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Description

Description

Hans Werner Henze’s compositional output is dominated by the larger genres with their richly differentiated palette of instrumental colors. 
This CD with the ensemble recherche allows room to, among others, chamber music works that had been unpublished so far, the manuscripts of which are in the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel. It collects a mixed bouquet of occasional pieces, dedicated to close friends and colleagues, spanning a time of approximately two decades: e.g. Yehudi Menuhin, Leon Fleisher, Paul Dessau or his patroness and friend of many years, Margaret, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine. 
Most pieces are first recordings.

Content

Sonate für sechs Spieler, for flute, clarinet, violin (and viola), violoncello, percussion, piano (and celesta)
Margareten-Walzer for piano (from: Sechs Stücke für junge Pianisten. Six Pieces for Young Pianists). Birthday music for Margaret, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine
Ländler for violin
La mano sinistra. Piece for Leon, for piano
Epitaph for violoncello, composed after the death of Paul Dessau
Toccata mistica for piano, for Susanne and Rolf Ibach
Trio in drei Sätzen for violin, viola and violondello
Ode al dodicesimo apostolo for Klavier, for Matthias Wimmer
An Brenton. Song for viola
Klavierstück für Reinhold
Serenade for violin, for Yehudi Menuhin
Adagio adagio. Serenade for violin, violoncello and piano, for Margaret, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine