Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Hans Werner Henze
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Instruments
Peter Sheppard Skærved, the violinist on this recording, plays the 1699 'Adelina Crespi' Stradivarius.
Composition History
The Violin Concerto No. 3 by Hans Werner Henze draws its movement titles—Esmeralda, Das Kind Echo, and Rudi S.—from Thomas Mann's novel Dr. Faustus.
Performer Biography
Peter Sheppard Skærved, the violinist on this album, has a long association with Hans Werner Henze's music, having first collaborated with the composer as an eighteen-year-old.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hans Werner Henze, a composer born in 1926, believed that all his compositions formed one single, continuous work, begun long ago and ending sometime in the future.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hans Werner Henze's works, such as The Bassarids and El Cimarrón, embody his fervent belief in 'Music as a Form of Resistance' against political and social injustices.
Composition History
The Fünf Nachtstücke (Five Night-Pieces) were composed by Hans Werner Henze during sleepless nights on a noisy Caribbean holiday and were written specifically for Peter Sheppard Skærved and Aaron Shorr.
Composer Biography
Hans Werner Henze left post-war Germany for Italy in 1953 due to a climate inimical to homosexuals, the banning of the German Communist party, and a culture of denial regarding the war.
