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