PRICE:
$25.00
LOW STOCK LEVEL
1-2 Weeks
ARTIST
TITLE
Zyklus fur einen Schlagzeuger/Klavierstuck X
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
WER 6772 WER 6772
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/13/2012

"Wergo's essential reissues from their famous 1960s era Studio Reihe series continue with a recording of music by Karlheinz Stockhausen. The composer's 'Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger' is offered in two different versions performed by two different performers: Max Neuhaus and Christoph Caskel. Stockhausen originally wrote the work for the Kranichstein Percussion Competition in 1959. He deliberately did not determine the length of the piece's performance, so as not to be overly specific concerning the work's multiplicity of meanings, the different characters of various performances, or the technical abilities of the players. For 'Klavierstück X,' performed here by the legendary pianist Frederic Rzewski, Stockhausen combined two extremes. The work is based on the attempt to mediate between relative disorder and order, chaos and balance."