" All labels read "Made in Germany". Label rim text in German. Does NOT say Deutsche Grammophon in the rim text, unlike [r6330529] which does say Deutsche Grammophon in the rim text at the top of the label. Non-"Gesellschaft" version of Deutsche Grammophon logos on front, back and labels. Overall jacket design otherwise highly similar to other German versions. Gatefold sleeve…
| A | (1.Teil) | 35:05 | |
| B | (2.Teil) | 29:55 |
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Composed By, Directed By [Klangregie], Liner Notes
- Klaus Hiemann
- Engineer [Recording Engineer]
- Werner Neumeister
- Photography By [Photo Alfons Und Aloys Kontarsky]
- Vok Dams
- Photography By [Photo Stockhausen]
- Alfons und Aloys Kontarsky
- Piano
- Dr. Rudolf Werner
- Producer [Production]
