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Wolfgang Rihm
Person · male · Germany · Karlsruhe · born 1952 · died 2024 · recording since 1984
German composer and teacher (1952–2024)
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Also known as Wolfgang Rhim · 沃尔夫冈·里姆
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61 events▣ Album 47✦ Award 11◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1950s
1970s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Jakob Lenz
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Award
Won: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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1990s
2000s
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Album: Gejagte Form / Verborgene Formen / Chiffre I / Silence to Be Beaten
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Album: Musik für Oboe und Orchester / Styx und Lethe / Dritte Musik / Erster Doppelgesang
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Album: 1. Symphonie / 2. Symphonie / Nachtwach / Vers une symphonie fleuve III / Raumauge
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Album: „Concerto" Dithyrambe / Sotto Voce Notturno / Sotto Voce 2 Capriccio
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2010s
· Award
Won: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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· Award
Won: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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· Album
Album: Rihm: Gedicht des Malers / Dusapin: Aufgang / Mantovani: Jeux d'eau
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Album: Lichtzwang (In Memoriam Paul Celan) / Dritte Musik / Gedicht des Malers
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2020s
Biography
English biography2,772 words · 13 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373367233
Biography
Wolfgang Michael Rihm (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʁiːm] ; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe. He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent musical voices" there, composing over 500 works including several operas.
The premiere of Rihm's Morphonie for orchestra at the 1974 Donaueschingen Festival won him international recognition. Rihm pursued a freedom of expression, combining avant-garde techniques with emotional individuality. His chamber opera Jakob Lenz was premiered in 1977, exploring the inner conflict of a poet's soul. The premiere of his opera Oedipus at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1987 was broadcast live and recorded as DVD. When his opera Dionysos was first performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, it was voted World Premiere of the Year by Opernwelt. He was commissioned to compose a work for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie, and created the song cycle Reminiszenz which was premiered in 2017.
Rihm was professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe from 1985, with students including Rebecca Saunders and Jörg Widmann. He was composer in residence for the BBC, at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival. He was honoured as an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2001 and received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2003.
Youth, early work and studies
Rihm was born in Karlsruhe on 13 March 1952. His parents were Julius Rihm, a treasurer for the Red Cross, and Margarete, a homemaker. He grew up with a sister, Monika. The boy began to compose at age eleven, and wrote a plan for a mass the following year. He was an enthusiastic choir singer, and he often improvised on the organ, creating "sound orgies" in the style of French organists. His cello sonata earned him a prize at the Jugend musiziert competition at age 16. He wrote his second string quartet at age 18.
At the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, he studied music theory and composition with Eugen Werner Velte while still attending secondary school. He took his undergraduate final exams in 1972, when he graduated from secondary school. He attended the Darmstädter Ferienkurse from 1970 and studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne from 1972 to 1973. Rihm then enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg from 1973 to 1976, studying composition with Klaus Huber and musicology with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht. His other teachers included Wolfgang Fortner and Humphrey Searle.
Initial successes and teaching
The premiere of Rihm's Morphonie at the 1974 Donaueschingen Festival launched his career in the European new music scene. It was regarded as "indecently individual" ("unanständig individuell"). Rihm pursued expressive freedom in clear opposition to established norms. He combined the techniques of then-contemporary classical music with the emotional volatility of Gustav Mahler and the musical expressionism of Arnold Schönberg. Rihm later cited Claude Debussy, saying that Debussy and the expressionist Schönberg combined "minimal formalism and system with the maximal expression". Many regarded this as a revolt against the early Darmstadt School generation of Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez.
His Dis-Kontur (1974) has been described as "rusty and brutal", "channeling primal acoustic violence". When Sub-Kontur (1975) was premiered in Donaueschingen (1976), the audience complained about Rihm's "brutal noise". Some critics called it a "fecal piece". But positive reviews of his early work led to many commissions in the following years. His chamber opera Jakob Lenz premiered in 1977; it explores the inner conflict of a poet's soul without following a linear narrative.
In 1978 he became a lecturer at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse. From 1985 onward, he was a composition professor at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, succeeding his teacher Velte. Rihm followed Velte's approach of educating in open dialogue with the individual student, cultivating freedom of thought.
His opera Die Hamletmaschine, composed between 1983 and 1986 based on Heiner Müller's play, Hamletmachine, premiered at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in 1987. It was described as a "total theatre of sound" and a "non-narrative, ritualistic drama" reminiscent of Stockhausen. He based the libretto for his opera Oedipus, commissioned by Deutsche Oper Berlin on the Greek tragedy by Sophocles and related texts by Friedrich Nietzsche and Heiner Müller. The premiere in October 1987, directed by Götz Friedrich, was broadcast live and recorded as DVD. Rihm's work continued in an expressionist vein. However, the influence of Luigi Nono, Helmut Lachenmann, and Morton Feldman, amongst others, affected his style significantly.
International successes and honours
At Walter Fink's invitation, Rihm was the fifth composer featured in the annual Komponistenporträt of the Rheingau Musik Festival in 1995. The same year, he contributed Communio (Lux aeterna) to the Requiem of Reconciliation. The Free University of Berlin awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1998.
In 2003 Rihm received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, as ... one of the most prolific and versatile composers of our time. With inexhaustible imagination, a vital creative drive and keen self-reflection, he has created an oeuvre rich in facets, which already comprises over four hundred compositions from all musical genres. Rihm's music manifests his belief in the indestructible existence of the creative individual, who is able to assert his strength and dignity against all external threats. The New York Philharmonic commissioned and premiered his Two Other Movements in 2004. Matthias Rexroth sang his Kolonos | 2 Fragments by Hölderlin after Sophokles for countertenor and small orchestra in 2008 at the Bad Wildbad Kurhaus, with Antonino Fogliani conducting the Virtuosi Brunensis.
