Adventures In Sound | Boxset

'Stockhausen's influence has been enormous. He invented a new kind of relationship between music's components. He has changed our view of musical time and form.' Pierre Boulez.Something truly radical happened to the European classical music tradition in the years after the Second World War. At a time when the revolutionary principle of 12-tone composition instigated by Schoenberg was beginning to be regarded among young composers as pass , some had witnessed the horrors of war and for them in particular, the need to make a definitive break with the past and the conventions and conflicts which sprang from it was paramount.Across Europe, composers like the young German Karlheinz Stockhausen, the Romanian-born architect Iannis Xenakis, and the Frenchmen Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry were among those who began to seek out new ways of organising sound. Some looked to science for inspiration. If, to society at large its logic held out the promise of a new civilisation unsullied by such dark forces as nationalism; might it not do the same for the arts? These composers constructed their music according to differing philosophies, systems, formulae and beliefs. What they had in common was a hunger for new sounds and soundscapes that might celebrate the rejuvenation of civilisation and point to a future where war had no place. No composer had a greater appetite for revolution than Stockhausen, who was embarking on a quest that would occupy him for more than half a century, and which

Tracks

1~1~ÉTude Aux Chemins De Fer - Pierre Schaeffer
1~2~ÉTude Aux Tourniquets - Pierre Schaeffer
1~3~ÉTude Violette - Pierre Schaeffer
1~4~ÉTude Noire - Pierre Schaeffer
1~5~Pathã‰Tique - Pierre Schaeffer
1~6~Studie Nr. 1 - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~7~Studie Nr. 2 - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~8~Gesang Der Jãœnglinge - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~9~Diamorphoses - Iannis Xenakis
1~10~Concret Ph - Iannis Xenakis
1~11~PoãˆMe ÉLectronique - Edgard VarãˆSe
1~12~Voile D'Orphã‰E (Veil Of Orpheus) - Pierre Henry
1~13~ÉTude ConcrãˆTe - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~14~Nr. 5 Zeitmasse (Time-Measures) For Five Woodwinds - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~15~Avant "L'artisanat Furieux" - Pierre Boulez
1~16~Commentaire I De "Bourreaux De Solitude" - Pierre Boulez
1~17~"L'artisanat Furieux" - Pierre Boulez
1~18~Commentaire II De "Bourreaux De Solitude" - Pierre Boulez
1~19~"Bel Edifice Et Les Pressentiments", Version Premiere - Pierre Boulez
1~20~"Bourreaux De Solitude" - Pierre Boulez
1~21~Apres "L'artisanat Furieux" - Pierre Boulez
1~22~Commentaire III De "Bourreaux De Solitude" - Pierre Boulez
1~23~"Bel Edifice Et Les Pressentiments" Double - Pierre Boulez
1~24~Kontra-Punkte - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~25~Zyklus - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~26~Refrain - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~27~Kontakte (Contacts) (For Electronic Sounds) - Karlheinz Stockhausen
1~28~Orient-Occident - Iannis Xenakis
1~29~Artikulation - Gyã–Rgy Ligeti
1~30~Cartridge Music - John Cage
1~31~Aria With Fontana Mix - John Cage

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Release Date: 11 May 2021
Genre: Special Interest / Miscellaneous
Label: EL
Distributor: Rocket Group