Karlheinz Stockhausen

Three concertos from the classical repertoire, conducted by Karlheinz Stockhausen with cadenzas that he wrote himself: Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E flat (1796), Mozart's Flute Concerto in G (1778) and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A (1791). The Stockhausen-Verlag catalogue dates his cadenzas for the Haydn to 1983 to 1985, those for the Mozart flute concertos in G and D to 1984 and 1985, and those for the Mozart clarinet concerto to 1978.

The trumpet part is played by Markus Stockhausen, the flute part by Kathinka Pasveer and the clarinet part by Suzanne Stephens. For the trumpet and flute concertos, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) is named under Stockhausen's baton; the same recordings appeared in 1985 on Pilz/Acanta before this edition. The tracklist treats the cadenzas as separate pieces, some with their own track for the closing tutti, and the Mozart concertos carry a track called Übergang (transition) where the soloist's cadenza hands back to the orchestra. John Sheppard, reviewing the flute and trumpet concertos for MusicWeb International in 2013, found the cadenzas more questioning than showy. He also noted that they run long, and he praised the clear texture of the orchestra.

This is Stockhausen Edition no. 39 A-B, two CDs on Stockhausen-Verlag, released in 1993.