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Aesthetic Apparatus: Clarinet Chamber Music of Helmut Lachenmann

12/1/2017, 3 Tracks, 1:00:06

Featuring

  • Gregory Oakes
  • Matthew Coley
  • Jonathan Sturm
  • Mei-Hsuan Huang
  • George Work
  • Helmut Lachenmann

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Performer Biography

George Work, the cellist, is a member of the Amara Piano Quartet, which has released fifteen critically acclaimed CD recordings and performed internationally.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Gregory Oakes, the clarinetist on this album, is praised by critics for his 'outstanding performance' and 'mastery of the otherworldly procedures demanded by non-traditional repertoire'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jonathan Sturm, the violist, serves as concertmaster of the Des Moines Symphony and is a professor of music history at Iowa State University.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Mei-Hsuan Huang, the pianist, is an Assistant Professor of Piano at Iowa State University and has been a Steinway & Sons Artist since 2014.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lachenmann's 'aesthetic apparatus' refers to the cultural system of expectations regarding how music is conceptualized and created, with which he maintains a 'permanent dialogue'.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Helmut Lachenmann, the composer, developed a practice called 'Musique Concrète Instrumentale,' which involves creating new sounds and techniques beyond standard instrumental methods.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

All tracks on this album were recorded by Chad Jacobsen in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Source: Booklet

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