Composer: Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Wergo
Catalogue: WER73872
Release: 2022
Size: 591 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Sinfonie in einem Satz
Zwei Clavierstücke, Op. 30a
02. Ballettszene III
Das Landmädchen, T. 123
03. Polka
Böhmische Tänze, Band II, T. 112
04. Nr. 3, Oves
Poetische Stimmungsbilder, Op. 85, B. 161
05. Nr. 11, Causerie
Japan. Ein Zyklus, Op. 89
06. Im Teehaus
7 Klavierstücke, Op. 11
07. Nr. 3, Il pleut dans la ville
Two Pieces, Op. 47
08. Nr. 1, Lotus Land
09. Souvenir d’ancien balet
10. Vater und Sohn. Intermezzo scherzoso
11. Blues
12. Stille und Umkehr. Orchesterskizzen
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.