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ATP 019-20
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Klavierstücke I-XI Bernhard Wambach-Havemann

   

My first encounter with Stockhausen’s music was through a record I heard during the sixties. The pieces that so completely enmeshed me were entitled “Refrain” and “Kontakte”. This was music the likes of which I had never heard before. Shortly after this, a record was released with the piece “Klavierstück X” (piece for piano), played by Frederic Rzewski in a way that was unrivaled. Once I had heard this piece as well, I wanted to play the “Klavierstück X”. In the seventies, when I felt that I was ready, thanks to having studied Schönberg’s works, I began to work on “Klavierstücke” by Stockhausen. First I studied the IX, then the X and XI – and also “Kontakte” for electronic sound, piano and drums. But I was already so eager to play all the works by this composer, works that use my instrument in solo pieces or in an ensemble. So in the early eighties, I added “Klavierstücke I – VIII” to my repertoire. I began to study and explore them more deeply by collaborating with Stockhausen in a number of rehearsals and concerts. Shortly after this, I began to study the pieces in the opera cycle “Licht (Light)” (XII, XIII, XIV). The concerts I was giving at the time were often dominated by the music of Stockhausen. 

Contents   Commentary  
CD1
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück I 3:47 1952/53
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück II 1:43 1952/53
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück III 0:32 1952/53
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück IV 3:33 1952/53
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück V 5:33 1954
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück VII 6:16 1954
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück VIII 2:04 1954
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück VI 29:52 1954/61
  total time 53:20
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CD2
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück IX 11:11 1954/61
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück X 27:41 1954/61
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück XI Version 1 7:36 1956
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück XI Version 2 1:43 1956
  total time 48:11
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