Zacher, Gerd

Gyorgy Ligeti: Atmospheres

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-12-11

Works: György Ligeti: Atmosphères, for large orchestra; Volumina, for organ; Lux aeterna, for 16 unaccompanied voices; Study no 1 "Harmonies," for organ; Lontano, for orchestra; Ramifications, f...
Performers: Zacher, Gerd
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Franz, Helmut; Boulez, Pierre; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; Ensemble InterContemporain

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...

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

Juan Allende-Blin: Organ Music / Gerd Zacher

1 Super Audio CD / Cybele / 2009-01-01

Works: Juan Allende-Blin: Echelons, for organ; Mein blaues Klavier, for organ, barrel organ & jew's harp; Transformations II, for organ; Coral de Caracola
Performers: Zacher, Gerd

Here we have the stellar performer of modern music for the organ, Gerd Zacher, performing a choice selection of works by one of Europe's most...continue...

Gerd Zacher: Organ Works / Gerd Zacher

1 Super Audio CD / Cybele / 2009-01-01

Works: Gerd Zacher: Sieben Stationen eines Textes nach Jeremia 36, for organ; Szmaty (Psalm 22, 19), for organ; Vocalise; Diferencias, for organ; Realisation über Cage's Variations I, for organ; R&eacu...
Performers: Zacher, Gerd

Mendelssohn, Brahms: Organ Works / Gerd Zacher

2 Super Audio CD / Cybele / 2009-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Organ Sonatas (6), Op. 65; Johannes Brahms: Fugue for organ in A flat minor, WoO 8; Chorale Preludes (11) for organ, Op. 122
Performers: Zacher, Gerd

A student of Hemut Walcha and Olivier Messiaen, Gerd Zacher has achieved worldwide fame almost exclusively for his performances of modern works for the organ....continue...

Reger: Grand Organ Works / Gerd Zacher

1 CD / Aeolus / 2007-02-01

Works: Max Reger: Variations and Fugue for Organ on an original theme in F sharp minor, Op. 73; Chorale Preludes (6) for Organ, WoO; Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in E minor, Op. 127
Performers: Zacher, Gerd

To organ music fans, the works of Max Reger are old friends. The performer Gerd Zacher is also a favorite. He has been a specialist...continue...

Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy / Boulez, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: György Ligeti: Sonata for cello; Bagatelles (6) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"); Pieces (10) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 2; Atmosphè...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Boyd, Douglas; Cascioli, Gianluca; Gawriloff, Saschko; Haimovitz, Matt; Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Hosford, Richard; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Manning, Ja...
Conductors: ; Abbado, Claudio; Franz, Helmut; Boulez, Pierre; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; Ensemble InterContemporain; Wiener Blasersolisten

"With the passing of Gyorgy Ligeti on 12 June, 2006 at the age of 83 in Vienna following a lengthy illness, the musical world has...continue...

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge / Gerd Zacher

1 CD / Aeolus / 2006-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
Performers: Zacher, Gerd

One of Germany's premier experimental organist/composers of today meets one of the masterpieces of the Bach canon on this recording. Gerd Zacher was born in...continue...

Johann Mattheson: Les Doits Parlans / Gerd Zacher

1 CD / Aeolus / 2006-09-01

Works: Johann Mattheson: Die wol-klingende Finger-Sprache
Performers: Zacher, Gerd

Gerd Zacher returns with this unique work by this German composer. Born in Hamburg, Mattheson began his activities as an organist and opera singer at...continue...

20/21 - Ligeti: Volumina, Harmonies, etc / Boulez, et al

1 CD / Deutsches Grammophon / 2002-08-13

Works: György Ligeti: Volumina, for organ; Study no 1 "Harmonies," for organ; Pieces (3) for 2 pianos; Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Nouvelles aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Myster...
Performers: Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Manning, Jane; Pearson, William; Pontinen, Roland; Thomas, Mary; Zacher, Gerd
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

'Volumina, Drei Stucke fur 2 Klaviere,' and 'Nouvelles Aventures' appear for the first time on CD, newly remastered for this reissue. 'Volumina' is a cluster...continue...