Mauricio Kagel
- Luca De Prisco, Raffaele Damen, Rows Ensemble, Pietro Paolo Antonucci, Francesco Gesualdi, Nicola Tommasini
Latest Albums as Artist
- Manfred Ackermann, Manfred Gerbert, Barbara Miller, Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, Gunilde Cramer-Reimold, SWR Symphonieorchester, Ingrid Ade-Jesemann, Ursula Gerlach-Kleint, Mauricio Kagel, Richard Anlauf, Ewald Liska, Hanna Aurbacher
- Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Hill, Gulbenkian Choir, Mauricio Kagel, Wout Oosterkamp, Romain Bischoff, Roland Hermann, Margaret Chalker
- Paul Méfano, Boris Carmeli, Choeurs De L'Orchestre National De Lyon, Mauricio Kagel, Ensemble 2E2M, Bernard Tétu
- Robert Tucci, Adam Bauer, Alfons Kontarsky, Kurt Schwertsik, Collegium Instrumentale, Armin Rosin, Brigitte Sylvestre, Mauricio Kagel
- Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart, Mauricio Kagel, Anne Sofie von Otter, Roland Hermann
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."