Zimmermann, Bernd Alois

B.A. Zimmermann: Cello Concerto; Photoptosis; Tratto 2 / Siegfried Palm, cello

1 CD / Wergo / 2012-09-12

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto, for cello & orchestra, in the form "pas de trois"; Photoptosis, prelude for large orchestra; Tratto II, choreographic study for tape
Performers: Palm, Siegfried
Conductors: Bour, Ernest; Zender, Hans
Ensemble: Radio-SymphonieOrchester Berlin; Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks, Baden-Baden

In the early 1960s, Wergo launched a series that would become a legend in the history of contemporary music recordings. Studio Reihe Neuer Musik featured...continue...

Seraph - Trumpeter Alison Balsom plays Arutiunian, MacMillan, Takemitsu et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: James MacMillan: Seraph, for trumpet & orchestra; Toru Takemitsu: Paths for Trumpet Solo, Op. 50; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Traditional Spiritual: Nobody Knows the T...
Performers: Balsom, Alison
Conductors: Renes, Lawrence
Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble

The album also includes two other concertos: the Trumpet Concerto in A flat major by Alexander Arutiunian - a staple in the repertory thanks to...continue...

Zimmermann: Die Soldaten / Munkittrick, Shade, Vargas, Ebbecke, Cochran, Hirte

2 CD / Teldec / 2011-11-15

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten, opera in 4 acts
Conductors: Kontarsky, Bernhard
Ensemble: Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Recording information: Studio des Süddeutschen Rundfunks Stuttgart (09/1988/04/1989)....continue...

Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 6: 1990-2000

14 CD / RCO Live / 2011-10-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastor...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barainsky, Claudia; Brautigam, Ronald; Hamelin, Marc-Andre [Piano]; Komlosi, Ildiko; Kovacs, Kolos; Laurendeau, Jean; Masseurs, Peter; Murray, Ann; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vo...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Berglund, Paavo; Chailly, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles; Solti, Sir Georg; Previn, Andre; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, B...
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a recorded history of six decades of performances by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taken from broadcasts contained in...continue...

Bernd Alois Zimmermann: songs and chamber music / Anna Prohaska, soprano

1 CD / Wergo / 2011-07-12

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Three Songs ("Aus dem Nachlass"), for voice & piano; Kleine Suite, for violin & piano; Aria (Larghetto molto) for violin & piano; Lieder (5), songs for voice & piano; String T...
Performers: Cappone, Alessandro; Hofer, Cordelia; Prohaska, Anna; Schmidt, Rachel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Berlin (Piano Trio)

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Bernd Alois Zimmerman: Requiem Für Einen Jungen Dichter [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Cybele Import / 2010-06-15

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem für einen jungen Dichter, for 2 speakers, 2 solo voices, 3 choruses, orchestra, jazz combo,
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Hage, Jan; Pittman-Jennings, David
Conductors: Kontarsky, Bernhard
Ensemble: Eric Vloeimans Quintet

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Works For Viola Solo / Anna Spina, viola

1 CD / Neos Production / 2010-06-08

Works: Georges Aperghis: Volte-face; Salvatore Sciarrino: Ai limiti della notte, for solo viola; Notturni brillanti (3) for viola solo; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata, for solo viola; Gérard Grisey: Pr...
Performers: Spina, Anna [Viola]

Swiss violist Anna Spina presents a new CD of solo viola pieces. She works out her interpretation jointly with the composers. Since 2004 she undertook...continue...
Recording information: Studio HKB Bern (01/22/2008); Studio HKB Bern (12/10/2007-12/10/2007)....continue...

Sichtbare Spuren (Visible Traces)

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-05-11

Works: Rebecca Saunders: A visible trace, for ensemble; Mauro Lanza: Vesperbild, for electronics & ensemble; Nicolaus A. Huber: Music on Canvas, for ensemble; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Metamorphose, for chamb...
Performers: Pasquet, Olivier; Poore, Melvyn
Conductors: Rundel, Peter; Siebens, Etienne; Masson, Diego
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

The contemporary music ensemble MusikFabrik, led by Diego Masson, is spotlighted in Wergo's new MusikFabrik series. Each release will have a theme and feature a...continue...

Alto/Multiples

2 CD / Aeon / 2010-03-09

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25/1; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata, for solo viola; Luciano Berio: Sequenza VI for Viola solo; Gérard Grisey: Prologue, for viola & resonators; Emman...
Performers: Desjardins, Christophe

Bach+

2 CD / Metier / 2009-12-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 4 in E f...
Performers: Heinen, Ulrich

The cellist Ulrich Heinen was born in Germany and studied at the Cologne Conservatoire and the Juilliard School. He won several national and international competitions...continue...
Recording information: CBSO Centre, Birmingham, England (2008)....continue...

Flying Solo / Augustin Hadelich

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 3 in D minor ("Ballade"), Op. 27/...
Performers: Hadelich, Augustin

A child prodigy, Hadelich was educated at Italy's Instituto Mascagni and was poised for a major international career. However, his rapid rise was interrupted by...continue...

Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Canto di speranza, Violin Concerto, etc / Zehetmair, Demenga, Holliger

1 CD / ECM / 2009-03-31

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto for Violin; Canto di speranza; Ich wandte mich und sah an alles Unrecht, das geschah unter der Sonne
Performers: Demenga, Thomas; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]
Conductors: Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Contemporary music of great emotional intensity: Zimmermann, best known for his maximalist opera "Die Soldaten" (1958/64), is the great maverick of post-war German modernism (1918-1970)....continue...

Bach, Blumenthaler, Denhoff: Music for Campanula / Denhoff

1 CD / Cybele / 2009-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Volker Blumenthaler: Canto; Michael Denhoff: Wenn aber... (Monolog II); Circula ...

Schoenberg, Kelterborn, Zimmermann: Works for Piano Trio / Absolut Piano Trio

1 CD / Guild / 2008-11-11

Works: Spoken Word: Verklärte Nacht, poem; Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4; Rudolf Kelterborn: Moments Musicaux (15), for violin, cello & piano; Bernd Alois Zimmermann:...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Absolut Trio

This recording of piano trios is performed by the Absolut Trio, which was founded in 2003. The trio consistently pursues the dialogue between contemporary music...continue...

Zimmermann: Requiem for a Young Poet / Kontarsky, Barainsky, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Cybele / 2008-11-01

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Requiem for a Young Poet
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Pittman-Jennings, David
Conductors: ; Kontarsky, Bernhard
Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Choir; Chamber Choir of Europe

The Requiem for a young poet, "a lingual for speakers, soprano and bass soli, three choirs, orchestra, jazz combo, organ, and electronic sounds, to texts...continue...

Violin Faces - Hartmann, Zimmermann, Berio, Chong / Aerts

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2008-10-14

Works: Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Sonata for solo violin no 2; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata for Violin solo; Luciano Berio: Sequenza VIII for Violin solo; Kee-Yong Chong: For another better world
Performers: Aerts, Wibert

The least one can say is that it takes real courage for a young artist to launch and achieve a project of such ambition! But...continue...

Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Dialogue; Monologue; Perspektiven; Photoptosis

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Dialogue, concerto for 2 pianos & large orchestra; Monologe, for 2 pianos (arranged from "Dialogue"); Perspektiven, music to an imaginary ballet for 2 pianos; Photoptosis, pre...
Performers: Grau, Andreas; Schumacher, Gotz
Conductors: Kontarsky, Bernhard

Zimmermann: Die Soldaten / Gielen, Gabry, Synek, et al

2 CD / Wergo / 2008-03-11

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten, opera in 4 acts
Performers: Brokmeier, Willi; Gabry, Edith; Gorgen, Karl-Josef; Horn, Heiner; Jenckel, Helga; Kelemen, Zoltan; Meghor, Camillo; Meyer, Wolfgang Sebastian; Mohler, Hubert; Nicolai, Claudio; Nienstedt, Gerd; Paige...
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra

"The conventional wisdom in German-speaking countries (and even beyond) is that Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Die Soldaten is the most important opera to be written since...continue...

Eötvös, Zimmerman, Smolka / Aimard, Winkel, et al

1 CD / Neos Production / 2007-10-01

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Mumelter, Martin
Conductors: Eötvös, Peter
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Peter Eotvos is one of those who set the tone in the New Music scene, not just as a composer but also as a conductor...continue...

Günter Wand Edition - Stravinsky, Fortner, Ligeti, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2006-10-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for piano & wind instruments; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Symphony in one Movement, for orchestra; Wolfgang Fortner: Symphony; György Ligeti: Lontano, for orchestra
Performers: Magaloff, Nikita
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Zimmermann - Chamber Music / Sheppard Skaerved, Gauwerky

1 CD / Norway Music / 2004-10-01

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Intercomunicazione, for cello & piano; Capriccio, improvisations for piano on folksong melodies; Sonata for Violin solo; Kurze Studien (4), for solo cello; Presence, "ballet b...
Performers: Gauwerky, Friedrich; Pace, Ian; Skaerved, Peter Sheppard

J.S. Bach und das 20. Jahrhundert / Vidor Nagy

1 CD / Bayer / 2001-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: So...
Performers: Nagy, Vidor

Faszination Musik - Masterpieces for Oboe / Lencsés, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-03-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Charles Koechlin: Piéces (14) for Oboe/Oboe d'Amore/English Horn and Piano, Op. 179; Benjamin Britten: Gloriana, symphonic suite for teno...
Performers: Lencses, Lajos
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Güller, Bernard; Segal, Uri; Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

"From the autumnal mellowness of late Strauss to Koechlin's exquisitely filled miniatures, and from Britten's unashamed neo-Romanticism - in the composer's orchestral arrangement of the...continue...

Hans Zender Edition Vol 10 - Zimmermann: Cello Concerto, etc

1 CD / CPO / 1997-10-01

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto, for cello & orchestra, in the form "pas de trois"; Antiphonen, for viola & 25 instrumentalists; Impromptu, for orchestra; Photoptosis, prelude for large orchestra
Performers: Palm, Siegfried; Schloifer, Eckart
Conductors: Zender, Hans
Ensemble: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra