Karlheinz Stockhausen
Stockhausen: Carré/Kagel: Chorbuch review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week
A rare recording of the German composer’s early work is paired with Mauricio Kagel’s compelling exploration of Bach chorales
Andrew Clements
07, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
Frederic Rzewski obituary
Composer-pianist whose political commitment found flamboyant expression in his variations on a Chilean resistance anthem
Keith Potter
12, Jul, 2021 @11:27 AM
Jon Hassell: radical musician who studied with Stockhausen and worked with Eno
The influential experimental US composer ‘celebrated and dignified’ his ‘fourth world’ sources and contributed to albums by Brian Eno and Talking Heads
Alexis Petridis
27, Jun, 2021 @6:51 PM
Peter Zinovieff, British composer and synth pioneer, dies aged 88
The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Kraftwerk all used Zinovieff’s EMS synthesisers
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
26, Jun, 2021 @11:13 AM
Stockhausen: Kontakte (Barton/Rhys) review | classical album of the week
George Barton/Siwan Rhys
(All That Dust, download only)
Percussionist Barton and pianist Rhys’s binaural recording adds another dimension to Stockhausen’s textures and reveal his musical thinking
(All That Dust, download only)
Percussionist Barton and pianist Rhys’s binaural recording adds another dimension to Stockhausen’s textures and reveal his musical thinking
Andrew Clements
21, Nov, 2019 @3:00 PM
Donnerstag aus Licht review – ambitious Stockhausen staging realigns cosmic order
Symbolism, stagecraft and tap-dancing trombones combine in Le Balcon’s impressive production of “Thursday”, the first in Stockhausen’s epic opera cycle
Erica Jeal
22, May, 2019 @11:38 AM
Stockhausen: the composer who makes Wagner look anaemic
His ego knew no bounds … but nor did his operas that feature camels, helicopters and giant pencil sharpeners. As his epic Donnerstag aus Licht comes to the UK for the first time in 34 years, we separate the cult from the culture of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kate Molleson
21, May, 2019 @3:50 PM
Actress x Stockhausen Sin (x) II review – transcendent AI-driven opera
DJ and producer Actress strays even further from the dancefloor as he takes on Stockhausen’s famously over the top Mittwoch by sampling Westminster debates
John Lewis
15, May, 2019 @11:47 AM
Stockhausen: Klavierstücke I to XI CD review - Liebner makes light work of piano cycle's challenges
The German new music specialist brings the worlds of the American and European avant garde very close together indeed in this impressive recording
Andrew Clements
09, Aug, 2018 @2:00 PM
Gruppen review – LSO's artful three-way split enthrals Turbine Hall
It was concert as surround-sound art installation: Simon Rattle triumphantly filled Tate’s giant gallery space with the ringing beauty of Stockhausen’s three-orchestra spectacle
Erica Jeal
01, Jul, 2018 @1:53 PM
'I grew up in total ruins': Irmin Schmidt of Can on LSD, mourning and musical adventures
The last founding member of the visionary German band left alive, the 81-year-old recalls how he rejected his Nazi father to find freedom in music
Alexis Petridis
31, May, 2018 @1:30 PM
Stimmung review – Singcircle take us back to Stockhausen's future
A rare performance of Stockhausen’s legendary Stimmung, replete with terrible erotic poems, recaptured the spirit that inspired a generation
Andrew Clements
22, Nov, 2017 @3:48 PM
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