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Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angelus Novus Cycle / Almut Hellwig & Monika Meier-Schmid, sopranos; Ensemble Surplus

2 CD / Neos Production / 2012-12-05

Works: Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angela Nova, for voice, guitar, 4 violins, harp & piano; Chamber Symphony no 2; Solitude-Sérénade, for piccolo oboe, guitar, 2 violas, double bass, harp & piano; La ...
Performers: Cox, Franklin; Hellwig, Almut; Levine, Carin; Meier-Schmid, Monika; Rombout, Ernest; Vetter, Sophie-Mayuko
Conductors: Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus

The Angelus Novus Cycle consists, along with the work for solo soprano, Angela Nova 2, of the six works that comprise the poly-work Angelus Novus,...continue...

Claus-Steffen Mankopf: Pynchon Cycle

1 CD / Neos Production / 2011-06-04

Works: Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: The Tristero System, for ensemble; The Courier's Tragedy, for solo cello; W.A.S.T.E., for oboe & live electronics; D.E.A.T.H., for 8 track tape
Performers: Cox, Franklin; Haas, Joachim; Mahnkopf, Claus-Steffen; Veale, Peter
Conductors: Avery, James;
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus; Experimentalstudio des SWR

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, born in 1962 in Mannheim, studies in Composition, Music Theory, Piano, Musicology, Philosophy and Sociology with Brian Ferneyhough, Klaus Huber, Jurgen Habermas among...continue...