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HANS WERNER HENZE - Musica da camera
Ensemble Dissonanzen - MODE RECORDS (New York, USA)
Program and Notes
Listen RECITATIF for guitar, harp and mandolin (excerpt)
Listen CARILLON for guitar, harp and mandolin (excerpt)
Listen TANZ aus Neue Volkslieder for guitar, bassoon and string trio
Listen TENTO n.3 for guitar solo
Listen TENTO n.2 for guitar solo
Listen TENTO n.1 for guitar solo
Ein kleines Potpourri aus der Oper "Boulevard Solitude" (2000)*
for flute, vibraphone, harp and piano

Sonatina aus dem Märchen für Musik "Pollicino" (1979)*
for violin and piano
  
Carillon, Récitatif, Masque (1974)
Trio for mandolin, guitar and harp

Toccata Mistica (1994)   (4:35)
for piano solo

Drei Tentos (1958)
for guitar solo

Sonatina (1947)
for flute and piano

Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge (1983/96)
for bassoon, guitar and string trio

Ensemble Dissonanzen
Claudio Lugo, conductor (1-3, 17-23)

Marco Cappelli plays guitar on "Carillon Recitatif and Masque", "Drei Tentos" and "Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge"

The kaleidoscopic Carillon, Récitatif, Masque is scored for the unusual plucked trio of mandolin, guitar and harp.

The Drei Tentos are from Kammermusik for tenor, guitar and octet composed in 1958, when Henze, who had been living in Italy for years, spent some time in Greece. Here, fragments of Hölderlin's text are musically evoked without being enunciated.

The seven Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge are derived from Henze's stays in Styria, an Austrian region where folksongs feature the bassoon. Here the folksong melodies are transformed verse by verse and influenced by a complex harmonic and contrapuntal texture in which the bassoon has a soloistic role.

The selections of chamber music on this CD by Hans Werner Henze tends toward his lyrical side, and with an emphasis on compositions derived from his theater pieces.

The repertoire suits the Naples based Ensemble Dissonanzen, one of Italy's leading contemporary music groups, also allowing various members to be showcased as soloist - Marco Cappelli, guitar; Tommaso Rossi, flute; Luca Incoronato, bassoon; Daniele Colombo, violin; and Ciro Longobardi, piano.