Composer: Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Wergo
Catalogue: WER73872
Release: 2022
Size: 621 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Kontraste
01. I. Introduktion. Pas de couleur: Ensemble. Sostenuto
02. II. Moreske. Rouge: Solo. Allegro giocoso
03. III. Tempo di valse. Vert: Pas de trois. Tempo di valse, ma non troppo lento
04. IV. Phantasmagorie. Blanc: Pas de deux. Sostenuto
05. V. Tempo di marcia. Noir: Pas de quatre. Tempo di marcia moderato
06. VI. Epilog. Pas de couleur: Ensemble. Cantabile molto
07. Reiseeindrücke aus der Krim
08. Au village
09. Die drei Zigeuner, S. 320
10. Intermezzo (Valse triste)
11. Oh! Quand je dors, S. 282
Morceaux de Salon, Op. 10
12. Nr. 6, Romanze
13. Concertino for piano and orchestra
Konzert für Orchester (3rd Version)
14. I. Introduktion. Molto sostenuto
15. II. Fugato. Allegro ma non troppo, quasi scherzando
16. III. Caccia. Allegro commodo
17. IV. Finale. Allegro
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970) was one of the most distinctive composers in the musical avant-garde after the Second World War. While Karlheinz Stockhausen served as a kind of “generator” in Cologne during the 1950s and 60s, inventing completely new sounds and techniques, Zimmermann was in many ways his opposite, a “transformer” who redefined previously existing material by placing it in new contexts and collage-like structures, anticipating the ideas of the Postmodernists.
This new release from Wergo presents a fresh perspective on the composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann, whose tragic suicide shortly after the completion of Stille und Umkehr shocked the musical world. His fascinating instrumental effects and his embrace of popular and traditional music make his works feel much more at home in our contemporary world than they did in the cultural atmosphere of his time, with its faith with technology and progress.
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970) was one of the most distinctive composers in the musical avant-garde after the Second World War. While Karlheinz Stockhausen served as a kind of ‘generator’ in Cologne during the 1950s and 60s, inventing completely new sounds and techniques, Zimmermann was in many ways his opposite, a ‘transformer’ who redefined previously existing material by placing it in new contexts and collage-like structures, anticipating the ideas of the Postmodernists. This new release from WERGO presents a fresh perspective onthe composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann, whose tragic suicide shortly after the completion of “Stille und Umkehr” shocked the musical world. His fascinating instrumental effects and his embrace of popular and traditional music make his works feel much more at home in our contemporary world than they did in the cultural atmosphere of his time, with its faith with technology and progress.