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