In 2009 Rihm's opera Proserpina premiered successfully at the Schwetzingen Festival.
In March 2010, the BBC Symphony Orchestra featured Rihm's music in one of their 'total immersion' weekends at the Barbican Centre in London. Using recordings from that weekend, BBC Radio 3 dedicated three Hear and Now programmed to his work.
On 27 July 2010, his opera Dionysos (on Nietzsche's late cycle of poems Dionysian-Dithyrambs) was premiered at the Salzburg Festival by Ingo Metzmacher with sets designed by Jonathan Meese. In Opernwelt magazine, this performance was voted by critics World Premiere of the Year.
The Trio Accanto premiered his Gegenstück (2006, rev. 2010) for bass saxophone, percussion, and piano on 16 August 2010, celebrating the 80th birthday of Walter Fink. Anne-Sophie Mutter and the New York Philharmonic premiered his violin concerto Lichtes Spiel (Light Games) in Avery Fisher Hall on 18 November 2010.
In 2016 Rihm became artistic director of the Lucerne Festival Academy where young musicians, directors and composers are trained in music of the 20th and 21st centuries. On 11 January 2017, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg was inaugurated with the premiere of Reminiszenz, a song cycle for tenor and large orchestra that he composed on a commission for the occasion. Rihm wrote and dedicated Concerto en Sol to cellist Sol Gabetta in 2020. It was reviewed as a radiant musical portrait. Among his last works were a Stabat Mater and the song cycle Terzinen an den Tod.
Personal life
Rihm lived in Karlsruhe and Berlin. He was married to Johanna Feldhausen-Rihm; they had a son, Sebastian. The marriage ended in divorce. He married Uta Frank in 1992; they had a daughter, Katja. They separated, and Uta Frank died in 2013. He married Verena Weber in 2017.
His friend, the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, said in an interview: "In a certain way he was an anti-ascetic character", taking pleasure in living. About cooking for friends, Sloterdijk said: "There was always a certain level of form and a certain inventive height. He never just cooked a simple recipe. He was always improvising and inventing."
Rihm was diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He said in an interview in 2020: "Of course, like every person, I'm physically approaching the end. But I'm not at the end of my creative energy."
Rihm died in a hospice in Ettlingen on 27 July 2024, at the age of 72, after battling cancer for many years.
Compositions and style
Rihm composed more than 500 works and was particularly known for his operas. 460 of his works were published, and manuscripts are held by the Paul Sacher Foundation. Despite this productivity, he said he never found composing easy; rather, he was dedicated to his work. Tom Service described Rihm's music as comprising a "bewildering variety of styles and sounds" in The Guardian. Jeffrey Arlo Brown described it as a "forceful, shape-shifting" œuvre in The New York Times.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, his name was associated with the movement called New Simplicity (Neue Einfachheit), a term popularized by Aribert Reimann. Writing in 1977, Rihm suggested instead New Multiplicity (Neue Vielfalt) or New Clarity (Neue Eindeutigkeit), since he felt his music was not well described as simple. His music was sometimes also described as Neoromantic.
In the 1980s, Rihm's music was newly described as representing "New Subjectivity" or Neo-expressionism, with its "free figuration, emotional pathos, ... and ... clear individualization", sometimes in relation to contemporaneous art schools like Junge Wilde (also known as Neue Wilde) in Germany or the Transavantgarde (also known as Arte Cifra or Transavantguardia) in Italy. However, Rihm did not seek to belong to any school and said that such things "must not be looked for" in his music. Nonetheless, Yves Knockaert considered that there were important philosophical and stylistic affinities, especially between Rihm's music and the work of Georg Baselitz.
Rihm once said he sought "a new kind of coherence, no longer only restricted to process". He experimented with "loosening coherence" in his "Notebook Compositions": the Musik for drei Streicher (1977), Zwischenblick: "Selbsthenker!" for string quartet (1983–1984), and the String Quartets Nos. 5 and 6. In these, he wrote the music with little, if any, precomposition or revision. Yves Knockaert compared his manner of writing here to the expressionist, but not the dodecaphonic, Schönberg.
Rihm wrote his own libretti, based on the writings of Sophocles, Hölderlin, Nietzsche, Artaud and Müller. Rihm grouped particular themes in cycles, like Chiffre, Vers une symphonie-fleuve, Séraphin, and Über die Linie. He also experimented with writing musical fragments, like Alexanderlieder, Lenz-Fragmente, and Fetzen (Scraps).
Reception
According to Bachtrack, Rihm was in 2022 in the Top 10 of the most performed living contemporary composers in the world. He was acclaimed for his independence and continuous self-invention, which Brown said "reinvigorated" contemporary classical music.
Legacy
In 2013, the Wolfgang-Rihm-Forum was opened at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, a multi-functional auditorium with 400 seats.
Memberships
1983 Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
1986 Academy of Arts, Berlin
1996 Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt
2000 Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Students
Rihm's students included Rebecca Saunders, David Philip Hefti, Márton Illés, and Jörg Widmann. Saunders said about his teaching that "he fought steadily and consequently against polemic thinking, and he encouraged a decidedly personal aesthetic unique to each of his many students." Widmann characterized Rihm as "sometimes manic-obsessive and always extreme".
Writings
Rihm, Wolfgang (1997). Mosch, Ulrich (ed.). Ausgesprochen: Schriften und Gespräche (in German). Winterthur: Amadeus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7957-0395-0.
Rihm, Wolfgang; Brinkmann, Reinhold (2001). Musik Nachdenken: Reinhold Brinkmann und Wolfgang Rihm im Gespräch (in German). Regensburg: ConBrio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-932581-47-2.
Rihm, Wolfgang (2002). Mosch, Ulrich (ed.). Offene Enden: Denkbewegungen um und durch Musik (in German). Munich: Hanser Verlag. ISBN 978-3-446-20142-2.
