Wergo

  • THEODORAKIS, M.: Electra [Opera]
    THEODORAKIS, M.: Electra [Opera]

    $35.99

    Available as a recording for the first time ever: the first of Mikis Theodorakis' 3 great ''lyrical tragedies'' (i.e. operas). The composer based his arrangement of the plot on Sophokles' version of the famous ancient...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 26, 2000

  • THEODORAKIS, M.: Songs for Patriotic Front / State of Siege
    THEODORAKIS, M.: Songs for Patriotic Front / State of Siege

    $20.99

    The Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is one of the few living artists who represent a large section of the twentieth century. He is also one of the most contradictory personalities alive today. Resistance runs through...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 07, 2005

  • Bach, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, Bwv 1007-1012
    Bach, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, Bwv 1007-1012

    $20.99

    Julius Berger presents Bach's eternal ciphers - a source of inspiration for all time! Included in the full-colour booklet are works by the painter Linda Schwarz. Her "Notenbilder" [Score Images] are based on Bach's first...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 01, 1997

  • READING CASTANEDA
    READING CASTANEDA

    $17.99

    The projects, ranging from digital synthesis and algorithmic composition to the integration of live electronics, from radio art to sound installation, encompass a broad spectrum of that locus where digital technology stimulates musical fantasy. "Reading...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 01, 1997

  • Aharonián: Una carta
    Aharonián: Una carta

    $20.99

    Cori�n Aharoni�n's work is characterized by bold gestures and explosive debates. The intensity of this composer's active engagement with his historical and contemporary environment gives rise to powerful and energetic sounds rooted in the culture...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 15, 2019

  • CRUMB, G.: Celestial Mechanics, "Makrokosmos IV" / STRAVINSK
    CRUMB, G.: Celestial Mechanics, "Makrokosmos IV" / STRAVINSK

    $20.99

    In his second CD release with WERGO, Enrico Belli once more juxtaposes the American composer George Crumb with music from one of the predecessors who has influenced him most profoundly. Given that "Makrokosmos IV" was...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 02, 2008

  • Okuta Percussion
    Okuta Percussion

    $17.99

    The percussionists Raibu Ayandokun, Tunji Beier, and Ron Reeves have formed a multicultural trio that loves to experiment and presents not just classical African, Indian, and Indonesian drum music on original instruments but also a...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 01, 1992

  • Muhamed El Amin: Voice of Sudan
    Muhamed El Amin: Voice of Sudan

    $17.99

    The lute style can also be highly personal, as is demonstrated by the great technical virtuosity and unsurpassed intuitive talent of Muhamed El Amin, who influenced an entire generation of young musicians. Born in 1943...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 01, 1996

  • SHCHEDRIN: Polyphonic Notebook / 24 Preludes and Fugues
    SHCHEDRIN: Polyphonic Notebook / 24 Preludes and Fugues

    $26.99

    Rodion Shchedrin's “Carmen Suite” is well-known in the world of theater und of the opera. Its popularity is altogether unique in the history of modern music – but only a small part of his multifaceted...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 01, 2007

  • Lititz Mento Band: Dance Music and Working Songs From Jamaic
    Lititz Mento Band: Dance Music and Working Songs From Jamaic

    $17.99

    As late as the 1960s the cheerfully elated rhythms of mento would be found at every village festival. In the age of modern and Afro-American pop music, however, the most important and oldest folk tradition...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 01, 1993

  • THEODORAKIS, M.: Metamorphoses of Dionysos (Complete)
    THEODORAKIS, M.: Metamorphoses of Dionysos (Complete)

    $26.99

    "The Metamorphoses of Dionysus", Mikis Theodorakis’s first opera, from 1985 — it was followed in 1990 by "Medea", in 1993 by "Elektra", in 1996 by "Antigone", and in 2001 by "Lysistrata" — is based on...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 20, 2006

  • Henze: Heliogabalus imperator - Works for Orchestra
    Henze: Heliogabalus imperator - Works for Orchestra

    $20.99

    The relationship between Hans Werner Henze and Oliver Knussen was one of great mutual respect. The German composer admired the British conductor and composer for electrifying performances of Henze's own and other composers' works. Knussen...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 14, 2019

  • ANTIGONE
    ANTIGONE

    $26.99

    The composer wrote the libretto for his opera "Antigone" himself. In it, he not only refers to Sophocles’ "Antigone", but also to other classical material such as "Oedipus At Colonus" by the same tragedian, Aeschylus’...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 01, 2003

  • Scelsi: Suites Nos. 9-10
    Scelsi: Suites Nos. 9-10

    $20.99

    Giacinto Scelsi never saw himself as a traditional composer. In his later creative period he would sit at the piano, record his improvisations and then let others transcribe then. Scelsi's world view was grounded in...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 27, 2015

  • Vasks: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 4
    Vasks: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 4

    $20.99

    I have always dreamed that my music would be heard in the places where unhappy people are gathered - in hospitals, prisons, overcrowded trams and buses... consoling and questioning. - Peteris Vasks. Peteris Vasks' main...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 28, 2016