Helmut Lachenmann: Salut für Caudwell, Les consolations & Concertini
1/1/2008, 7 Tracks, 1:34:45
Featuring
Wilhelm Bruck
Theodor Ross
Johannes Kalitzke
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Schola Heidelberg
Klangforum Wien
Helmut Lachenmann
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Compositional Technique
In "Salut für Caudwell," Lachenmann started from characteristic guitar playing styles, simplifying and re-forming them, often beyond traditional limits.
Composition History
Helmut Lachenmann's "Salut für Caudwell" was commissioned by Wilhelm Bruck and Theodor Ross, two guitarists who also premiered the work.
Composition History
Helmut Lachenmann's "Les Consolations" was originally composed in 1967-68 using texts by Ernst Toller and the Wessobrunner Gebet, and later revised in 1977-78 to include Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Helmut Lachenmann's compositional model, "musique concrète instrumentale," involves the "physicality" of sound events and aims to illuminate all sounds in a changed context, including rhythmic, gestural, melodic, and harmonic elements.
Performer Biography
Wilhelm Bruck, a guitarist on this album, was a professor for Guitar at the Music Conservatory in Karlsruhe from 1980 to 1990 and co-founded the Duo Wilhelm Bruck-Theodor Ross in 1972.
Performer Biography
Theodor Ross, a guitarist on this album, co-founded the Duo Wilhelm Bruck-Theodor Ross in 1972 and has premiered works by composers like Stockhausen, Boulez, and Schnittke.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Helmut Lachenmann dedicates "Salut für Caudwell" to Christopher Caudwell, an English Marxist poet and author, and other outsiders who disturb thoughtlessness.
