Karlheinz Stockhausen
Stimmung (Singcircle Version)
LabelHyperionGenreExperimental
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In each section a new overtone melody or 'model' is introduced and repeated several times. Each female voice leads a new section eight times, and each male voice, nine times. Some of the other singers gradually have to transform their own material until they have come into 'identity' with the lead singer of the section by adopting the same tempo, rhythm and dynamics. When the lead singer feels that 'identity' has been reached, he or she makes a gesture to another singer who leads the next section. Each model is a set of rhythmic phonetic patterns, often with actual words used as their basis, such as 'Hallelujah' or 'Saturday'. In 29 of the sections, 'magic names' are called out. These are the names of gods and goddesses from many cultures—Aztec, aboriginal and Ancient Greek, for instance—and have to be incorporated into the character of the model. The erotic and intimate love-poems that are recited were written by Stockhausen 'during amorous days' in 1967.
Details
Cat. number: CDA66115
Year: 1986
Release notes
Recorded in the University of East Anglia, Norwich, on 27, 28 January 1983 "Stimmung was commissioned by the City of Cologne for the Collegium Vocale, a vocal ensemble at the Rheinische Musikschule. It was composed during the winter months of February and March 1968 in Madison, Connecticut (USA) and is dedicated to the painter [a1370464]. It was the first major Western composition to be based entirely on the production of vocal harmonics." - Karlheinz Stockhausen (from a letter to Gregory…
Tracklist
| Stimmung | |||
| 1 | Warming Up, Leading To Model 1, Bass | 1:51 | |
| 2 | Mezzo. "Gott Nochmal" / Soprano 2 GROGORAGALLY, Sun God (Australian Aboriginal) | 1:31 | |
| 3 | Soprano 2. "Vishnu / Baritone, ELYON, God Of Storms (Hebrew) | 0:52 | |
| 4 | Soprano 1 / Tenor, USI-AFU, God Of The Earth (Timor, Indonesia) | 1:18 | |
| 5 | Baritone, "Saturday", "Saturnstag", "Samstag", "Complement Nous" / Tenor, CHANG TI, Director Of The Cosmos (Chinese Buddhist) | 1:05 | |
| 6 | Tenor | 0:32 | |
| 7 | Baritone, "Hallelujah" | 0:28 | |
| 8 | Soprano 1. / Mezzo, UEUETEOTL, God Of Fire (Aztec) | 1:37 | |
| 9 | Bass. "Phoenix" / Tenor, USI-NENO, Sun God (Timor, Indonesia) | 1:11 | |
| 10 | Soprano 1. "Komit" (Like Screech Owls) | 1:10 | |
| 11 | Bass. "Moo", "Moo-coo" (Like Cows), "Guru" (A Dove). / Baritone, AHURA-MAZDA God Of Wisdom (Persian) | 1:08 | |
| 12 | Tenor | 2:54 | |
| 13 | Baritone. / Soprano 2, ABASSI-ABUMO, Creator Of Heaven (Ibi, Africa) | 1:35 | |
| 14 | Soprano 2. "Hippy". / Mezzo CHALCHIHUITLICUE, Goddess Of The Sea And Salt Water (Aztec) | 1:22 | |
| 15 | Mezzo. / Soprano 2 WAKANTANKA, God Of Thunder (Sioux Indian) | 1:50 | |
| 16 | Bass. | 0:46 | |
| 17 | Soprano 1. "The Male Is Basically An Anymale" | 0:49 | |
| 18 | Tenor. | 1:44 | |
| 19 | Bass. "Sontag", "Sunday" / Soprano 1, DIONYSOS, God Of Fertility And Wine (Greek) | 1:08 | |
| 20 | Soprano 2. | 1:29 | |
| 21 | Baritone. | 0:36 | |
| 22 | Mezzo. | 1:10 | |
| 23 | Baritone. | 1:50 | |
