In Freundschaft
*2022 Stock.* The Stockhausen Edition no. 105 contains chamber works recorded between 2011-15. In Freundschaft was written as a clarinet solo for (and dedicated to) woodwind player Suzanne Stephens for her birthday and was first premiered by her in 1978, though a flute version was performed earlier during Stephens' actual birthday celebration. In the following years, Stockhausen composed versions for many more instruments, including recorder, oboe, bassoon (w. teddy bear costume), basset horn, b…
Pole Für 2 (Integrale Version)
*2022 Stock.* 'The Stockhausen Edition no. 103 contains the first complete recording of Pole (Poles, 1969-70) for 2 soloists with shortwave radio (and small instruments). Vocalists Natascha Nikeprelevic and Michael Vetter are featured here. The score for Pole includes directions for spatial placement of sound sources, which were realized through panning and digital reverb. An earlier recording of this piece with Péter Eötvös & Harald Bojé can be found on The Stockhausen Edition no. 15.' - Stockh…
In Freundschaft
*2022 Stock.* The Stockhausen Edition no. 101 contains four new arrangements of the solo work In Freundschaft (In Friendship). In Freundschaft was written as a clarinet solo for (and dedicated to) woodwind player Suzanne Stephens for her birthday and was first premiered by her in 1978, though a flute version was performed earlier during Stephens' actual birthday celebration. In the following years, Stockhausen composed versions for many more instruments, including recorder, oboe, bassoon (w. te…
Treue
*2022 Stock.* Treue (Fidelity, 11th Hour from Klang, for wind trio, 2007) and Erwachen (Awakening, 12th Hour from Klang, for trio, 2007) both adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to create a similarly hypnotic web of lyrical polyphony, approaching and receding from the listener. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Hoffnung
*2022 Stock.* Hoffnung (Hope, 9th Hour from Klang, for string trio, 2007) and Glanz (Brilliance, 10th Hour from Klang, for septet, 2007) both adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (on The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to create a similarly hypnotic web of lyrical polyphony, approaching and receding from the listener. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Balance
*2022 Stock.* Balance (7th Hour from Klang, 2007) and Glück (Bliss, Eighth Hour from Klang, 2007) are both wind trios which adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (on The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to create a similarly hypnotic web of lyrical polyphony, approaching and receding from the listener. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Harmonien
*2022 Stock.* Harmonien (Harmonies, 5th Hour from Klang, 2006) consists of three adaptations (for bass clarinet, flute, trumpet) of a composition for a solo melody instrument, in which broad melodic fragments are answered by brisk cycles of related arpeggio figures (or broken chords). These ostinato figures are modulated dynamically so that they subtly approach and recede. In Schönheit (Beauty, 6th Hour from Klang, 2006) the material from the three arrangements of Harmonien are layered and synch…
Klang- Die 24 Stunden Des Tages: 3.Stunde: Natürliche Dauern Für Klavier
*2022 Stock.* Natürliche Dauern (Natural Durations, 3rd Hour from Klang) for piano (2005/06) is presented in a 2 CD set. Some of these short piano etudes (24 in all) are predicated on the decay times of sustained, pianistic attacks, while others are fascinating explorations of melodic and rhythmic contrast. These final, late-era piano pieces are truly beautiful postcards of shape and color.- Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Freude
*2022 Stock.* Freude (Joy, 2nd Hour from Klang) for 2 harps (2005) consists of 24 moments, each linked with a liturgical verse sung by one or both harpists during performance. This piece is one of Stockhausen's most lyrical pieces in the traditional sense, although it is still based on a chromatic tonality.- Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Michaels-Ruf / Bassetsu / Synthi-Fou / Quitt / Komet / Trumpetent
*2022 Stock.* Chamber Works from Licht, for Brass, Reeds, Percussion & Electronics.
