Mauricio Kagel
- Francesco Gesualdi, Luca De Prisco, Raffaele Damen, Nicola Tommasini, Pietro Paolo Antonucci, Rows Ensemble
Latest Albums as Artist
- Mauricio Kagel, Ursula Gerlach-Kleint, Hanna Aurbacher, Barbara Miller, Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, Gunilde Cramer-Reimold, Manfred Ackermann, Manfred Gerbert, Richard Anlauf, Ewald Liska, SWR Symphonieorchester, Ingrid Ade-Jesemann
- Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wout Oosterkamp, Gulbenkian Choir, Mauricio Kagel, Martyn Hill, Romain Bischoff, Margaret Chalker, Roland Hermann
- Robert Tucci, Brigitte Sylvestre, Mauricio Kagel, Armin Rosin, Kurt Schwertsik, Collegium Instrumentale, Adam Bauer, Alfons Kontarsky
- Anne Sofie von Otter, Roland Hermann, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart, Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Mauricio Kagel
Biography
Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008) made his reputation in the 1950s through his association with composers in the "Darmstadt School," though his music isn't like that of Stockhausen or others associated with it. Fascinated with arcane instruments and collage, Kagel fashioned pieces such as Heterophonie (1961), Musik für Renaissance Instrumente (1966), 1898 (1973), and Rrrrrrrr (1981), which are musical universes unto themselves, yet referential to outside influences. Late in life, Kagel became a significant, if controversial, figure in European opera; Kagel once stated that "An essential aspect of my work is strict composition with elements which are not themselves pure."