Heinz Holliger

A musical finger exercise, written in a train between Zurich and Basel and referring to 'Tinian' from Hölderlin's 'Hesperische Gesänge' on the speculative level of Holliger's chamber music.The first v...

Heinz Holliger ha sviluppato e plasmato l'oboe del XX secolo come nessun altro. La sua prima sonata per oboe, tuttavia, non è solo un pezzo virtuoso per concorsi e concerti, il "Capriccio" mostra piut...

After several attempts, Heinz Holliger finally managed to successfully set to music David Rokeah's poems which are dedicated to him. Shir Shavur is like a choir book with twelve very different movemen...

The piano gods of my youth were Dinu Lipatti and Clara Haskil, both mysterious, enchanting. While I only knew Lipatti from his records, I was able to see Clara Haskil live in concert twice, in Burgdor...

Scritta nel 1981 per la pittrice e musicista Rivka Golani, l'opera è stata rappresentata per la prima volta nel 1981 nell'ambito di Musique Vivante, Parigi, da Rivka Golani, viola. Un'armonia che prog...

In seinem „Herbstblatt“ zeichnet Heinz Holliger die Biografie des Komponisten Gideon Klein nach, der im KZ Auschwitz-Fürstenau ermordet wurde. Als Erinnerungsschatten streut Holliger Zitate aus Werken...

Uraufführung: 1. Oktober 1983 Strasbourg (F) Festival Musica 1983 * Aurèle Nicolet, Flöte

Per decenni, la leggendaria arpista Ursula Holliger ha eseguito queste cadenze del popolare Concerto per flauto e arpa di Mozart con rinomati flautisti come Peter-Lukas Graf e Aurèle Nicolet. Ora sono...

Nella poesia di Nelly Sachs, la farfalla è il simbolo tradizionale della caducità e della speranza nella bellezza dell'aldilà. L'ambientazione traccia lo stato d'animo malinconico e allo stesso tempo...

In this solo piece written by Heinz Holliger for his wife, he notated the dying away of individual tones. Powerfully plucked, stimulated microtonally by harmonics or quivering runs, they ultimately dr...

In this solo piece written by Heinz Holliger for his wife, he notated the dying away of individual tones. Powerfully plucked, stimulated microtonally by harmonics or quivering runs, they ultimately dr...

This collection is more than just a continuation of volume 1 (4 Lieder ohne Worte = AVV 131), pieces from both volumes can be mixed and played in different running order. The intermezzi are in irregul...

'Ri-Tratto, written on 12 October 2011 as a little birthday present for Hansheinz Schneeberger to whom I owe so many wonderful musical experiences: attempt of a portrait in the form of prelude and fug...