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Hans Werner Henze

voc, 1926-2012 DE, Gütersloh
Composer of Classical

Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works 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. In particular, his stage works reflect "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life".

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Jazz
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Royal Winter MusicHans Werner Henze, Benjamin Britten, Otto Tolonen2017Single
Lieder von einer Insel, Orpheus Behind the Wire, Fünf MadrigaleHans Werner Henze, Ensemble Modern, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed2017Album
Neue Volkslieder Und Hirtengesänge Kammermusik 1958Hans Werner Henze, Andrew Staples, Markus Weidmann, Jürgen Ruck, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Daniel Harding2017Album
Complete Music For Solo GuitarHans Werner Henze, Andrea Dieci2016Album
Being Beauteous / Kammermusik 1958Hans Werner Henze2016Album
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Il Vitalino RaddoppiatoHans Werner Henze - Peter Sheppard, Omar Ebrahim, Longbow, Parnassus Ensemble of London2015Album
Cembalo Avantgarde / Harpsichord AvantgardeVioleta Dinescu • Hans Werner Henze • Peter Heeren • John Patrick Thomas • Anders Eliasson • Isang Yun • Roderik De Man — Kristian Nyquist2015Album
Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5Ludwig van Beethoven - Christoph Eschenbach, The London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa2014Album
Symphonies 2 & 10Hans Werner Henze - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski2014Album
Konzerte For Flute & HarpHans Werner Henze, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, María Cecilia Muñoz, Sarah O'Brien, Kammerorchester Basel2014Album
The Complete Deutsche Grammophon RecordingsHans Werner Henze2013Compil.
Symphonies 1 & 6Hans Werner Henze, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski2013Album
Symphonies 3-5Hans Werner Henze2011Album
Boulevard SolitudeHans Werner Henze, Chor & Orchester Des Frankfurter Rundfunks, Kurt Schröder, Elfride Trötschel, Kurt Gester, Josef Traxel, Rudolf Gonszar, Walter Jenkel2011Album
The Early RecordingsLudwig van Beethoven • Frédéric Chopin • Robert Schumann • Franz Schubert • Hans Werner Henze / Christoph Eschenbach2010Album
HommagesHans Werner Henze - ensemble recherche2010Album
Hans Werner Henze Und Das RequiemHans Werner Henze2010Album
Appassionatamente plus Lulu-SuiteEssener Philharmoniker, Julia Bauer, Stefan Soltesz, Hans Werner Henze, Alban Berg2010Album
Guitar Music 2Hans Werner Henze – Franz Halász2010Album
Music For Double BassGiacinto Scelsi, Isang Yun, Iannis Xenakis, Manfred Stahnke, Hans Werner Henze, Bent Lorentzen - Frank Reinecke2010Album
Symphony 9Hans Werner Henze2009Album
Gogo No EikoHans Werner Henze2009Album
Symphonies 7 & 9 / Barcarola Per Grande Orchestra / Three Auden SongsHans Werner Henze – Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Ingo Metzmacher2009Compil.
Symphonies 7 & 8Hans Werner Henze2008Album
Symphonie No. 8 / Nachstücke Und Arien / Die BassaridenHans Werner Henze2008Album
Hudební Fórum Hradec KrálovéHans Werner Henze, Franz Schubert / Luciano Berio, Ivan Ženatý, Filharmonie Hradec Králové, Ondřej Kukal / Martin Turnovský2007Album
Edition Klavier-Festival RuhrHans Werner Henze, Christian Chamorel, Sigfried Mauser & Friends2007Album
20th Century Portraits: HenzeHans Werner Henze2007Album
El CimarrónHans Werner Henze - El Cimarrón Ensemble2007Album
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 3 / Five Night-PiecesHans Werner Henze - Peter Sheppard, Aaron Shorr, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Christopher Lyndon-Gee2006Album
Symphony No. 6 - Sebatian In TraumGustav Mahler, Hans Werner Henze, Concertgebouworkest, Mariss Jansons2006Album
"Was Ich Suche, Ist Wohlklang"Hans Werner Henze2006Album
Guitar Music 1Hans Werner Henze – Franz Halász2006Album
Ode To The West Wind • Five Neapolitan Songs • Three DithyrambsHans Werner Henze2005Album
