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Artist:	NITSCH, HERMANN
Title:	Requiem für meine Frau Beate: Musik der 5.6.Aktion
Label:	ALGA MARGHEN (ITALY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$42.00
Catalog #:	ALGA 062CD

"Alga Marghen proudly present the documentation of Requiem für meine Frau Beate, which took place in the Chiesa di Santa Lucia in Bologna, Italy, in 1977 shortly after Beate Nitsch's death. This was not only one of the strongest and most powerful aktionen by Hermann Nitsch but also a crucial point in the development of his art. Beginning in 1977, Beate Nitsch was travelling in Schwarzwald. She has been inaugurating a nursery-school and wanted to meet some relatives in Stuttgart when, near Ulm, she had a terrible car accident. Beate had supported her husband's art not only sharing the sentimental part of their life but also actively collaborating to the organization of his work. She organized the purchase of a castle in Prinzendorf, the central place where Nitsch would develop his Orgien Mysterien Theater. For Hermann Nitsch, this loss was a complete collapse. He suddenly felt to be on the opposite side of life, alone and full of despair. In those days, he reached the deepest point of black unhappiness. Nitsch decided then to go Naples where he organized a Lehraktion at Morra Gallery. His friend Kubelka joined him from the USA. During the Lehraktion, he was told about a big Performance Festival that would have taken place in Bologna. Nitsch was invited to participate with an aktion to be performed in a big old church. It was clear to Nitsch that he would have conceived an aktion dedicated to the memory of Beate. A requiem, even. Before the aktion in Bologna, Hermann Nitsch's music was basically released as a wall of noise. The musicians could play what they wanted and the only instruction was to play as loud as possible. Only the duration, the starting point and the noise level of each instrument was fixed. For the first time with the Requiem, Nitsch started to conceive longer tone clusters, specially for the wind instruments. The perfect acoustics of the church with its wonderful organ, which shocked Nitsch with its intensity and power, suggested him a new direction in music. Among the lucky audience were many friends coming from all over the world to witness the event. For everyone the Requiem was an important and ecstatic experience. The big success of the aktion gave Nitsch the strength to continue his work. Shortly after Bologna he was invited to create new aktionen in Canada and Los Angeles. First time 2CD edition, in tri-folded digipack, reproducing the impossible-to-find 3LP art gallery edition issued in Naples in 1977 for the Radiotaxi series. Including a 12-page folded insert with drawings and directions from the LP boxset original graphics. This edition also includes a 32-page shocking full color photo documentation of the aktion, for the first time available now. Edition of 1000 copies."

Artist:	NITSCH, HERMANN
Title:	Musik Der 122. Aktion
Label:	ALGA MARGHEN (ITALY)
Format:	6CDR BOX
Price:	$850.00
Catalog #:	ALGA 069CD

"Alga Marghen is very proud to presents a further important step in publishing the music of Hermann Nitsch's most crucial actions. Available for the first time, the integral documentation of the music of the much celebrated 122. Aktion represent a peak in Nitsch music conception and was recorded in 2005 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, the temple of Wagner music. The edition consists of a heavy cardboard black box with full color front photo. The box contains a signed and numbered book with the complete score of the Musik der 122. Aktion, six numbered audio CDs with full color individual sleeves, nine stamped and numbered photos, the poster of the action as well as a colophon. Disputed and celebrated, Hermann Nitsch is one of the most renowned Austrian artists of today and nevertheless still divides the art world as before. Nitsch belongs beside Günter Brus, Otto Mühl and Rudolf Schwarzkogler to the most important main actors of Viennese Actionism. At the beginning of the sixties he carried out his first 'Aktion' in Vienna, which involved several trials and three terms of imprisonment. His main work, the Orgien Mysterien Theater, inspired by Greek mythology, as well as by Antonin Artaud or Sigmund Freud, has been introducing, building up and carrying on all art forms since this time. The six CDs, containing the complete recordings of the 122. Aktion from the Burgtheater in Vienna, were professionally recorded and mastered exclusively for this edition. Edition limited to 50 signed and numbered copies, of which only 25 are made available for distribution."

