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