STOCKHAUSEN "Stimmung, Für 6 Vokalisten" LP NM/NM w. Insert DGG / UK

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Description: 

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones

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Description by James Lee

One of Stockhausen's most accessible works, "Stimmung" ("Tuning") is based entirely on the overtones of a fundamental B-flat. It begins in a wordless vocalise suddenly interrupted by the appearance of language; the words "Gott nochmal", sung in a specific rhythmic and dynamic "model". Other models will follow, often on the names of various deities, or based around love poems written by Stockhausen. As each new "model" is introduced throughout the piece, the other singers slowly adapt their material to to include it, resulting in a constantly mutating fabric of rhythms and textures, not far removed from the work of Terry Riley or Philip Glass. In fact, one may say "Stimmung" is Stockhausen's answer to minimalism, though, as always with Stockhausen, the complexity of the intertwining rhythmic patterns and the density of the music are far from the simple repeating patterns of the minimalist school.

Karlheinz Stockhausen ?– Stimmung

Label:

Deutsche Grammophon ?– 2561 043

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country:

UK

Released:

1970

Genre:

Electronic, Classical

Style:

Contemporary

Tracklist

A Stimmung, Für 6 Vokalisten 35:36

B Stimmung, Für 6 Vokalisten, Fortsetzung 37:12

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Polydor Ltd. (UK)

Credits

Baritone Vocals – Georg Steinhoff

Bass Vocals – Hans-Alderich Billig*

Composed By, Directed By – Karlheinz Stockhausen

Ensemble – Collegium Vocale Köln

Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Helga Albrecht*

Soprano Vocals – Dagmar Apel*, Gaby Rodens

Tenor Vocals, Directed By – Wolfgang Fromme

Notes

Commissioned by the city of Köln for the 'Collegium Vocale' Köln, 

an ensemble at the Rheinische Musikschule (Rhenish Conservatory). 

Recorded at Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, October 30th & 31st 1969. 

insert printed in england.

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GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.