Artist:	NITSCH, HERMANN
Title:	8th Sinfonie
Label:	CORTICAL FOUNDATION
Format:	2LP
Price:	$65.00
Catalog #:	CORTI 030LP

Two LPS in 180 Gram Vinyl High Quality Pressing. "'I have one Sinfonie' professed Hermann Nitsch identifying with Bruckner who made a similar claim of his symphonic output. For comparison, La Monte Young has a similar concept, for example, The Tortoise, His Dreams, and Journey's from 1964 -- eternity, with each realization, the piece never ends; it's a continuation. Professionally recorded in 1990 in Vienna and realized by a professional orchestra, the 8th Sinfonie by Hermann Nitsch is a triumphantly charged live performance by Ensemble 20 Jahrhundert, the Hugo Distler Choir, a Blasorchester (Brass Band), and Noise Orchestra.The 8th Sinfonie was produced to commemorate the 62nd Birthday of the Viennese Actionist founder Hermann Nitsch. A limited Artist's edition of 20 in a foil embossed cloth folio with Hermann Nitsch signed original artwork, including 2-LPs and 2-CDRs. This regular 2-LP edition is limited to 185 copies."

Artist:	NITSCH, HERMANN
Title:	The Action Art of Hermann Nitsch from Past to Present
Label:	EDITION KROTHENHAYN (GERMANY)
Format:	DVD/CD
Price:	$103.00
Catalog #:	EK 002DVD

2006 release. Super deluxe DVD & CD set. The Action art of Hermann Nitsch from past to present Actions, 1962-2003: 1 DVD (this DVD is in European PAL format only and not compatible with some/many DVD players in the US) plus a CD with the recordings from the 2005 Burgtheater performance. Hand-numbered edition of 1000 copies. The packaging consists of a slip lid box with banderole, containing an 80-page book with photos and text. Disputed and celebrated: Hermann Nitsch, Actionist and painter, composer and stage designer. He is one of the most renowned Austrian artists of today and nevertheless still divides the art world as before. Nitsch belongs beside Günter Brus, Otto Mühl and Rudolf Schwarzkogler as one of the most important main actors of Viennese Actionism. At the beginning of the '60s he carried out his first "Actions" in Vienna, which involved several trials and three terms of imprisonment. His main work, "Orgy Mystery Theatre," the bloody, sacrilegious meat-play inspired by Greek mythology, Antonin Artaud and Sigmund Freud, was the defining work of his career, and has established and influenced Actionist performance representations in contemporary art ever since. On this DVD there is a 4-hour overview of all of Nitsch's "Actions" from 1962-2003, as well as an interview from 2005. The 80-page book (German/English) which includes text by Florian Schreiner and numerous photos, explains the theoretical basis of Nitsch's work. On the CD are recordings of the 122nd "Action" at the Burgtheater of Vienna in November of 2005. Package: box/book, 80 pages/DVD/CD; Edition: Limited to 1000 copies, hand-numbered; Content: main feature + interview; Running-time: approx. 4 hours; Audio-Language: German; Subtitles: German/English/French; Format: PAL, 4:3, color; Audio-Format: Stereo (MP2/AC3); Region: 0 (all regions).

Artist:	NITSCH, HERMANN
Title:	Die Geburt Des Dionysos Christos
Label:	VINYL ON DEMAND (GERMANY)
Format:	3LP
Price:	$150.00
Catalog #:	VOD 060LP

Restocked. "VOD is very proud and honored to release this excellent minimal and drone recording of Hermann Nitsch performed on the Brucknerorgel linz as well as on the organ at his private castle in Prinzendorf at the Zaya, Austria, both in 1986. The original has been released on Edition Hundertmark in a strictly limited edition (200 copies). An absolutely famous recording.." Packaged in a spectacular wooden box, a la the previous SPK box on VOD.

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