Both Ligeti and Heppener belong to the generation born in the 1920s which formed the basis for the post-war avant-garde. Lux Aeterna, used by Stanley Kubrick in his film 2001: A Space Odyssey, marked the installation of a new musical language. The later Sonata for solo viola simultaneously evokes the polyphony of the fourteenth century and certain varieties of ethnic music. Im Gestein, a cycle of lieder to poems by Paul Celan which won Heppener the Matthijs Vermeulen Prize in 1993. This title was released for the first time in 2008.
GYÖRGY LIGETI [1923-2006]
· Sonata for solo viola (1991-94).1. Hora lungǎ (1994)
Lento rubato (ma ritmico) (6'21)
· Lux aeterna for sixteen-part mixed choir a cappella
Sostenuto, molto calmo “wie aus der Ferne” (9'50)
· Sonata for solo viola. 3. Facsar (1992)
Andante cantabile ed espressivo, with swing (5'52)
Drei Phantasien nach Friedrich Hölderlin
· I. Hälfte des Lebens (3'43)
· II. Wenn aus der Ferne (5'29)
· III. Abendfantasie (3'34)
· Sonata for solo viola. 2. Loop (1991)
Molto vivace, ritmico (2'31)
ROBERT HEPPENER [1925-]
Im Gestein (1992)
A cycle of six choral songs on poems by Paul Celan for mixed choir, percussion and string quintet
· I. Flügelnacht I (5'07)
· II. Die Halde (2'26)
· III. Nacht (5'00)
· IV. Zuversicht (2'01)
· V. Schneebett (3'03)
· VI. Flügelnacht II (4'50)
· Libera me, Domine (Gregorian repertoire) (4'35)
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