Krenek, Ernst

Ernst Krenek: Music for Chamber Orchestra / Agata Zubel, soprano; Mathias Hausmann, baritone

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: Ernst Krenek: Von Vorn Herein, for orchestra, Op. 219; Die Nachtigall, Op 68; Im Tal der Zeit, for orchestra, Op. 232; Static and Ecstatic, for orchestra, Op. 214; The Dissembler, for voice & orchest...
Performers: Hausmann, Mathias; Zubel, Agata
Conductors: Kovacic, Ernst
Ensemble: ; Leopoldinum Orchestra

5 works for chamber orchestra by Krenek were written between 1931 and 1979 - both before and long after Krenek abandoned Hitler's Austria for California....continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Radio Wroclaw, Poland....continue...

Darmstadt Aural Documents Box 1: Composers - Conductors

6 CD / Neos Production / 2010-11-05

Works: Spoken Word: Introductory speech by Earle Brown; Earle Brown: Available Forms I for 18 instruments; René Leibowitz: Kammersymphonie, for 12 instruments, Op. 16; Wolfgang Fortner: Mitte des Leb...
Performers: Appenheimer, Yoma; Arden, David; Assmann, Klaus; Bauer, Adam; Blum, Eberhard; Bottner, Karlheinz; Brown, Earle [Composer]; Caskel, Christoph; Cazauran, Jacques; Clapperton, James; Deinzer, Hans; Dier...
Conductors: Brown, Earle [Composer]; Leibowitz, René; Fortner, Wolfgang; Krenek, Ernst; Maderna, Bruno; Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Otte, Hans; Pousseur, Henri; Kagel, Mauricio; Boulez, Pierre; Brün, Her...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Köln; Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt; Ixion Ensemble; Klangforum Wien; MusikFabrik; Mutare Ensemble; Ungarisches Kammerensemble Budapest

We do not ordinarily associate the terms "cultural heritage" or "cultural legacy" with works, objects and materials of recent vintage, but rather with things unearthed...continue...

Krenek: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae / Marcus Creed, RIAS Chamber Choir

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-09-09

Works: Ernst Krenek: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae for chorus, Op. 93
Conductors: Creed, Marcus

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The RIAS Kammerchor give a performance of quite breathtaking, blended virtuosity.
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