Cerha, Friedrich

Ionisation - Music of Varèse, Penderecki and Ligeti

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2012-03-26

Works: Edgard Varèse: Intégrales, for 11 winds & 4 percussionists; Offrandes, for soprano & chamber orchestra; Density 21.5; Octandre, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, ...
Performers: Banat, Gabriel; Blees, Thomas; Reissberger, Helmut; Vered, Ilana; Zacher, Gerd
Conductors: Cerha, Friedrich; Springer, Alois
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Die Reihe

Friedrich Cerha: Und du..., Verzeichnis, & Fur K

1 CD / Kairos Music Production / 2012-03-13

Works: Friedrich Cerha: Und du..., for 5 speakers; Verzeichnis, for 16 voices; Für K, for orchestra
Conductors: Cerha, Friedrich; Ortner, Erwin
Ensemble: Ensemble Die Reihe

"Und Du," composed in 1963, is a piece about nuclear war, living in a bunker, and Hiroshima. "Für K" was composed for the 70th birthday...continue...

Friedrich Cerha: Spiegel; Monumentum; Momente

2 Super Audio CD / Kairos Music Production / 2010-09-14

Works: Friedrich Cerha: Spiegel (7), for orchestra; Monumentum für Karl Prantl; Momente, for orchestra
Conductors: Cerha, Friedrich; Cambreling, Sylvain; Davies, Dennis R.

This two-SACD set, in celebration of Cerha's upcoming 85th anniversary (February 2011), includes an extensive booklet. Spiegel is one of the most important works of...continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos / Michiko Takahashi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

14 CD / RCO Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra; Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 5, Op. 50; Luigi Dallapiccola: Commiat...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Devos, Lode; Dorow, Dorothy; Hargan, Alison; Herbers, Werner; Kilduff, Barbara; Kim, Yong-Hee; Lewis, Keith; Meel, Nico van der; Olof, Theo; Oosterkamp, Wou...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kondrashin, Kirill; Vis, Lucas; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Davis, Colin; Järvi, Neeme; Dorati, Antal; Cerha, Friedrich; B...

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from...continue...

L'Esprit de France - The Music of Satie

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-05-19

Works: Erik Satie: Je te veux (I Want You), café-concert song for voice & piano; Tendrement, valse chantée for voice & piano; La diva de l'Empire, song for voice & piano; Mélodies (3) of 1916...
Performers: Bonazzi, Elaine; Deas, Richard; Glazer, Frank; Taylor, Millard
Conductors: Cerha, Friedrich; Froment, Louis de;
Ensemble: Ensemble Die Reihe; Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra

Friedrich Cerha - Komponistenportrait

2 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Friedrich Cerha: Spiegel (7), for orchestra
Conductors: Cerha, Friedrich
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ligeti: Aventures, Nouvelles Aventures, Requiem / Maderna

1 CD / Wergo / 1990-05-01

Works: György Ligeti: Requiem, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 choruses & orchestra; Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Nouvelles aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments
Performers: Ericson, Barbro; Poli, Liliana
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Cerha, Friedrich; Markowski, Andrzej
Ensemble: ; Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt