Composition / Contemporary

*111 copies limited edition. 2022 stock* ‘Light Colours In Jyderup’ is a trademark Marta Forsberg composition – in a relatively short space of time, the Swedish composer is able to transform the simplest of sonic materials into the most magical, transcendent experience. Using only vocals and some effects, she makes a handful of students from a tiny Danish town sound both alien and medieval; the way the piece unfolds is graceful, its tone and feeling is sacred yet warm, like a Christmas carol fro…

Momente (1962 to 1969) for soprano, four choirs and thirteen instrumentalists, in the 1998 version conducted by Rupert Huber with soprano Angela Tunstall, the WDR choir and MusikFabrik.

Punkte (Points), Stockhausen's orchestral work from 1952, recomposed from 1962, in a 2004 recording conducted by Péter Eötvös, with the composer's spoken introduction in German and English.

Five chamber works from Stockhausen's Licht for percussion and synthesizer, including Vibra-Elufa, Komet and the Wednesday Formula in two forms, recorded mostly in 2005.

Saxophone works by Stockhausen played by Julien Petit: Amour, Saxophon, Piccolo, In Freundschaft, Knabenduett and Entführung, most arranged from pieces for other instruments. Recorded around 2005.

Three works for tenor and synthesizer: Tierkreis in the 2003 version, Die 7 Lieder der Tage and Vision, with Hubert Mayer, Antonio Pérez Abellán and trumpeter Marco Blaauw, recorded in Cologne in 2005.

Orchestra and choir versions of the fifth scene of Stockhausen's opera Sonntag aus Licht, composed 2001/02 and recorded in February 2003 by the WDR Symphony Orchestra and WDR Choir Cologne.

Stockhausen Edition no. 72: Hoch-Zeiten for orchestra from Sonntag aus Licht, five groups and a Tutti version for study on three CDs, recorded with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne in 2003.

Stockhausen Edition no. 71: Hoch-Zeiten for choir from Sonntag aus Licht, five groups and a Tutti version for study on three CDs, recorded with the WDR Choir Cologne in 2003.

Stockhausen Edition no. 70: nine songs from Düfte-Zeichen (Sonntag aus Licht) for voices and synthesizer, without the background ensemble, recorded in September 2003.

Stockhausen Edition no. 69: Düfte-Zeichen from Sonntag aus Licht, for seven vocalists, boy's voice and synthesizer, composed in 2002 and recorded in 2003.

Stockhausen Edition no. 68: Licht-Bilder from Sonntag aus Licht, for tenor, trumpet, basset horn, flute and synthesizer, recorded in January 2005 by the premiere performers, with a second CD without ring modulation.

Stockhausen Edition no. 67: Engel-Prozessionen from Sonntag aus Licht, sung by the Netherlands Radio Choir, plus a second CD with the background Tutti-Chor alone.

Stockhausen Edition no. 66: the electronic music Mittwochs-Gruss from Mittwoch aus Licht, realised with synthesizer sounds by Antonio Pérez Abellán and completed in its final tape version in 2003.

Stockhausen Edition no. 65: the ten live scenes from Freitag aus Licht, taken from the complete opera recording (Edition no. 50), on two CDs.

Stockhausen Edition no. 64: Europa-Gruss and Stop und Start, the tape pieces Zwei Paare and Komet, and the interval signal Licht-Ruf, with Michele Marelli credited on clarinet and basset horn.

Bassetsu-Trio (1997), for basset-horn, trumpet and trombone, recorded in Cologne in December 1999, and Mittwochs-Abschied (1996), electronic and concrete music from Mittwoch aus Licht realised at the WDR Studio.

Stockhausen Edition no. 11: Prozession (1967), recorded by the WDR in 1971, and Ceylon (1970, from Für kommende Zeiten), recorded by the WDR in 1975, with Aloys Kontarsky, Harald Bojé and Peter Eötvös.

Stockhausen Edition no. 12: Stimmung (1968) for six vocalists in its Paris version, in two recordings made at the WDR in Cologne by the Collegium Vocale Köln in 1969 and 1982.

Two-CD edition of the electronic music and sound scenes of Freitag aus Licht (1991-94) by Karlheinz Stockhausen, produced with Simon Stockhausen at the WDR Studio, Cologne, in 1992 and 1994; Kathinka Pasveer and Stockhausen supply the voices.

Stockhausen Edition no. 7: Momente (1962-69) for soprano, four choirs and 13 instrumentalists, in the Europe Version of 1972 and an excerpt of the Donaueschingen Version of 1965, conducted by the composer.

Stockhausen Edition no. 6: Zyklus and Refrain (both 1959) and Kontakte with piano and percussion (to 1960), played by Christoph Caskel and Aloys Kontarsky with Stockhausen on celesta and electronics.

Four-CD set of Karlheinz Stockhausen's opera Freitag aus Licht (1991-94) with its electronic layers and live scenes; issued by Stockhausen-Verlag in 2003.

Stockhausen Edition no. 62: three performances of Refrain 2000 for piano, sampler-celesta and vibraphone, played by Benjamin Kobler, Antonio Pérez Abellán and Andreas Boettger, recorded in 2000, with spoken introductions in English.

Stockhausen Edition no. 61: Litanei 97 for choir and conductor, recorded by the SWR Vokalensemble in 2000, and the 1968 Radio Bremen recording of Kurzwellen for six players.

Rechter Augenbrauentanz (1983-2003), for clarinets, bass clarinets, percussion and synthesizer, and Capricorn from Sirius for bass and electronic music, sung by Nicholas Isherwood; issued by Stockhausen-Verlag in 2004.

Lichter-Wasser (Sonntags-Gruss, 1998-99), the first scene of Sonntag aus Licht, for soprano, tenor and orchestra with synthesizer, premiered at the Donaueschingen Music Days in 1999; issued by Stockhausen-Verlag in 2000.

Three-CD recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstücke I-XIV (1952-84) played by Ellen Corver under the composer's supervision, recorded in 1997 and 1998, with a loudspeaker test track.

Michaelion, the fourth scene of Mittwoch aus Licht (1997), recorded 13-15 August 2012 in Birmingham during rehearsals for the staged premiere, with London Voices and Michael Leibundgut; mixed by Kathinka Pasveer and Günther Kasper.

Orchester-Finalisten (1995-96), the second scene of Mittwoch aus Licht, for orchestra and electronic music: eleven soloists of the Asko Ensemble recorded in Amsterdam, with the tape realised at the WDR Studio, Cologne, in 1996.

Welt-Parlament (1995), the first scene of Mittwoch aus Licht, for choir a cappella, sung by the Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart under Rupert Huber and recorded in 1995-96 under Karlheinz Stockhausen's supervision.

Stockhausen Edition no. 2: Formel (1951), Schlagtrio and Spiel (1952, revised 1970s) and Punkte (1952, recomposed 1962), with the composer credited as conductor.

Stockhausen Edition no. 5: Gruppen (1955-57) for three orchestras, recorded on 9 May 1965, and Carré (1959-60) for four orchestras and choirs, taped at the dress rehearsal of 1960.

Six of the seventeen intuitive-music texts of Für kommende Zeiten (1968-70), played by the Ensemble for Intuitive Music Weimar and recorded in 2005.

Trans (1971), Stockhausen's orchestral work with tape, on one CD with the world premiere recording of 16 October 1971 and a later studio recording under Hans Zender.

Am Himmel wandre ich (1972), twelve American Indian songs for two voices by Stockhausen, sung by Helga Hamm-Albrecht and Karl O. Barkey and recorded in February 1977.

Inori (1973-74), Stockhausen's adorations for one or two soloists and orchestra, on one CD with the orchestral recording made in Baden-Baden in 1978.

Atmen gibt das Leben (1974, 1976-77), Stockhausen's choral opera, with the NDR choir recorded over an orchestra taped in Hamburg in April 1977.

Single CD of Stockhausen's two solo clarinet pieces from 1975, Harlekin and Der Kleine Harlekin, played by Suzanne Stephens, for whom both were written. Stockhausen-Verlag, 1992.

Single CD with three solo works for clarinet and basset horn played by Suzanne Stephens: In Freundschaft (1977), Traum-Formel (1981) and the five pieces of Amour (1974 to 1976). Stockhausen-Verlag, 1993.