Darmstadt Aural Documents 1: Composers conducting their own works

These are recordings from the archive of the Darmstadt International Institute of Music, which has organised International Summer Courses for New Music since 1946. The composers conducting their own works include Stockahusen, Boulez, Maderna, Kagel, Krenek and Leibowitz.

Contents:
CD 1 [74:14]
Earle Brown
[01] Introductory speech by Earle Brown
[02] Available Forms I, for chamber ensemble
musikFabrik
Earle Brown, conductor
First release of 1996 recording.

René Leibowitz - Kammersymphonie für zwölf Instrumente Op.16
Kammerorchester des Landestheaters Darmstadt
René Leibowitz, conductor
World premiere · First release of 1948 recording.

Wolfgang Fortner - Mitte des Lebens: Cantata on words of the late Hölderlin, for soprano and five instruments
Ilona Steingruber, soprano · Kurt Redel, flute · Rudolf Kolisch, violin · Friedrich Wildgans, bass clarinet · Rudolf Klamand, horn · Rose Stein, harp
Wolfgang Fortner, conductor
German premiere · First release of 1953 recording.

Ernst Krenek - Cantata for Wartime Op.95 on poems by Herman Melville for women’s chorus and orchestra
Carla Henius, soprano · Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra · Women’s Chorus of hr
Ernst Krenek, conductor
First release of 1956 recording.

Bruno Maderna - Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra
David Tudor, piano · Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Maderna, conductor
World premiere · First release of 1959 recording.


CD 2 [69:56]
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kreuzspiel III. Teil, for oboe, bass clarinet, piano and three percussionists
Alfred Schweinfurter, oboe · Wolfgang Marx, bass clarinet · David Tudor, piano · Christoph Caskel / Heinz Haedler / Manfred Wehner, percussion
Karlheinz Stockhausen, conductor
Recorded in 1959.

Hans Otte - Tasso-Concetti, for soprano, flute, percussion and piano
Jeanne Héricard, soprano · Severino Gazzelloni, flute · Alfons Kontarsky, piano · Christoph Caskel, percussion
Hans Otte, conductor
World premiere of two realisations · First release of 1960 recording.

Henri Pousseur - Répons pour sept musiciens
Severino Gazzelloni, flute · Francis Pierre, harp · Aloys Kontarsky, piano · Alfons Kontarsky, harmonium / celesta · Christoph Caskel, percussion · Klaus Assmann, violin · Werner Taube, violoncello
Henri Pousseur, conductor
World premiere · First release of 1960 recording.

Bruno Maderna - Konzert Nr.1 für Oboe und Kammerensemble
Lothar Faber, oboe · Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt
Bruno Maderna, conductor
Recorded in 1963.

Mauricio Kagel - Sonant, for guitar, harp, double bass and membraphone instruments
Karl-Heinz Böttner, Spanish guitar / electric guitar  · Dodo Metelmann, harp · Georg Nothdorf, double bass · Mauricio Kagel / Siegfried Rockstroh, membraphone instruments
Mauricio Kagel, conductor
Recorded in 1964.


CD 3 [70:47]
Bruno Maderna - Dimensioni IV, for flute and chamber ensemble
Severino Gazzelloni, flute · Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt
Bruno Maderna, conductor
World premiere · Recorded in 1964.

Pierre Boulez - Doubles, for large orchestra
Het Residentie Orkest
Pierre Boulez, conductor
German premiere · Recorded in 1965.

Herbert Brün - Sonoriferous Loops Op.32, for five instrumentalists and two-channel tape
Eberhard Blum, flute · Pierre Pollin, trumpet · Jacques Cazauran, double bass · Heinz Haedler / Rolf Roßmannn, percussion
Herbert Brün, conductor
European premiere · First release of 1965 recording.

András Mihály - Drei Sätze für Kammerensemble
Ungarisches Kammerensemble Budapest
András Mihály, conductor
World premiere · First release of 1968 recording.

Bruno Maderna - Konzert Nr.2 für Oboe und Orchester
Lothar Faber, oboe · Het Residentie Orkest
Bruno Maderna, conductor
Recorded in 1968.

 
CD 4 [58:47]
Mauricio Kagel - 1898, for chamber ensemble
Hans Deinzer, clarinet · Adam Bauer, trumpet · Kurt Schwertsik, horn · Armin Rosin, trombone · Robert Tucci, tuba · Brigitte Sylvestre, harp · Aloys Kontarsky, piano · Christoph Caskel, percussion · Saschko Gawriloff, violin · Siegfried Palm, violoncello · Georg Nothdorf, double bass
Mauricio Kagel, conductor
Recorded in 1974.

Ernstalbrecht Stiebler - Continuo, for clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, viola and violoncello
Hans Deinzer, clarinet · Klaus Thunemann, bassoon · Kurt Schwertsik, horn · Armin Rosin, trombone · Hubert Mayer, viola · Gaby Schumacher, violoncello
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, conductor
World premiere · First release of 1974 recording.


CD 5 [59:23]
Manfred Trojahn - Kammerkonzert
Carol Redman, flute · Maren Diestel, alto flute · Roland Diry, clarinet · Heribert Haase, bass clarinet · Weronika Szraiber-Knittel, violin · Friedrich Gauwerky, violoncello · Yoma Appenheimer, harpsichord · David Arden, piano
Manfred Trojahn, conductor
First release of 1976 recording.

Carmen Maria Cârneci - The Mado Songs, for alto and ensemble on poems by Magda Cârneci (“wheel, ruby and whirl”)
Birgitta Schork, alto · Mateja Haller,alto flute · Andrew Malcolm, English horn · Walter Ifrim, bass clarinet · Christian Dierstein, vibraphone/marimba
Carmen Maria Cârneci, conductor
First release of 1988 recording.

Robert HP Platz - from fear of thunder, dreams…, for chamber ensemble and tape
Ensemble Köln
Robert HP Platz, conductor
First release of 1990 recording.

Michael Finnissy - Piano Concerto No.3
James Clapperton, piano · Ixion Ensemble
Michael Finnissy, conductor
First release of 1990 recording.