Henze, Hans Werner > Violin

Hans Werner Henze: Hommages

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-07-13

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Sonata for 6 players; Margareten-Walzer, for piano; Ländler, for violin solo (withdrawn by composer); La mano sinistra, for piano; Epitaph, for cello solo; Toccata mistica, fo...
Performers: Akerberg, Asa; Collot, Jean-Pierre; Maurer, Barbara; Mellinger, Melise
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Ensemble: Ensemble Recherche

Henze's compositional output is dominated by the larger genres with their richly differentiated palette of instrumental colors. Played by the Ensemble Recherche, this new disc...continue...
Recording information: Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal (2008-12-16_2008-12-18&2009-)....continue...

Henze: Musica da camera / Ensemble Dissonanzen

1 CD / Mode Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Ein kleines Potpourri, for flute, vibraphone, harp & piano (from the opera "Boulevard Solitude"); Sonatina for violin & piano (from the opera "Pollicino"); Carillon, Récitatif...
Performers: Avital, Avi; Bova, Lucia; Cappelli, Marco; Colombo, Daniele; Longobardi, Ciro; Rossi, Tommaso
Conductors: Lugo, Claudio
Ensemble: Ensemble Dissonanzen

The selections of chamber music on this CD tend toward Henze's lyrical side, and with an emphasis on compositions from his theater pieces. The CD's...continue...

The Silence of Being - The Music of Arvo Pärt

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bel...
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Anderson, Mark; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Gunn, Nat...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás; Yuasa, Takuo; ; Edison, Noel; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum; Tonus Peregrinus

An elegant 6 CD package containing the complete Naxos recordings of Arvo Part including: Fratres, Tabula Rasa, Collage uber Bach, Symphony No. 3, Berliner Messe,...continue...

Of Beauty & Light - The Music of Philip Glass

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Philip Glass: The Light; Heroes Symphony; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2; Company; Concerto for Violin; Akhnaten; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Shep...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Yuasa, Takuo; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

This beautifully designed 4 CD package contains the complete Naxos recordings of the work of Philip Glass including: The Light, Heroes Symphony, Symphonies 2 &...continue...

Sonic Rebellion: Alternative Classical Collection

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-06

Works: Philip Glass: Heroes Symphony; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata for Violin and Player Piano; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Sheppard
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

Thoughts and Drerams - Contemporary Works for Piano Trio

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-04-01

Works: Leif Segerstam: Trio of Thoughts no 2, for piano trio; Hans Werner Henze: Kammersonate, for piano trio; Vache Sharafyan: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 ("Dream of Dreams"); Jonathan Glove: Bad Dream...
Performers: Golove, Jonathan; Manes, Stephen; Pogossian, Movses
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Ensemble: Baird Trio

This Trio is a perfect example of the free-flowing, almost improvisational style he calls "free-pulsative." Needless to say, Hans Werner Henze has now achieved status...continue...

Henze: Chamber Music Vol 2 / Ensemble Villa Musica

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-11-21

Works: Hans Werner Henze: New Folksongs and Herdsmen Songs, for bassoon, guitar & string trio (from musical play "Öedipus der; Der junge Törless, for string sextet (arrangement of "Fantasia"); Car...
Performers: Chumachenco, Nicolas; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Gaga, Eivis; Gleissner, Rudolf; Goritzki, Ingo; Hoffner, Eszter; Jensen, Dag; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Lohmann, Ludger; Mathe, Ulrike-Anima; Ostertag, Ma...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Villa Musica

" MDG's beautifully recorded collection of Henze's chamber music displays the postmodern Henze in a flattering light. At the leading edge of the program is...continue...

Henze: Violin Concertos no 1 & 3, etc / Skaerved, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Concerto for Violin no 1; Concerto for Violin no 3; Nachtstücke (5) for Violin and Piano
Performers: Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Sheppard
Conductors: Lyndon-Gee, Christopher
Ensemble: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Written fifty years apart, the two beautifully conceived and executed Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 bear the hallmarks of the same, powerful artistic personality....continue...

Henze: Guitar Music Vol 1 / Franz Halász

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Royal Winter Music 2; Fragments (3) of Hölderlin, for tenor & guitar; Drei Fragmente nach Hölderlin "3 Tentos"; Selbst- und Zweigespräche, trio for viola, guitar & k...
Performers: Balzer, Colin; Halasz, Debora; Halasz, Franz; Hess, Sebastian; Nagel, Karsten; Reuter, Sophia; Schneider, Gottfried

One of Europe's foremost living composers, Hans Werner Henze has written an extraordinarily prolific quantity of music in every genre. This disc of his guitar...continue...

SCENE Henze: Violin Concertos no 1-3 / Janicke, et al

2 CD / MD&G / 2005-07-26

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Concerto for Violin no 1; Concerto for Violin no 3; Concerto for Violin no 2, for bass-baritone, violin, 33 instruments & tape
Performers: Janicke, Torsten; Madler, Ulf Dirk
Conductors: Ehwald, Christian

The three Violin Concertos of Hans Werner Henze reflect his life's work stretching from 1948 to 1997. While the First and Third Concertos use the...continue...

Henze: Pollicino / Liebrecht, Holstein, Fischer, et al

2 CD / Wergo / 2004-03-01

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Pollicino, musical fairy tale opera
Performers: Affolter, Therese; Bestian, Livia; Boos, Claudia; Brautigam, Arnas; Brunner, Lore; Eggert, Moritz; Fischer, Laila; Gerlach, Michael; Hoffmann, Patricia; Holstein, Philipp; Jahr, Katharina; Klemm, Ric...
Conductors: Liebrecht, Jobst
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Music School Orchestra

"The performance is all the Henze the listener could ask for, recorded in super sound. All the child singers and orchestra are from the large...continue...