Cited sources
Angermann, Klaus (2016). "Wolfgang Rihm". In Bermbach, Udo (ed.). Oper im 20. Jahrhundert: Entwicklungstendenzen und Komponisten (in German). Springer Verlag. p. 601. ISBN 978-3-476-03796-1. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
Büning, Eleonore (29 July 2010). "Ich bin dein La-La-La-Labyrinth". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
Büning, Eleonore (13 March 2012). "Er macht ja doch, was er will!". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Dümling, Albrecht (23 November 1998). "Der Ort der Musik". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Berlin. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
Fulker, Rick (13 March 2017). "Free-spirited German composer Wolfgang Rihm at 65". Deutsche Welle.
Hagedorn, Volker (22 March 2012). "Taumelnd durch Dschungel und Feuer". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Hauff, Andreas (8 September 2010). "Ehrungen und Raritäten. Die Endphase beim Rheingau-Musik-Festival". nmz online (in German). neue musikzeitung. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
Häusler, Josef (2005) [2001]. "Rihm, Wolfgang". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46321. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required)
Heidenreich, Achim (2000). "Der Komponist – das subjektive Wesen". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Knockaert, Yves. 2010. Wolfgang Rihm, a Chiffre: The 1980s and Beyond, fwd. Richard McGregor. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN 978-94-6166-237-8 (ebk). ISBN 978-94-6270-123-6 (pbk).
Mattenberger, Urs (10 August 2019). "Komponist Wolfgang Rihm: "Fühle mich wie ein Kriegsveteran"". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). St. Gallen. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Neuhoff, Bernhard (28 February 2019). "Wolfgang Rihm erhält Deutschen Musikautorenpreis: "Meine Musik ist nicht ängstlich"". br-klassik (in German). Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
Révai, Peter (8 September 2022). "Wachsen an der Ablehnung". Republik (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
Schacher, Thomas (3 February 2020). "Wo viel Licht ist, sollte auch ein bisschen Schatten sein". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
Schweitzer, Vivien (19 November 2010). "Pairing Wolfgangs From Two Eras". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
Schwenger, Dietmar (31 January 2003). "Wolfgang Rihm erhält Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis". Musikwoche (in German). Munich. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
Service, Tom (24 September 2012). "A guide to Wolfgang Rihm's music". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Stallknecht, Michael (13 March 2022). "Konzerte zum 70. Geburtstag des Komponisten Wolfgang Rihm". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
Tommasini, Anthony (1 August 2010). "A Nietzschean Plunge Into Sensual Labyrinths". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Uske, Bernhard (18 June 2018). "Dis-Kontur / Lichtzwang / Sub-Kontur
Dis-Kontur / Lichtzwang / Sub-KonturSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Dis-Kontur Für Grosses Orchester (1974)22:442Lichtzwang - Musik Für Violine Und Orchester (1975/76)18:063Sub-Kontur Für Orchester (1974/75)26:42". das Orchester (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
Wagner, Renate (13 February 2014). "DVD Wolfgang Rihm: Oedipus". Online Merker (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
Williams, Alastair (2013). Music in Germany since 1968. Music Since 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87759-6.
Wilske, Hermann (30 September 2008). "Rossini und Rihm in Wildbad". neue musikzeitung. Regensburg. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
"Trauer um Komponisten Wolfgang Rihm". evangelisch.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
"Prof. Wolfgang Rihm, Ph.D. honoris causa | University of Music". Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
"Rihm – Oedipus". Universal Edition. 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
Obituaries
Brachmann, Jan (27 July 2024). "Zum Tod des Komponisten Wolfgang Rihm / Der Berührbare". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
Brown, Jeffrey Arlo (29 July 2024). "Wolfgang Rihm, Prolific Contemporary Classical Music Composer, Dies at 72". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Büning, Eleonore (29 July 2024). "Der Komponist Wolfgang Rihm hat die Freiheit des künstlerischen Denkens gelebt". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Franke, Fabian (27 July 2024). ""Die HamletmaschineDie HamletmaschineSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Die Hamletmaschine: I. Familienalbum25:332Die Hamletmaschine: II. Das Europa der Frau11:053Die Hamletmaschine: III. Scherzo15:41Disc 21Die Hamletmaschine: IV. Pest in Buda, Schlacht um Grönland25:172Die Hamletmaschine: V. Wildharrend, In der furchtbaren Rüstung, Jahrtausende14:42": Komponist Wolfgang Rihm ist tot". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
Jeschke, Lydia (27 July 2024). "Zum Tod von Wolfgang Rihm: Tonkünstler und Ermutiger zum Eigensinn". SWR (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
Leyrer, Georg (27 July 2024). "Ein Großer der Neuen Musik: Deutscher Komponist Wolfgang Rihm gestorben". Kurier (in German). Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
Maier, Jan-Hendrik (27 July 2024). "Zum Tod von Wolfgang Rihm". concerti.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
Potter, Keith (29 August 2024). "Wolfgang Rihm obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
