Momente

by Karlheinz Stockhausen

Momente cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Wergo
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 2:21:37
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Considered one of Stockhausen's most monumental and complex vocal works, 'Momente' utilizes a soprano soloist, four choral groups, and a battery of brass and percussion. The composition rejects traditional linear narrative, instead arranging fragmented 'moments' of sound that can be theoretically reordered in performance. It stands as a pinnacle of the post-war European avant-garde, exploring spatial acoustics and radical phonetic manipulation.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, choral, avant-garde, experimental, minimal, atonal, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. "Denn Die Liebe Ist St盲rker Als Der Tod" (26:54)
  2. "Dodi" (20:36)
  3. "Kama" (18:33)
  4. "Maka" (25:10)
  5. "Maka" (Continued) - "Betmoment" (21:30)
  6. "Maka" (28:54)

Credits

  • Gloria Davy - primary artist, soprano vocals
  • K枚lner Rundfunkchor - primary artist, chorus
  • Ensemble Musique Vivante - primary artist, ensemble
  • Werner Engelhardt - baritone vocals
  • Arno Reinhardt - bass vocals
  • Diego Masson - conductor [assistant]
  • Godfried Ritter - conductor [assistant]
  • Peter E枚tv枚s - conductor [assistant]
  • Dr. Rudolf Werner - producer, recording supervisor

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