Hans Werner Henze: spartiti difficile

The Ragtimes & Habaneras were commissioned by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, one of the most famous Brass Bands in Great Britain. Individual scenes and short pieces of incidental music in typical Amer...

The Drei Sonette (Three Sonnets) were among the last works of Germany's leading post-war composer, Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 2012), settings of words by theologian and poet Christian Lehnert (b. 1926)...

From his opera 'Venus and Adonis', which draws on classical mythology, Hans Werner Henze has taken four movements already described there as 'madrigals' and arranged them for a cappella performance. T...

Discover an extraordinary masterpiece of modern chamber music: The "Drei Fragmente nach Hölderlin" and the "Drei Tentos" from Hans Werner Henze's celebrated "Kammermusik 1958" unite lyrical expressive...

Gitarre allein ('Tentos') und für Singstimme und Gitarre ('Fragmente')

Immerse yourself in the powerful and fascinating soundscape of "Novae de infinito laudes". This impressive cantata brings together four vocal soloists (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass), a four-part mixed c...

konzertierende Gitarre und 15 Soloinstrumente

konzertierende Gitarre und 15 Soloinstrumente

Hans Werner Henze's monumental oratorio "Das Floß der Medusa" (The Raft of the Medusa) stands as one of the most poignant and dramatic masterworks of the 20th century. With immense emotional power, it...

In this work, I had wanted completely to submit to the traditional rules of the classical symphony so as to mould my musical expression as if in a furnace and enable it to reach the listener as direct...

This song cycle (duration nearly an hour) was written for Ian Bostridge. The subtle Oriental influence behind the profound poetry is mirrored in the scintillating tonal colours of the multi-faceted hi...

gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Klaviere, Bläser und Pauken - Studienpartitur

Solostimme konzertierende Gitarre und 15 Soloinstrumente