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