Hans Werner Henze Germany

Biography

Hans Werner Henze (born in Gütersloh, Westphalia, 1 July 1926, died in Dresden, 27 October 2012) was a German composer of prodigious output best known for "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life". His music is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition. Henze was also known for his political convictions.

Popular Songs

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  Erstes Streichquartett: III. Lento, ma non troppo

  Streichquartette 1-5 (Arditti-String-Quartet)

  146 BPM
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  Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen: I. Selím und der Wind

  Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen / Three Auden Songs (tenor: Ian Bostridge, piano: Julius Drake)

  68 BPM
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  Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen: VI. Das Paradies

  Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen / Three Auden Songs (tenor: Ian Bostridge, piano: Julius Drake)

  167 BPM
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  Three Auden Songs, No. 2: Rimbaud

  Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen / Three Auden Songs (tenor: Ian Bostridge, piano: Julius Drake)
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  Der junge Lord: I. Akt, 2. Bild. "Dieser Mensch täuscht sich" (Baronin)

  Der junge Lord (Chor & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Schöneberger Sängerknaben feat. conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi)

  90 BPM

Discography

Piano Works (piano: Jan Philip Schulze)

2009

Musica da Camera (Ensemble Dissonanzen feat. conductor: Claudio Lugo)

2008

Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen / Three Auden Songs (tenor: Ian Bostridge, piano: Julius Drake)

2001

Undine

1997

The Henze Collection, Doppio concerto / Sonata per Archi / Fantasia für Streicher

1996

Streichquartette 1-5 (Arditti-String-Quartet)

1996

Der junge Lord (Chor & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Schöneberger Sängerknaben feat. conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi)

1996

Elegie für junge Liebende (Orchester der Berliner Kammeroper feat. conductor: Brynmor Llewelyn Jones)

1995

Compases / Violin Concerto No. 2 / Apollo et Hyazinthus (London Sinfonietta feat. conductor: Hans Werner Henze)

1991

Kammermusik 1958 über die Hymne "In lieblicher Bläue" von Hölderlin für Tenor, Gitarre und acht Soloinstrumente

1988