WERGO - Music of Our Time

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Ars Acustica

Deutscher Musikrat / Edition Zeitgenössische Musik

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Digital Music Digital / Computer Music

composer: Hans Werner Henze
conductor: Marek Janowski
orchestra/ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Publisher: Wergo
Edition: CD
Order number: WER 67232

Price: 18.50 €
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Ragtimes & Habaneras

Volumina - Works for Organ

Die Soldaten - The Soldiers

Hommages

Sprechgesänge - Speech Songs

In his essay "Über Instrumentalkomposition" of 1963 Hans Werner Henze states: 'Everything moves toward the theatre and comes back from there. (…) In the orchestral pieces it is visibly close, although the typical of certain traditions of symphonic music is borne in mind.'

Henze's Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 5 move within this combination of music theatre and symphonic music. The first approach is noticeable in "Symphony No. 3": 'I composed this piece (…) in an attempt to keep the notion of 'symphonic music' and the idea of classical and Romantic forms separate. Consequently, the listener is not supposed to look for those elements which were characteristic of 19^th-century symphonies.'

"Symphony No. 4" is concretely linked with Henze's own music-theatre works: Originally, it constituted the finale of Act II of his opera "König Hirsch".

Even "Symphony No. 5" is connected to the music theatre: A 'leitmotif' appearing in all three movements goes back to Henze's song 'My own, my own' from his opera "Elegie für junge Liebende". As in "Symphony No. 4", the music returns from the stage back to symphonic music.

Nominated for the Grammy Award 2012!

Symphony No. 3 for large orchestra
I. Invocation of Apollo
II. Dithyramb

III. Dance of Conjuration

Symphony No. 4 for large orchestra in one movement

Symphony No. 5 for large orchestra
I. Movimentato

II. Adagio

III. Moto perpetuo

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