Punkte with introduction
*2022 Stock.* Punkte was presented in an earlier form on The Stockhausen Edition no. 2 (1966 version, rec. 1977). This version, recorded in 2004 with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne under Péter Eötvös (and using modern high fidelity), is a version of Punkte revised in 1994. The CD includes an introduction by Stockhausen (in German and English). - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Momente
*2022 Stock.* This is a 2 CD presentation of a new recording of Momente from 1998. Momente has a "mobile-form", which means that the individual segments can be rearranged from performance to performance (typically pre-arranged at the conductor's discretion). Therefore this version is again unique from the 1965 and 1972 versions of Momente found on The Stockhausen Edition no. 7. Like the 1965 version, it does start with the "clapping" sequence, but in this performance the transition from "audienc…
Vibra-Elufa
*2022 Stock.* This CD highlights three different percussionists (Michael Pattmann, Andreas Boettger, and Stuart Gerber), as well as the synthesizer of Antonio Pérez Abellán. Klavierstück XVIII and Mittwoch-Formel are two arrangements of the Licht super-formula (theme) on synthesizer and percussion trio, respectively. Komet (for a solo percussionist) is accompanied by a unique tape piece where the voice of Kathinka Pasveer takes on the two children's chorus parts from Kinderkrieg (1995). This pie…
Music for saxophone with Julien Petit
*2022 Stock.* This CD features the saxophone artistry of Julien Petit. Some of these works were originally written for other wind instruments from 1976 to 1986, but are here newly arranged for saxophone. The 2nd saxophone part of Knabenduett is played by Antonio Felippe Belijar, and some relatively minimal percussion was provided by Michael Pattmann and Kathinka Pasveer.- Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Sonntags-Abschied
*2022 Stock. Includes a 20-page booklet in German and English.* Sonntags-Abschied (Sunday Farewell) contains the exit music for Sonntag aus Licht, programmed and performed by a synthesizer quintet. Harmonically, Sonntags Abschied is an arrangement of the choral structure from Hoch-Zeiten (CD 73 or 71). These dynamic, somewhat vocally-articulated layers are organized as slowly changing, static harmonies - but with very active inner vibrations (embellishments and melodic transitions). - Stockhause…
Hoch-Zeiten
*2022 Stock.* Hoch-Zeiten (High-Times, 2001/02, 5th scene of Sonntag aus Licht) for orchestra and choir. The 5th scene of Sonntag aus Licht is actually a 2-part conception. One part is staged as an instrumental orchestral work, and the other is a simultaneous a cappella choral work performed in another room. However, sounds from the orchestral part are piped into the choral work, and vice-versa. This CD presents the orchestra point of view (WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne), followed by that of th…
9 Düfte Der Woche
*2022 Stock.* 9 Düfte Der Woche (9 Scents of the Week, from Düfte – Zeichen) for 7 vocalists, boy’s voice, synthesizer (2002). This CD contains the nine songs from Düfte – Zeichen (Scents – Signs), 4th scene of Sonntag Aus Licht (Sunday from Light) on the Stockhausen Edition no. 69, but without the background ensemble vocals. In other words, each song is presented as an independently-performed vocal work, backed only by the synthesizer part. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com
Düfte - Zeichen
*2022 Stock.* Düfte - Zeichen (Scents – Signs, 4th scene of Sonntag aus Licht (Sunday from Light) for 7 vocalists, boy’s voice, synthesizer (2002). This Scene features six vocalists grouped as soloists, in duets, and in trios, supported and bracketed by rhythmically-free (aleatoric) background ensemble text and glassy synthesizer harmonies. At the end are two additional songs featuring a youth "from the audience". The vocal texts (included in the booklet) describe the themes behind each of the s…
Elektronische Musik Mit Tonszenen Vom Freitag Aus Licht
*2022 Stock.* Elektronische Musik Mit Tonszenen Vom Freitag Aus Licht, this 2 CD set contains the dark ambient electronic music (Weltraum, or "Outer Space") from the opera Freitag Aus Licht (Friday from Light), combined/mixed with the Paare vom Freitag (Couples of Friday) "Sound Scenes" (heard as isolated duets on Paare vom Freitag, The Stockhausen Edition no. 48). In other words, this is the "tape" parts of the opera without the live performers. The electronic music is also used as the ambient …
Hymnen - Elektronische Musik Mit Orchester
*2022 Stock.* Hymnen - Elektronische Musik Mit Orchester is the premier recording of a specially-adapted version of the 3rd Region of the massive electronic/tape work Hymnen. Commissioned for a 1971 concert with the New York Philharmonic, Stockhausen scored a new orchestral accompaniment to this particular quadrant (the other 3 Regions were accompanied in this concert by the electro-acoustic Stockhausen Group, employing intuitive strategies). This orchestra and tape version also includes a solo …