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