Karlheinz Stockhausen

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Karlheinz Stockhausen's albums, compilations, and videos discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

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German composer (born: August 22, 1928, Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany; died December 5, 2007, Kürten, Germany). He was acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is most known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory (controlled chance) in serial composition, and musical spatialization. He studied with Swiss composer Frank Martin at the Cologne Musikhochschule (1947-51), but the decisive stimulus came from his encounter with Olivier Messiaen's Mode de valeurs at Darmstadt in 1951. There he saw the possibilities of long-range serial process which he pursued in Kreuzspiel (1951) and KontraPunkte (1952), both for piano-based ensemble. The latter piece was written during a period of study with Messiaen in Paris, and while there Stockhausen made his first foray into electronic music. On returning to Cologne he continued this activity, notably in Gesang der Jünglinge (1956) for vocal and synthesized sounds on tape. At the same time, he pursued the ramifications of serial instrumental music. In 1958 he made his first visit to the USA, and around this time his music became more relaxed, both in its density of events and in its notational exactitude. This was partly a result of [A=John Cage]'s influence, and partly it came from the experience of electronic music, which suggested a different way of hearing. His influence extended over a whole generation of European composers, including such contemporaries as Boulez and Berio. Father of [A=Suja Stockhausen-Lefranc], Christel, [A=Markus Stockhausen], [A=Majella Stockhausen], Julika and [A=Simon Stockhausen].

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Serenata I / Sonatine / Cantéyodjayâ / Zeitmasze

1958

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Kontakte (für elektronische Klänge, Klavier und Schlagzeug)

1960

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Zyklus / Refrain / Transición II

1961

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Gesang Der Jünglinge / Kontakte

1962

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Kontakte (Für Elektronische Klänge, Klavier Und Schlagzeug)

1964

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Momente (1965 Version)

1967

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The New Music

1967

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Mikrophonie I - Mikrophonie II

1967

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Momente - Version 1965

1967

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Carré • Gruppen

1968

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Prozession

1968

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Discours II / Sequenza V / Solo Für Melodie-Instrument Mit Rückkopplung / Consecuenza

1968

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Hymnen

1969

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Telemusik / Mixtur

1969

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Kontakte For Electronic Sounds, Piano And Percussion / Refrain For Three Instrumentalists

1969

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Avant Garde Piano

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Aus Den Sieben Tagen = Fais Voile Vers Le Soleil / Liason

1970

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Zyklus Für Einen Schlagzeuger In Zwei Fassungen / Klavierstück X

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Stimmung

1970

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Klavierstücke IX & XI / Cinque Variazioni / Sequenza IV

1970

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Kurzwellen

1970

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Opus 1970

1970

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Illimité

1970

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Es / Aufwärts (Aus Den Sieben Tagen)

1972

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Kommunion / Intensität (Aus Den Sieben Tagen / From The Seven Days / Venu Des Sept Jours)

1972

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Ensemble

1972

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Ceylon / Bird Of Passage

1976

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Trans

1976

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Musik Im Bauch

1977

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"Am Himmel Wandre Ich..." (Indianerlieder)

1977

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Harlekin

1978

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Sirius

1980

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ZYKLUS

1981

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Der Jahreslauf

1981

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Stimmung

1984

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Contemporary Piano Music

1984

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Braxton & Stockhausen

1984

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Karlheinz Stockhausen Dirigiert Joseph Haydn/W.A. Mozart

1985

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Unsichtbare Chöre

1986

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Unsichtbare Chöre - Choeurs invisibles

1986

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Contemporary Piano Music

1986

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Stimmung

1987

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Tierkreis • Oberlippentanz

1987

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Tierkreis / Konzert Für Klarinette Und Orchester A-dur, KV 622

1987

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In Freundschaft · Traum-Formel · Amour

1988

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Samstag aus Licht

1988

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Stravinsky / Boulez / Denisov / Stockhausen / Berio

1988

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Donnerstag aus Licht

1988

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