Reininghaus, Frieder (30 July 2024). "Ineinander von Intuition und Wissen – Zum Tod des Komponisten und Musikpublizisten Wolfgang Rihm". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
Zander, Margarete (27 July 2024). "Zum Tod von Wolfgang Rihm: Neue emotionale Welten" (in German). NDR. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
"Musikgenie und Schlüsselfigur: Komponist Wolfgang Rihm gestorben". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
"Komponist Wolfgang Rihm im Alter von 72 Jahren gestorben". Tagesschau (in German). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
"Universal Edition trauert um Wolfgang Rihm (1952–2024)". presseportal.de (in German). 27 July 2024. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
"Wolfgang Rihm (1952–2024)". University of Music Karlsruhe. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 27 | 88.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 54 | 94.8th |
| Studio albums | 48 | 99.2th |
| Awards recorded | 17 | 99.4th |
| Timeline events | 61 | 99.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 40 | 80.2th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (54 release groups · 48 studio albums)
Albums · 48
1984 · studio album
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1Jakob Lenz: Bild 1-5 / Bild 6 Und 7 / Bild 8–11 / Bild 12–Ende1:10:591992 · studio album
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1Music for Three Strings: First Part: I. Lento4:472Music for Three Strings: First Part: II. Assai sostenuto5:483Music for Three Strings: First Part: III. Double (molto allegro)14:174Music for Three Strings: Second Part: IV. Canzona 18:175Music for Three Strings: Second Part: V. Canzona 24:566Music for Three Strings: Second Part: Intermezzo0:337Music for Three Strings: Second Part: VI. Canzona 37:038Music for Three Strings: Third Part: VII. Energico – Lento – Con brio16:351997 · studio album
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1Kolchis4:282Antlitz12:083Klavierstück Nr. 6 "Bagatellen"15:294von weit12:515Dritte Musik17:431999 · studio album
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1Musik für drei Streicher: Erster Teil: I. Lento4:382Musik für drei Streicher: Erster Teil: II. Assai sostenuto5:083Musik für drei Streicher: Erster Teil: III. Double. Molto allegro (Inquieto)12:214Musik für drei Streicher: Zweiter Teil: IV. Canzona I7:295Musik für drei Streicher: Zweiter Teil: V. Canzona II. - Adagio intermezzo5:276Musik für drei Streicher: Zweiter Teil: VI. Canzona III. Adagio assai, molto semplice6:557Musik für drei Streicher: Dritter Teil: VII. Energico12:53Gejagte Form / Verborgene Formen / Chiffre I / Silence to Be Beaten
2000 · studio album
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1Gejagte Form13:102Verborgene Formen12:253Chiffre I8:514Silence to be beaten (Chiffre II)12:50Morphonie / Klangbeschreibung I–III
2000 · studio album
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Disc 11Morphonie40:292Klangbeschreibung I20:13Disc 21Klangbeschreibung II28:552Klangbeschreibung III38:15Orchestral Works & Chamber Music
2000 · studio album
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1Wölfli-Lieder14:352Klavierstück Nr. 710:393Frau / Stimme20:054In-Schrift21:112000 · studio album
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1Im Innersten, III. Streichquartett: I. schroff2:102Im Innersten, III. Streichquartett: II.3:543Im Innersten, III. Streichquartett: III.1:554Im Innersten, III. Streichquartett: IV. äußerst gedehnt5:115Im Innersten, III. Streichquartett: V.3:176Im Innersten, III. Streichquartett: Zwischenspiel0:577Im Innersten, III. Streichquartett: VI.9:488VIII. Streichquartett15:209V. Streichquartett25:522001 · studio album
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1Marsyas. Rhapsody for Trumpet with Percussion and Orchestra17:532Four Pieces Against Stagnation for Trumpet and Orchestra: 1. Sostenuto e cantabile6:343Four Pieces Against Stagnation for Trumpet and Orchestra: 2. Comodo5:034Four Pieces Against Stagnation for Trumpet and Orchestra: 3. Con moto, wie auf unruhigem Meer5:215Four Pieces Against Stagnation for Trumpet and Orchestra: 4. Calmo, windstill6:046Trumpet Concerto28:45Deus Passus: Passions-Stücke nach Lukas
2001 · studio album
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Disc 11Deus Passus: Das ist mein Leib3:082Deus Passus: Potum meum2:353Deus Passus: Instrumentalsatz2:234Deus Passus: Und er ging hinaus4:175Deus Passus: Domine, audivi auditum tuum3:176Deus Passus: Siehe, da kam die Schar2:017Deus Passus: Eripe me, Domine1:278Deus Passus: Sie griffen ihn aber4:039Deus Passus: Die Männer aber,die Jesum hielten / Weissage, wer ist's1:0210Deus Passus: Qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde1:1011Deus Passus: Und als es Tag ward5:2812Deus Passus: Und sie führten ihn vor Pilatus2:1813Deus Passus: Da aber Herodes Jesum sah2:1914Deus Passus: Pilatus aber sprach4:2915Deus Passus: Popule meus2:1516Deus Passus: Und als sie ihn hinführten / Ihr Töchter von Jerusalem / Es wurden aber auch ...6:31Disc 21Deus Passus: Und als sie kamen an die Stätte5:262Deus Passus: Crux fidelis2:143Deus Passus: Er hat anderen geholfen0:574Deus Passus: Hic acetum, fel, arundo1:305Deus Passus: Es war aber auch über ihm geschrieben / Und es ward eine Finsternis3:236Deus Passus: Und Jesus rief laut / Vater, ich befehle meinen Geist / Und … verschied4:307Deus Passus: Flecte ramos, arbor alta2:518Deus Passus: Stabat mater dolorosa4:549Deus Passus: Und alles Volk, das dabei war / Fürwahr, er trug unsre Krankheit4:3210Deus Passus: Joseph von Arimathia ging zu Pilatus / Aber am ersten Tage der Woche2:4511Deus Passus: Tenebrae8:412002 · studio album
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1A Violin Sonata11:302Hekton7:003Antlitz10:154Phantom und Eskapade19:092002 · studio album
