Karlheinz Stockhausen

*2022 Stock.* Musik Für Klarinette, Bassklarinette Und Bassethorn is a collection of works for clarinet, bass clarinet, and basset-horn featuring the artistry of Suzanne Stephens (also previously featured on In Freundschaft (the Stockhausen Edition no. 27). This 3 CD set includes recordings from 1989 to 1994 of compositions spanning 1974 through 1994. Many of these works are derived or arranged from Licht (reduced for independent concert recital). 7 works are for solo basset-horn, with the remaining 8 selections being ensemble or electro-acoustic arrangements, with Stephens joined by Majella Stockhausen (pno), Markus Stockhausen (tpt), Simon Stockhausen (kb), Kathinka Pasveer (fl), Joachim Krist (vla) or Julian Pike (tn). Laub und Regen is primarily a theatrical work, but this recording kind of works as an example of Stockhausen using the concept of found objects sounds, hammers, brooms, threshing, etc. In Tierkreis for clarinet and piano, Stephens and pianist Majella Stockhausen create new chamber duet arrangements and variations based on the Zodiac melodies first presented in Tierkreis (the Stockhausen Edition no. 24). Although this an unusually massive set devoted to just one primary performer, this collection delivers a great variety of compositional approaches.
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