Symphonie No. 10 / La Selva Incantata / Quattro PoemiHans Werner Henze2005Album
Schubert EpilogLuciano Berio, Hans Werner Henze, Aribert Reimann, Kurt Schwertsik, Hans Zender / Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott2004Album
Boulevard Solitude (Zwischenspiel) Und Weitere OrchesterwerkeHans Werner Henze2004Album
Cantata Della Fiaba Estrema / Novae De Infinito LaudesHans Werner Henze − Edita Gruberova • Ingrid Mayr • Werner Krenn • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau • ORF-Chor • ORF Symphonieorchester • Leif Segerstam • Milan Horvat2003Album
Die BassaridenHans Werner Henze2003Album
Memoirs Of An Outsider (Composers Of Our Time)Hans Werner Henze2003Single
Scorribanda Sinfonica, Sopra La Tomba Di Una Maratona, Antifone, 1. Konzert Für Klavier Und OrchesterHans Werner Henze2003Album
PollicinoHans Werner Henze2003Album
Sechs Gesänge Aus Dem Arabischen / Three Auden SongsHans Werner Henze / Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake2001Album
Henze: Symphony No. 9 · Kancheli: And Farewell Goes Out Sighing...Kurt Masur at the The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Hans Werner Henze, Giya Kancheli2001Album
Drei Sinfonische Etüden / Quattro Poemi / Nachtstücke Und Arien / La Selva IncantataHans Werner Henze2001Album
Spirit Of ShakespeareHans Werner Henze - John Dowland - Stephan Stiens2000Album
Royal Winter MusicHans Werner Henze / Maximilian Mangold1999Album
Chamber Music Vol 1: Works For 2 GuitarsHans Werner Henze - Jürgen Ruck, Elena Casoli, Ensemble Villa Musica1999Album
KlavierquintetteHans Werner Henze / Johannes Brahms1999Album
Sinfonia N. 9Hans Werner Henze – Berliner Philharmoniker, Ingo Metzmacher, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gerd Müller-Lorenz1998Album
UndineHans Werner Henze – London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen1997Album
Wien Modern IIILuigi Dallapiccola • Hans Werner Henze • Paolo Perezzani • Iannis Xenakis, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Claudio Abbado1997Album
Whispers From Heavenly Death,5 Neapolitan Lieder,Being Beauteous,Versuch Uber SchweineHans Werner Henze1996Compil.
1. Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester / Ode An Den Westwind / Concerto Per ContrabbassoWolfgang Schneiderhan ● Siegfried Palm ● Gary Karr ● Hans Werner Henze1996Compil.
Royal Winter Music II / Carillon, Récitatif, Masque / An Eine ÄolsharfeHans Werner Henze, Sabine Oehring, Boris Blacher Ensemble, Friedrich Goldmann1996Album
The 20th-Century CelloMatt Haimovitz - Benjamin Britten · Hans Werner Henze · Zoltán Kodály · Luciano Berio1995Album
RequiemHans Werner Henze, Ensemble Modern1994Album
Symphonie 7 / Barcarola Per Grande OrchestraHans Werner Henze, Sir Simon Rattle, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra1993Album
The Contemporary TrumpetGraham Ashton, John Lenehan, Gregory Knowles / Michael Nyman, Hans Werner Henze, George Fenton, Luciano Berio, André Jolivet, Peter Maxwell Davies1993Album
Twentieth-Century GuitarJulian Bream - Lennox Berkeley, Hans Werner Henze, Sir William Walton, Frank Martin, Albert Roussel, Alan Rawsthorne, Reginald Smith Brindle1993Compil.
To OrpheusThe New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum - Hans Werner Henze, David Lang, George Perle, William Schuman, Michael Dellaira And Luigi Dallapiccola1992Album
The English Cat, Eine Geschichte für Sänger und Instrumentalisten von Edward BondHans Werner Henze1991Album
Le Miracle De La Rose / An Eine ÄolsharfeHans Werner Henze – Ensemble Modern, Hans Deinzer, David Tanenbaum1991Album
The BassaridsHans Werner Henze – Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gerd Albrecht1991Album
El Cimarron (1969/79)Reinbert Evers, Paul Yoder, Michael Faust, Mircea Ardeleanu, Hans Werner Henze1991Album
Compases / Violin Concerto No.2 / Apollo Et HyazinthusHans Werner Henze - London Sinfonietta1991Compil.
Symphonies Nos. 1-6Hans Werner Henze - Berliner Philharmoniker, The London Symphony Orchestra1990Compil.
La Cubana Oder Ein Leben Für Die KunstHans Werner Henze1989Album
ToccatenLéon Boëllmann, Maurice Duruflé, Wolfgang Fortner, Eugène Gigout, Joseph Haas, Hans Werner Henze, Paul Hindemith, Walter Kraft, Max Reger, Charles-Marie Widor · Rosalinde Haas1987Album
Kammermusik = Chamber Music 1958 Über Die Hymne „In Lieblicher Bläue“ Von Friedrich Hölderlin (Für Tenor, Gitarre Und Acht Soloinstrumente = For Tenor, Guitar And Eight Solo-instruments)Hans Werner Henze - Neil Jenkins, Timothy Walker, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Brynmor Jones1987Album
Streichquartette 1-5Hans Werner Henze - Arditti Quartet1986Album
Royal Winter MusicHans Werner Henze1986Album
L`amour A Mort(Bande Originale Du Film)Hans Werner Henze1984Album
Un Amour De Swann (Bande Originale Du Film)Hans Werner Henze1984Album
Royal Winter Music I + IlHans Werner Henze, Reinbert Evers1983Album
Concierto Para Instrumentos De CuerdaWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Robert Schumann / Hans Werner Henze1983Album
Telemanniana / Scarlattiana / BachianaHans Werner Henze / Alfredo Casella / Heitor Villa-Lobos - Marisa Tanzini, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gerd Albrecht1983Album
Barcarola - Trois NocturnesHans Werner Henze, Claude Debussy / Gerd Albrecht, Charles Dutoit, NDR Sinfonieorchester1982Album
Henze: Los Caprichos - Blacher: Orchestervariationen über Ein Thema von PaganiniHans Werner Henze, Boris Blacher1982Album
SoloconcertWilliam Schuman / Hans Werner Henze1981Compil.
New Music With Guitar, Volume IDavid Starobin - Hans Werner Henze / Barbara Kolb / William Bland / Charles Wuorinen1981Album
Meister Bearbeiten MeisterFranz Liszt, Leoš Janáček, Giacomo Carissimi, Hans Werner Henze1979Album
Sonatina / Extensions / Concertazioni / Para-Tangents / Three IdeasThomas Stevens - Hans Werner Henze / Charles Dodge / Henri Lazarof / Aurelio De La Vega / Meyer Kupferman1979Album
VoicesHans Werner Henze1978Album
TristanHans Werner Henze, Homero Francesch, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester1977Album
Grimethorpe SpecialThe Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Elgar Howarth - Toru Takemitsu, Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze1977Album
Streik Bei Mannesmann: Szenische KantateHans Werner Henze / Dietrich Boekle / Niels Frederic Hoffmann / Luca Lombardi / Thomas Jahn / Wilfried Steinbrenner / Erika Runge / Ensemble Hinz & Kunst1976Album
Labyrinth / Apollo Et Hyazinthus / Wiegenlied Der Mutter Gottes / L'Usignolo Dell'ImperatoreHans Werner Henze1975Album
Kammermusik / In Memoriam: Die Weisse RoseHans Werner Henze, Philip Langridge, Timothy Walker, London Sinfonietta1975Album
Compases Para Preguntas Ensimismadas / Violin Concerto No.2Hans Werner Henze, London Sinfonietta, Hirofumi Fukai, Brenton Langbein1974Album
Violin Concerto No.1 / Violin ConcertoHans Werner Henze, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Arthur Grüber, Siegfried Köhler, Susanne Lautenbacher1973Album
Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-moll - Piano Concerto No. 3 In C MinorLudwig van Beethoven - Christoph Eschenbach, The London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Werner Henze1972Album
Prison Song / Turris Campanarum Sonantium / SeasonsStomu Yamash'ta - Hans Werner Henze / Peter Maxwell Davies / Toru Takemitsu1972Album
Der Langwierige Weg In Die Wohnung Der Natascha UngeheuerHans Werner Henze1972Album
Sinfonia Nr. 6 Für Zwei KammerorchesterHans Werner Henze1972Album
Werke Für Gitarre SoloLeo Brouwer, Gaspar Sanz, Luis de Narváez, Fernando Sor, Cornelius Cardew, Hans Werner Henze1971Album
El CimarrónHans Werner Henze1971Album
Versuch Über Schweine · Essay On Pigs / Concerto Per ContrabassoHans Werner Henze1970Album
20th Century Music For FluteSeverino Gazzelloni / Margaret Kitchin Works By Hans Werner Henze, Goffredo Petrassi, Kazuo Fukushima & Bohuslav Martinů1970Album
2. Konzert Für Klavier Und OrchesterHans Werner Henze - Christoph Eschenbach, The London Philharmonic Orchestra1970Album
Doppio Concerto Per Oboe, Arpa Ed Archi - Fantasia Für Streicher - Sonte Per ArchiHans Werner Henze1969Album
Carter / HenzeElliott Carter / Hans Werner Henze1969Album
Das Floss Der MedusaHans Werner Henze - Edda Moser • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau • Charles Regnier, NDR Chor Und NDR Sinfonieorchester • RIAS-Kammerchor • Knabenchor St. Nicolai1969Album
Ode An Den Westwind • Konzert Für Violine Und Grosses OrchesterHans Werner Henze1969Album
3 KantatenHans Werner Henze, Edda Moser, RIAS-Kammerchor • Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin1968Album
Der Junge LordHans Werner Henze Und Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin1968Album
Musen Siziliens / MoralitätenHans Werner Henze - Dresdner Kreuzchor / Staatskapelle Dresden / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig1968Album
"Undine", Suite Dal Balletto N. 1Hans Werner Henze1967Album
Jüdische Chronik - Aus Jüdischer VolkspoesieBoris Blacher, Rudolf Wagner-Régeny, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Hans Werner Henze, Paul Dessau - Dmitri Shostakovich1967Album
20th Century GuitarJulian Bream / Benjamin Britten, Hans Werner Henze, Frank Martin, Reginald Smith Brindle, Heitor Villa-Lobos1967Album
5 SymphonienHans Werner Henze - Berliner Philharmoniker1966Album
Henze Hindemith MartinuWerner Taube, Rudolf Dennemarck, Bohuslav Martinů, Hans Werner Henze, Paul Hindemith1966Album
Kammermusik 1958 Über Die Hymne "In Lieblicher Bläue"Hans Werner Henze, Friedrich Hölderlin1965Album
Moderne CellomusikBohuslav Martinů / Hans Werner Henze / Paul Hindemith1965Album
Suite From Ballet “Abraxas” / Wedding Music From “Undine” / Diversions For OrchestraWerner Egk / Hans Werner Henze / Irving Fine – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1964Album
Szenen Aus »Elegie Für Junge Liebende«Hans Werner Henze1964Album
Cembalo Modern + JazzHans Werner Henze1964Album
Szenen Aus »Elegie Für Junge Liebende«Hans Werner Henze1964Album
Grosser Kunstpreis Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen 1955/1956Wolfgang Fortner / Hans Werner Henze1960Album
Fünf Neapolitanische Lieder (1956) / Römische Elegien (1952)Hans Werner Henze / Giselher Klebe - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bernhard Minetti, Carl Seemann1958Album
Les Concerts Du Domaine Musical - III Concert Saison 1956Orchestre Du Domaine Musical - Giovanni Gabrieli / Igor Stravinsky / Hans Werner Henze / Olivier Messiaen - Yvonne Loriod, Rudolf Albert1956Album
Zeitgenössische Musik Für BläserRiccardo Malipiero / Wolfgang Fortner / Hans Werner Henze / Karlheinz Stockhausen / Günther Becker - Danzi Kwintet / Heinz HolligerAlbum
Solo Cello - 20th Century Works For Solo CelloWolfgang Boettcher - Paul Hindemith / Ernst Krenek / Luigi Dallapiccola / György Ligeti / Hans Werner Henze / Jacques Ibert / Witold Lutoslawski / Aribert Reimann / Volker David KirchnerAlbum
Jenny Abel, Violine (Vol. 1) Spielt Pisendel, Bach, Bartók, HenzeJenny Abel, Johann Georg Pisendel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Hans Werner HenzeAlbum
Canzone Dalle Sacrae Symphonia 3 Et 5 / Oiseaux Exotiques / Concerto Per Il Marigny / Symphonie D'instruments à VentGiovanni Gabrieli / Hans Werner Henze / Olivier Messiaen / Igor StravinskyAlbum
Henze: Sonata Per Violin Solo (1977) / Bach: Sonata 1ma A Violino Solo Senza Basso / Bartók: Sonata For Violin Solo (1944)Jenny Abel Violin - Solo - Recital Hans Werner Henze / Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla BartókAlbum
Symphonien - KonzerteHans Werner HenzeAlbum
VokalwerkeHans Werner HenzeCompil.
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