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1Jagden und Formen: Bar 16:522Jagden und Formen: Bar 1420:453Jagden und Formen: Bar 1611:244Jagden und Formen: Bar 1892:515Jagden und Formen: Bar 2544:426Jagden und Formen: Bar 3724:447Jagden und Formen: Bar 4581:418Jagden und Formen: Bar 4922:209Jagden und Formen: Bar 5413:4010Jagden und Formen: Bar 6503:4411Jagden und Formen: Bar 7393:4212Jagden und Formen: Bar 8162:0313Jagden und Formen: Bar 8414:3514Jagden und Formen: Bar 9383:2015Jagden und Formen: Bar 10074:392003 · studio album
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1String Quartet no. 1, op. 28:322String Quartet no. 2, op. 108:493String Quartet no. 3 "Im Innersten": I.2:034String Quartet no. 3 "Im Innersten": II.3:495String Quartet no. 3 "Im Innersten": III.2:006String Quartet no. 3 "Im Innersten": IV.4:347String Quartet no. 3 "Im Innersten": V. + Zwischenspiel4:208String Quartet no. 3 "Im Innersten": VI.9:349String Quartet no. 4: I. Agitato, allegro alla marcia, allegroma non troppo6:0510String Quartet no. 4: II. Con moto, allegro. Andante. Allegro molto6:5111String Quartet no. 4: III. Adagio6:292003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:56:47
Disc 11Tutuguri: Erster Teil: I. Bild (Anrufung...das schwarze Loch...)13:402Tutuguri: Erster Teil: I. Bild (Anrufung...das schwarze Loch...) (continued)20:323Tutuguri: Erster Teil: II. Bild (schwarze und rote Tänze...das Pferd...)18:374Tutuguri: Erster Teil: III. Bild (der Peyotl-Tanz...die letze Sonne...der schreiende Mann...)25:59Disc 21Tutuguri: Zweiter Teil: IV. Bild (Kreuze...das Hufeisen...[die sechs Männer...der Siebte...])37:59String Quartets Vol. 2 (Nos. 5 & 6)
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:17:15
1String Quartet No. 5: 1. Schnell und rastlos6:042String Quartet No. 5: 2. Takt 1127:583String Quartet No. 5: 3. Takt 2694:224String Quartet No. 5: 4. Takt 35211:385String Quartet No. 6, Blaubuch: 1. Schnell und frei10:046String Quartet No. 6, Blaubuch: 2. Meno mosso - Zögernd und stockend14:117String Quartet No. 6, Blaubuch: 3. Wieder schnell10:118String Quartet No. 6, Blaubuch: 4. Takt 62012:472004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:28:36
Disc 11Chiffre I9:322Silence to be beaten (Chiffre II)13:103Chiffre III9:104Chiffre IV8:475Chiffre V9:406[Applaus]1:06Disc 21Bild (eine Chiffre)7:562Chiffre VI4:443Chiffre VII9:394Chiffre VIII4:185Nach-Schrift (eine Chiffre)9:166[Applaus]1:18String Quartets Vol. 3 (Nos. 7–9)
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:00:17
1String Quartet no. 7 “Veränderungen”: Takt 14:172String Quartet no. 7 “Veränderungen”: Takt 1056:503String Quartet no. 7 “Veränderungen”: Takt 2443:014String Quartet no. 7 “Veränderungen”: Takt 3098:025String Quartet no. 8: Takt 18:156String Quartet no. 8: Takt 1597:117String Quartet no. 9 “Quartettsatz”: Takt 17:008String Quartet no. 9 “Quartettsatz”: Takt 1937:259String Quartet no. 9 “Quartettsatz”: Takt 4168:16Rihm / Sciarrino / Moody / Metcalf
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 59:18
1Tristis est anima mea2:472Ecce vidimus eum3:563Velum templi scissum est3:304Tenebrae factae sunt4:455Responsorio delle tenebre8:416Lamentation of the Virgin13:187Il nome del bel fior: I. Maria I2:488Il nome del bel fior: II. Quivi è la rosa4:519Il nome del bel fior: III. Maria II2:3910Il nome del bel fior: IV. Il nome del bel fior4:1611Il nome del bel fior: V. Maria III2:3412Il nome del bel fior: VI. Io sono amore angelico2:3313Il nome del bel fior: VII. Maria IV2:402005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:17:45
1Lied für Orchester29:502Erscheinung: Äusserst langsam, gebannt3:263Erscheinung: Assai sostenuto13:354Mit Ausdruck15:085Schubert-Phantasie (Re-Visionen I₅)15:46String Quartets Vol. 4 (Nos. 10 & 12 / Quartettstudie)
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 49:03
1String Quartet No. 10: I. Vorform2:552String Quartet No. 10: II. Battaglia/Follia14:063String Quartet No. 10: III. Strophe4:554String Quartet No. 12: Takt 15:575String Quartet No. 12: Takt 1068:046Quartettstudie: Takt 16:427Quartettstudie: Takt 986:24Dis-Kontur / Lichtzwang / Sub-Kontur
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:07:32
1Dis-Kontur Für Grosses Orchester (1974)22:442Lichtzwang - Musik Für Violine Und Orchester (1975/76)18:063Sub-Kontur Für Orchester (1974/75)26:42Musik für Oboe und Orchester / Styx und Lethe / Dritte Musik / Erster Doppelgesang
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:11:29
1Musik für Oboe und Orchester16:092Styx und Lethe23:343Dritte Musik17:424Erster Doppelgesang14:041. Symphonie / 2. Symphonie / Nachtwach / Vers une symphonie fleuve III / Raumauge
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:05:10
11. Symphonie, op. 3: I. Appassionato3:4121. Symphonie, op. 3: II. Adagio6:4232. Symphonie "Erster und letzter Satz": Erster Satz10:2042. Symphonie "Erster und letzter Satz": Marcia funebre5:045Nachtwach11:176Vers une symphonie fleuve III23:047Raumauge5:022009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:00:46
1La musique creuse le ciel34:122Über-Schrift26:34Quid Est Deus / Ungemaltes Bild / Frau - Stimme
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:08:53
1Quid Est Deus33:022Ungemaltes Bild15:543Frau / Stimme19:57„Concerto" Dithyrambe / Sotto Voce Notturno / Sotto Voce 2 Capriccio
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 54:29
1"Concerto" Dithyrambe25:452Sotto voce Notturno17:423Sotto voce 2 Capriccio11:022010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:52
1Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Sonata I5:052Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Motetus I. "Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem"2:293Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Sonata II1:034Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Motetus II. "Ecce vidimus eum non habentem speciem…"3:455Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Sonata III2:136Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Motetus III. "Velum templi scissum est"3:227Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Sonata IV2:218Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Motetus IV. "Tenebrae factae sunt…"4:449Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Sonata V2:3510Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Motetus V. "Caligaverunt oculi mei a fletu meo"4:0211Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Sonata VI2:4312Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Motetus VI. "Recessit pastor noster…"2:2913Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Sonata VII3:4714Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Motetus VII. "Aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum"5:0815Vigilia for six voices and ensemble: Miserere16:062011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:31
112. Streichquartett13:452Fetzen 1 für Streichquartett2:253Fetzen 2 für Streichquartett3:034Fetzen 3 für Akkordeon und Streichquartett3:555Fetzen 4 für Bratsche und Akkordeon3:116Fetzen 5 für Akkordeon und Streichquartett3:207Fetzen 6 für Akkordeon und Streichquartett2:348Fetzen 7 für Akkordeon und Streichquartett5:269Fetzen 8 für Akkordeon und Streichquartett3:2310Interscriptum, Duo für Streichquartett und Klavier14:29Rihm: Lichtes Spiel / Currier: Time Machines
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:09
1Lichtes Spiel17:152Duo concertante5:073Dyade12:434Time Machines: I. Fragmented Time2:365Time Machines: II. Delay Time4:196Time Machines: III. Compressed Time1:297Time Machines: IV. Overlapping Time3:448Time Machines: V. Entropic Time6:259Time Machines: VI. Backwards Time1:3910Time Machines: VII. Harmonic Time8:522012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:06:10
1Über Die Linie II (Musik Für Klarinette Und Orchester)37:072Coll'Arco (Vierte Musik Für Violine Und Orchester)29:032012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:12:45
1Bann, Nachtschwärmerei16:092Fantasie9:393Drei Fantasien: I. Lento3:414Drei Fantasien: II. Bewegt, sehr rhythmisch2:425Drei Fantasien: III. Hymnus. Langsam5:266Sinfoniae I. Messe für Orgel: I.3:097Sinfoniae I. Messe für Orgel: II.1:468Sinfoniae I. Messe für Orgel: III.2:539Sinfoniae I. Messe für Orgel: IV.3:4410Sinfoniae I. Messe für Orgel: V.0:4611Sinfoniae I. Messe für Orgel: VI.1:2712Sinfoniae I. Messe für Orgel: Epilog1:1613Contemplatio3:2714Siebengestalt16:402012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks
1Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen: I. Tristis est anima mea2Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen: II. Ecce vidimus eum3Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen: III. Velum templi scissum est4Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen: IV. Tenebrae factae sunt5Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen: V Caligaverunt oculi mei6Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen: VI Recessit pastor noster7Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen: VII. Aestimatus sum8Astralis ("Über die Linie" III) für kleinen Chor, Violoncello und 2 Pauken9Fragmenta passionis (Fünf Motetten): I. Da verliessen ihn10Fragmenta passionis (Fünf Motetten): II. Da schrien alle11Fragmenta passionis (Fünf Motetten): III. Vater, vergib ihnen12Fragmenta passionis (Fünf Motetten): IV. Jesus schrie nochmals13Fragmenta passionis (Fünf Motetten): V. Wahrhaftig dieser war Gottes Sohn2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:16:57
1Cantus Firmus - Musik In Memoriam Luigi Nono (1. Versuch)3:352Seven Tears3:593Ricercare - Musik In Memoriam Luigi Nono (2. Versuch)8:224Sechs Stücke Für Orchester Op. 612:025Chiffre II - Silence To Be Beaten12:496Kreuzspiel11:007Séraphin-Sphäre25:10Complete Works for Violin and Piano
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:02:05
1Phantom und Eskapade8:122Hekton6:413Antlitz14:294Eine Violinsonate11:025Über die Linie VII21:412013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:02:18
1Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn": Lob des hohen Verstandes2:462Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn": Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen6:493Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn": Revelge7:004Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn": Rheinlegendchen3:095Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn": Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht2:016Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn": Urlicht5:087Rainer Maria Rilke: 4 Gedichte für Singstimme & Orchester: Neue Sonne4:468Rainer Maria Rilke: 4 Gedichte für Singstimme & Orchester: Dies überstanden haben4:479Rainer Maria Rilke: 4 Gedichte für Singstimme & Orchester: Ich ging; ich wars4:4010Rainer Maria Rilke: 4 Gedichte für Singstimme & Orchester: Oft auf dem Glasdach5:4011Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht3:4312Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Ging heut' morgen übers Feld4:0313Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Ich hab' ein glühend Messer2:5314Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz4:53Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 / Rihm: Gesungene Zeit
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:05:21
1Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: Nocturne. Moderato12:432Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: Scherzo. Allegro6:323Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: Passacaglia. Andante — Cadenza —14:254Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: Burlesque. Allegro con brio5:045Gesungene Zeit26:372014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:11:48
1Lenz Fragmente, fünf Gedichte von J. Lenz für Gesang und Klavier: No. 1. Den 28. December 17752:492Lenz Fragmente, fünf Gedichte von J. Lenz für Gesang und Klavier: No. 2. Ich will den nagenden Beschwerden2:013Lenz Fragmente, fünf Gedichte von J. Lenz für Gesang und Klavier: No. 3. Fühl alle Lust1:354Lenz Fragmente, fünf Gedichte von J. Lenz für Gesang und Klavier: No. 4. An die Sonne2:595Lenz Fragmente, fünf Gedichte von J. Lenz für Gesang und Klavier: No. 5. Lied zum teutschen Tanz2:386Six Poems by Friedrich Nietzsche for Bariton and Piano: No. 1. Der Einsamste2:377Six Poems by Friedrich Nietzsche for Bariton and Piano: No. 2. Der Herbst7:288Six Poems by Friedrich Nietzsche for Bariton and Piano: No. 3. Der Wandrer4:499Six Poems by Friedrich Nietzsche for Bariton and Piano: No. 4. Der Wandrer3:0210Six Poems by Friedrich Nietzsche for Bariton and Piano: No. 5. Der Wanderer und sein Schatten3:2711Six Poems by Friedrich Nietzsche for Bariton and Piano: No. 6. Venedig2:5312Wortlos, zwei Stücke für Gesang (Stumm) und Klavier: I. Langsam3:3713Wortlos, zwei Stücke für Gesang (Stumm) und Klavier: II. Noch langsamer2:4514Neue Alexanderlieder, fünf Gedichte von Ernst Herbeck für Bariton und Klavier: No. 1. Die Frau in Mir3:0915Neue Alexanderlieder, fünf Gedichte von Ernst Herbeck für Bariton und Klavier: No. 2. Der Herbst2:5916Neue Alexanderlieder, fünf Gedichte von Ernst Herbeck für Bariton und Klavier: No. 3. Ich mag euch alle nicht1:1917Neue Alexanderlieder, fünf Gedichte von Ernst Herbeck für Bariton und Klavier: No. 4. Zwei Segel!2:5818Neue Alexanderlieder, fünf Gedichte von Ernst Herbeck für Bariton und Klavier: No. 5. Der Flieder steht im Garten2:4719Wölfli‐Liederbuch for Baritone and Piano: I. Ich habe Dich, geliebet1:3620Wölfli‐Liederbuch for Baritone and Piano: II. Ich habe Dich geliebet!1:4921Wölfli‐Liederbuch for Baritone and Piano: III. Auf dieser Brücke, steht ein Mann!1:4622Wölfli‐Liederbuch for Baritone and Piano: IV. Das Schimmern zweier Steerne3:1923Wölfli‐Liederbuch for Baritone and Piano: V. Ich kenn ein wunderschönes Kind.2:1024Wölfli‐Liederbuch for Baritone and Piano: VI. Graab‐Innschrift „1,868“1:4425Wölfli‐Liederbuch for Baritone and Piano: VII. Ad libitum3:322015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 1:01:32
1Et Lux: Für Vokalensemble und Streichquartett (2009)1:01:322015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:11:39
1Chiffre IV10:302Am Horizont7:003Verzeichnis - Studie7:404Déploration12:3852. Streichtrio4:516Paraphrase24:007In nuce5:00Rihm: Gedicht des Malers / Dusapin: Aufgang / Mantovani: Jeux d'eau
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:05:43
1Gedicht des Malers15:252Aufgang: I.7:583Aufgang: II.15:154Aufgang: III.7:295Jeux d'eau19:362018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:17:29
1Duo Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra: Allegro ma non troppo22:412Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, op. 102: I. Allegro17:193Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, op. 102: II. Andante7:404Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo8:555Double Concerto, to the Memory of Roman Totenberg: I. Affetuoso, poco inquieto6:586Double Concerto, to the Memory of Roman Totenberg: II. Notturno: Adagio7:417Double Concerto, to the Memory of Roman Totenberg: III. Tempo giusto6:15Lichtzwang (In Memoriam Paul Celan) / Dritte Musik / Gedicht des Malers
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 52:03
1Dritte Musik17:462Lichtzwang (In Memoriam Paul Celan)18:113Gedicht des Malers16:06Gesungene Zeit / Lichtes Spiel / COLL'ARCO
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:06:11
1Gesungene Zeit (Musik Für Violine Und Orchester Nr. 2) (1991–92)27:502Lichtes Spiel (Ein Sommerstück Für Violine Und Kleines Orchester) (2009)7:283COLL'ARCO (Musik Für Violine Und Orchester Nr. 4) (2008)30:532019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 55:12
1Catch Sonata12:552As if9:433Trio-Miniaturen: I. Rêverie, op. 18 Nr. 33:364Trio-Miniaturen: II. Humoreske, op. 18 Nr. 72:055Trio-Miniaturen: III. Elegie, op. 18 Nr. 62:296Trio-Miniaturen: IV. Danse phantastique, op. 24 Nr. 21:537Chrysanthemum9:468Wasserzeichen9:519Kleiner Walzer2:542020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:22:30
1Im Freien, D. 8806:192Die Sommernacht, D. 2893:203Die Taubenpost, D. 965A3:474Die Forelle, D. 5502:165Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 8702:336Das Zügenglöcklein, D. 8714:467Abendstern, D. 8062:288Fischerweise, D. 8812:579An die Ferne Geliebte, op. 9816:0910Vermischter Traum: 1. Majestoso sostenuto1:0011Vermischter Traum: 2. Andante1:4312Vermischter Traum: 3. Grave, ma non troppo5:3613Vermischter Traum: 4. Andante1:3114Vermischter Traum: 5. Lento, ma non troppo5:3715Vermischter Traum: 6. Andante1:2716Vermischter Traum: 7. Con moto, appassionato3:4017Der Winterabend, D. 9388:4518Die Sterne, D. 9393:3419An die Musik, D. 5472:4420Wandrers Nachtlied, D. 7682:182021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:28
1Tristis est anima mea2:472Vox in Rama3:483Ecce vidimus4:154Velum templi scissum est3:515Amen, amen dico vobis5:546Tenebrae factae sunt5:177Caligaverunt oculi mei4:558Peccavi super numerum7:449Recessit pastor noster3:0010Adesto dolori meo3:3611Aestimatus sum5:3512Quiescat vox tua6:462024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:06:15
