Musik der Zeit 1951–2001

50 Years of Music of Our Time: The history and present of the WDR series as reflected in its protagonists and productions.
With portraits of the most important concert events and ensembles, the Studio for Electronic Music, memories of contemporary witnesses, a documentation of all WDR world premieres, and two CDs with rarities from five decades.

From the contents: Eckhardt van den Hoogen, Crime Scene: Funkhaus Wallrafplatz; Rainer Peters, Music of the Times – Past and Present; Memories 1 – Experiences of Music History; Music of the Times – 16 Events in Brief Portraits; Michael Struck-Schloen, The WDR Sound Bodies as "Instruments" of New Music; Björn Gottstein, The WDR Studio for Electronic Music; Productions of the Studio for Electronic Music; Memories 2 – WDR Studio for Electronic Music; Kornelia Bittmann, Radiophone Gesamtkunstwerk – Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem; Otto Tomek, An Editor's Retrospective; Wolfgang Becker, Happy New Ears; Frank Hilberg, "Mouthpiece of the Avant-Garde" – New Music on the Radio, Yesterday and Today; Harry Vogt, Music of the Future Under Time Pressure? – Thoughts on the "Composition Commission." Chronology – New Music at WDR; WDR Premieres and Composition Commissions; Discography: WDR Ensembles with New Music.

CD 1
1 Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Symphony in One Movement
2 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Study II
3 Mauricio Kagel: Transición II
4 György Ligeti: Articulation
5 Luigi Nono: Da un diario italiano
6 Kazimierz Serocki: forte e piano
7 Bruno Maderna: Concerto No. 2

CD 2
1 Giacinto Scelsi: Pfhat
2 Morton Feldman: Elemental Procedures
3 Iannis Xenakis: Nekuia
4 Younghi Pagh-Paan: Tsi-Shin-Kut
5 György Kurtág: Messages op.34

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