Wyttenbach, Jürg

Barraqué: Oeuvres complètes / Cambreling, Wyttenbach, et al

3 CD / CPO / 1998-05-01

Works: Jean Barraqué: Concerto for clarinet, vibraphone & 6 groups of 3 instruments; Le Temps Restitué for soprano, chorus & 31 instruments; . . . au dela du hasard (. . . beyond mere luck)(1959) ...
Performers: Ascher, Christina; Barainsky, Claudia; Fischer, Charlie; Hardy, Rosemary; Johnson-Miles, Deborah; Litwin, Stefan; Müller, Florian; Moffat, Julie; Molinari, Ernesto; Zachhuber, Bernhard
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Wyttenbach, Jürg; Rundel, Peter
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien; Vokalensemble NOVA Wien

"...As Paul Griffiths points out in his authoritative notes, Barraque struggled to 'maintain the romantic voice in the fragmentation to which serialism was inescapably leading"....continue...