Heinz Holliger

“These performances, by Heinz Holliger and Marie-Lise Schüpbach, are simply astonishing in their fluency,” wrote UK magazine Gramophone of Holliger’s album Zwiegespräche, and the description applies with equal pertinence to con slancio, with its inspired and inspiring play of energies. The title piece, which opens the programme here, was written by the Swiss composer and nonpareil oboist as a tribute to musical partner Schüpbach: “Since I began playing in duo with Marie-Lise, I’ve been fascinate…

Five pieces for solo instruments or small ensembles spanning from 1951 to 1969, recorded under the direction of the composer himself and performed by Cathy Berberian and Heinz Holliger a.o., released on Philips' "Modern Music Series" in 1969.

Three 1979 compositions respectively for string quartet, chorus and cello solo, released on Wergo in 1979.

Second volume of new music for choir by by Heinz Holliger, Dieter Schnebel, Krzysztof Penderecki and Friedrich Cerha, performed by Schola Cantorum Stuttgart and released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the 70's. With insert.

Three chamber pieces (respectively for 5 oboes, solo percussionist, string quartet) with unconventional and extended instrumental techniques, spanning from 1969 to 1982, released in 1985

1992 release **Vinko Globokar (born 7 July 1934) is a French-Slovenian avant-garde composer and trombonist. Globokar's work is noted for its use of unconventional and extended techniques, closely allying him to contemporaries Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann. His music places great emphasis on spontaneity and creativity, and, unlike the work of Sciarrino and Lachenmann, often requires improvisation. His extensive output is largely unknown outside of experimental music circles. As a trom…

Choral works by Heinz Holliger: Shir Shavur on David Rokeah, Psalm, hölle himmel and Rosa Loui on Kurt Marti, and Utopie Chorklang; SWR Vokalensemble under Marcus Creed and Holliger, recorded 2006-2015, mostly first recordings.

Heinz Holliger's opera Lunea on the poet Nikolaus Lenau, libretto by Händl Klaus, recorded live at Opernhaus Zürich in March 2018 with Christian Gerhaher, Juliane Banse, Sarah Maria Sun, Annette Schönmüller, Ivan Ludlow, Philharmonia Zürich and Basler Madrigalisten, Holliger conducting.

Zehetmair Quartett in string quartets by Beethoven (Op. 135), Bruckner (C minor), Holliger (No. 2), recorded Zürich 2010, and Hartmann (No. 2), recorded 2002 with cellist Françoise Groben.

Elliott Carter's Oboe Quartet and solo pieces, and Isang Yun's Piri and Quartet for oboe and string trio, played by Heinz Holliger, Thomas Zehetmair, Ruth Killius and Thomas Demenga. Recorded 2001-2002 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.

French music for oboe and oboe d'amore by Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Milhaud, Koechlin, Jolivet, Messiaen and Casadesus, played by Heinz Holliger with pianist Anton Kernjak and harpist Alice Belugou; recorded October 2021 at Radiostudio Zürich.

Miniatures by Heinz Holliger and György Kurtág, played by Holliger (oboe, cor anglais, piano) with Marie-Lise Schüpbach, Sarah Wegener and Ernesto Molinari; Philippe Jaccottet reads his poems. Recorded June 2018 at Radiostudio DRS, Zürich.

Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d'amore), Anita Leuzinger (cello) and Anton Kernjak (piano) play Holliger's Romancendres framed by Schumann's chamber works, recorded in July 2012 and November 2013 at Radio Studio Zürich.

Heinz Holliger's Machaut-Transkriptionen (2001-2009) for four voices and three violas, alternating with Machaut originals, sung by The Hilliard Ensemble with violists Geneviève Strosser, Jürg Dähler and Muriel Cantoreggi, recorded November 2010 in Zürich.

Chamber and vocal works by Heinz Holliger: Puneigä (soprano Sylvia Nopper), Induuchlen (countertenor Kai Wessel, horn Olivier Darbellay), Toronto-Exercises and Ma'mounia, with the Swiss Chamber Soloists under Holliger. Recorded 2006-2010.

Alexander Lonquich plays the 1838 first edition of Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana op. 16 and Heinz Holliger's Partita (1999). Recorded November 2008 at the Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.

Clara Schumann's Drei Romanzen Op. 22 and Heinz Holliger's Romancendres, played by Christoph Richter (cello) and Dénes Várjon (piano) in Lugano in 2008, with Holliger's Gesänge der Frühe for choir, orchestra and tape, recorded in Sindelfingen in 2007 under the composer.

Heinz Holliger's Violin Concerto "Hommage à Louis Soutter", played by Thomas Zehetmair with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg under the composer, preceded by Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3. Recorded September and December 2002 in St. Gerold and Freiburg.