Heinz Holliger: Partituras medio

A varied collection, from miniature to concert etude, which pays homage to Debussy's Feu d'artifice and a whimsical variation on the final movement of Beethoven's Opus 109.

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...

For decades the legendary harpist Ursula Holliger performed these cadenzas for Mozart's popular flute-harp concerto with renowned flautists such as Peter-Lukas Graf and Aurèle Nicolet. They are now av...

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...

Heinz Holliger composed this short encore piece for the birthday of the famous Austrian violinist Thomas Zehetmair. Starting from a brief 'Happy Birthday' quotation, it soon turns towards the 'stagger...

For decades the legendary harpist Ursula Holliger performed these cadenzas for Mozart's popular flute-harp concerto with renowned flautists such as Peter-Lukas Graf and Aurèle Nicolet. They are now av...

Heinz Holliger composed this short encore piece for the birthday of the famous Austrian violinist Thomas Zehetmair. Starting from a brief 'Happy Birthday' quotation, it soon turns towards the 'stagger...

Heinz Holliger whose Sonate (in)solit(air)e (FTR 175) has been a standard work of contemporary flute literature for a long time now presents two further compositions, with (é)cri(t) acting as a virtuo...

Contrechant is an extensive study on multiphonics (and other special sounds) which - with modifications in specific details - has been elaborated in versions for clarinet and bass clarinet. As an extr...

A varied collection, from miniature to concert etude, which pays homage to Debussy's Feu d'artifice and a whimsical variation on the final movement of Beethoven's Opus 109.

...für Klavier sind 1961 entstanden. Jürg Wyttenbach hat sie im Januar 1962 in Basel uraufgeführt. Obschon die drei Stücke (über Gedichte von Georg Trakl) ganz aus den spezifischen Eigenarten des klav...

For his 80th birthday Heinz Holliger presents the oboe world with five precious miniatures. Con slancio, which is lyrical and melodic for the most part, takes the performer to the most virtuoso playin...