| 24 | Soprano 2. / Soprano 1, VENUS, Goddess Of Love (Roman) | 1:15 | |
| 25 | Mezzo. "Wotansday, "Mittwoch", "We(d)nesday" / Baritone YAH-WEH, God Of Israel (Hebrew) | 2:27 | |
| 26 | Soprano 1. "Tuesday" / Mezzo QUETZALCOATL, God Of gods (Aztec) | 1:06 | |
| 27 | Tenor. | 1:00 | |
| 28 | Bass. / Soprano 2 MUNGANAGANA, God Of Wind (Australian Aboriginal) | 0:58 | |
| 29 | Baritone. / Mezzo. TLALOC God Of Rain (Aztec) | 1:03 | |
| 30 | Soprano 1. | 0:55 | |
| 31 | Mezzo. | 0:51 | |
| 32 | Baritone. | 4:19 | |
| 33 | Soprano 2. "Friday", "Freitag" / Baritone OSIRIS, God Of Fertility And Death (Egyptian) / Tenor ALLAH, Almighty Creator (Islamic) / Soprano 1. RHEA Mother Of Zeus (Ancient Greek) | 1:35 | |
| 34 | Soprano 1. "Niemals" / Tenor VISHNU The Bringer Of Good (Hindu) | 0:51 | |
| 35 | Bass. "Sehr Hell", "Helena" / Soprano 1 GAIA Goddess Of The Earth (Ancient Greek) | 1:19 | |
| 36 | Tenor. / Mezzo TETEOINNAN, Mother Of The Gods (Aztec) | 1:30 | |
| 37 | Mezzo. / Soprano 2, SUSSISTINAKO God Of Heaven (Sia, American Indian) | 1:37 | |
| 38 | Soprano 1. "Salemaleikum", "Salami-e", "Come-On" / Bass RANGI God Of Heaven (Maori, Polynesia) | 1:39 | |
| 39 | Mezzo. "Moonsday". / Baritone. ATUM-RA, Goddess Of The Sun (Ancient Egyptian) | 0:55 | |
| 40 | Baritone. | 0:50 | |
| 41 | Bass. "Thorstag", "Thursday", "Donnerstag"; "Freitag Samstag Sonntag Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag". / Soprano 2 YADILQIL, Heaven-Man (Navajo, American Indian) | 1:01 | |
| 42 | Baritone. "Nemesis", "Artemis". / Tenor VARUNA God Of Wisdom (Hindu) | 0:59 | |
| 43 | Tenor. Neighing (Like A Horse) | 0:39 | |
| 44 | Bass. | 2:37 | |
| 45 | Soprano 2. | 0:55 | |
| 46 | Tenor. / Soprano 1 CHRONOS God Of Time (Ancient Greek) / Mezzo, CHICOMECOATL God Of Food (Aztec) | 1:20 | |
| 47 | Soprano 1. / Tenor BUDDHA The Enlightened One (Buddhist) | 1:38 | |
| 48 | Mezzo. "Maria" / Bass TANGAROA, Sun God (Maori, Polynesia) | 1:26 | |
| 49 | Tenor. | 0:50 | |
| 50 | Soprano 2. | 0:58 | |
| 51 | Tenor. | 2:10 | |
Credits
- Paul Hillier
- Bass Vocals
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Composed By, Liner Notes
- Gregory Rose
- Conductor [Director], Baritone Vocals, Liner Notes
- Terry Shannon
- Design
- Trygg Tryggvason
- Engineer [Recording Engineer]
- Singcircle
- Ensemble [Vocal Ensemble]
- Edward Perry
- Executive-Producer
- John Bickley
- Executive-Producer
- Helen Ireland
- Liner Notes
- Nancy Long
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals
- Martin Compton
- Producer [Recording Producer]
- Penelope Walmsley-Clark
- Soprano Vocals
- Suzanne Flowers
- Soprano Vocals
- Rogers Covey-Crump
- Tenor Vocals
Edgard Varèse, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, Giacomo Manzoni, Luciano Berio, Henri Pousseur, Pierre Schaeffer, François Bayle, Bruno Maderna, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Franco Donatoni, Sylvano Bussotti, Mauricio Kagel, Gyorgy Ligeti, Niccolò Castiglioni, Boris Porena, John Cage, Marius Constant, Krzysztof Penderecki, Zbynek Vostrak, Edison Denisov, Erik Satie, Anton Webern
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