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

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Composer
HENZE, HANS WERNER
Artist
Karttunen, Knussen
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Jun 14, 2019
Catalog #
WER73442
UPC
4010228734423

About

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 was an untiring and enthusiastic champion of his friend Henze's music. The recordings collected here display Knussen's deep understanding of Henze's music. Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in sensitive and meticulous performances of compositions ranging from the composer's middle period to his last completed work. Los Caprichos transforms the bitterness and sarcasm in Francisco Goya's famous series of etchings into a tender and melancholy "Fantasia per orchestra" that makes only sparing use of contemporary stylistic devices. The large orchestral work Heliogabalus Imperator - a programmatic depiction of the life and death of the notorious Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - also provides evidence of Henze's self-assured and idiosyncratic interpretation of modern music idioms. The Englische Liebeslieder for solo violoncello and orchestra express a wide range of emotional states, which are brought to life by cellist Anssi Karttunen.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 I. Keiner kennt sich selbst 02:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Keiner kennt sich selbst
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  2. 2 II. Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern 01:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  3. 3 III. Der Schlaf der Vernunft gebiert Ungeheuer 01:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Der Schlaf der Vernunft gebiert Ungeheuer
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  4. 4 IV. Wer ist mehr ergeben? 01:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Wer ist mehr ergeben?
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  5. 5 V. Sie sagt ja und reicht ihre Hand dem ersten, der kommt 00:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Sie sagt ja und reicht ihre Hand dem ersten, der kommt
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  6. 6 VI. An welcher Krankheit wird er sterben? 01:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. An welcher Krankheit wird er sterben?
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  7. 7 VII. Jener Staub 01:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Jener Staub
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  8. 8 VIII. Es gab keinen Ausweg 02:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Es gab keinen Ausweg
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  9. 9 IX. Schöne Herrin! 02:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Schöne Herrin!
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  10. 10 Heliogabalus imperator (revised version, 1986) 29:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    Heliogabalus imperator (revised version, 1986)
    Duration
    29:01
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Performer
    Daniel Pailthorpe, Tomoka Mukai, Richard Simpson, Alison Teale, Richard Hosford, James Burke, Katy Ayling, Julie Price
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  11. 11 I. Ruhig, verhalten 02:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Ruhig, verhalten
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  12. 12 II. quartet note = 72 03:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. quartet note = 72
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  13. 13 III. Bewegt, heftig, stürmisch 05:48
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Bewegt, heftig, stürmisch
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  14. 14 IV. Ernst, getragen 03:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Ernst, getragen
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  15. 15 V. Tango 01:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Tango
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  16. 16 VI. Sonett 05:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    VI. Sonett
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen
  17. 17 Ouverture to a Theatre (Ouverture zu einem Theater) 04:29
    Track
    17
    Title
    Ouverture to a Theatre (Ouverture zu einem Theater)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Hans Werner Henze
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Oliver Knussen