1Jakob Lenz: I. Bild, „O, Geist, der du in mir lebst“2:472Jakob Lenz: II. Bild „Was machst du da'“3:233Jakob Lenz: Zwischenspiel0:174Jakob Lenz: III. Bild „Oft fühl’ ich um Mitternacht“4:455Jakob Lenz: IV. Bild „Lenz, ich suchte dich“3:056Jakob Lenz: V. Bild „Ich bitt’ Euch, laßt mich predigen“2:547Jakob Lenz: Zwischenspiel1:318Jakob Lenz: VI. Bild „Gott zum Gruß, Herr Pfarrer!“9:039Jakob Lenz: Zwischenspiel1:4810Jakob Lenz: VII. Bild „Wie milde und süß des Abends Kühle...“6:4111Jakob Lenz: Zwischenspiel0:5812Jakob Lenz: VIII. Bild „Sagen Sie mir..“2:4413Jakob Lenz: IX. Bild „Auf dieser Welt hab’ ich keine Freud!“3:5914Jakob Lenz: X. Bild „Weg! Weg!“1:4915Jakob Lenz: XI. Bild „Von nun an die Sonne in Trauer“4:3616Jakob Lenz: Zwischenspiel1:3317Jakob Lenz: XII. Bild „Was ist geschehen'“9:0718Jakob Lenz: XIII. Letztes Bild „Sein Zustand wird mir unerträglich“5:15— · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 48:27
1Streichtrio Nr. 24:002Grat8:323von weit12:154duomonolog - I10:235duomonolog - II4:446Streichtrio op. 98:33
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Die HamletmaschineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:32:18Disc 1 1Die Hamletmaschine: I. Familienalbum25:33 2Die Hamletmaschine: II. Das Europa der Frau11:05 3Die Hamletmaschine: III. Scherzo15:41 Disc 21Die Hamletmaschine: IV. Pest in Buda, Schlacht um Grönland25:17 2Die Hamletmaschine: V. Wildharrend, In der furchtbaren Rüstung, Jahrtausende14:42 | Live | 1991 | |
| 1992 | Die Eroberung von MexicoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:48:05Disc 1 1Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Vorzeichen: Beginn. Melodie einer Landschaft, die das Gewitter kommen spürt14:07 2Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Vorzeichen: »Schatten von Wildpferden« (Montezuma)5:00 3Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Vorzeichen: »Schatten Meteore Blitz« (Cortez)3:48 4Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Vorzeichen: »Der Krieg, den ich führen will« (Montezuma)5:46 5Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Vorzeichen: Raíz del hombre: 1. Strophe2:52 6Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: Beginn7:39 7Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: »Ich ahme einen Krieger nach« (Cortez)2:07 8Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: »Seraphim? Neutral? Weiblich?« (Cortez)2:57 9Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: Montezuma und Cortez stehen einander gegenüber3:03 10Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: »Wir sind eure Wohltäter!« (Cortez)4:19 11Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: »Ist das alles?« (Cortez)3:00 12Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: Die Muttergottes-Statue wird neben die Huitzlipochtli-Statue gestellt2:18 13Die Eroberung von Mexico: Bekenntnis: Raíz del hombre: 2. Strophe2:51 Disc 21Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Umwälzungen: »Revolte, Revolte in allen Schichten« (Flüsterchor)4:51 2Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Umwälzungen: »… und dies wird dicht an einem großen Schrei sein« (Flüsterchor)2:14 3Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Umwälzungen: »Ich zerschneide den eigentlichen Raum« (Montezuma)1:57 4Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Umwälzungen: Stilles Ritual der Azteken. Tierkreis.2:57 5Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Umwälzungen: Spanische Soldaten überfallen die Azteken. Ein Blutbad.5:32 6Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Umwälzungen: Montezumas Ansprache4:55 7Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Umwälzungen: Raíz del hombre: 3. Strophe2:33 8Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Abdankung: »Lichter, Töne« (Zwei Sprecher)7:05 9Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Abdankung: Montezumas Leichenbegägnis5:02 10Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Abdankung: Zerstörung der religiösen Bildwerke (der Azteken und Spanier)2:27 11Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Abdankung: Verwüstung5:40 12Die Eroberung von Mexico: Die Abdankung: Raíz del hombre: 4. Strophe3:05 | Live | 1992 | |
| 2001 | Musica Viva 03: Galina Ustwolskaja: Sinfonie Nr. 3 / Wolfgang Rihm: Musik für Klarinette und Orchester / Bernd Alois Zimmermann: PhotoptosisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 1:05:051Sinfonie Nr. 3 – Jesus Messias, errette Uns!18:22 2Musik für Klarinette und Orchester (Über die Linie II)32:02 3Photoptosis – Prelude für grosses Orchester14:41 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2006 | Musica Viva 13: Dis‐Kontur / Sub‐Kontur / Unbenannt IVSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 1:06:321Dis‐Kontur21:36 2Sub‐Kontur24:12 3Unbenannt IV20:44 | Live | 2006 | |
| 2009 | Elgar: The Music Makers / Rihm: MemoriaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 53:291The Music Makers, op. 69: Prelude11:38 2The Music Makers, op. 69: A breath of our inspiration4:27 3The Music Makers, op. 69: They had no vision amazing8:07 4The Music Makers, op. 69: But we, with our dreaming and singing3:23 5The Music Makers, op. 69: For we are afar with the dawning2:47 6The Music Makers, op. 69: Great hail! We cry to the corners9:10 7Memoria: Szene aus dem Spiel Nachtwache4:56 8Memoria: Communio (Lux aeterna)4:14 9Memoria: Wer ruft?4:47 | Live | 2009 | |
| 2018 | Requiem-StrophenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:19:491Requiem-Strophen: Part 1: I. Initial. Omnis caro foenum et omnis gloria3:06 2Requiem-Strophen: Part 1: II. Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine7:17 3Requiem-Strophen: Part 1: III. Kyrie eleison3:19 4Requiem-Strophen: Part 2: IV. Sonett I. Des Todes sicher, nicht der Stunde, wann3:53 5Requiem-Strophen: Part 2: Va. Psalm. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine8:07 6Requiem-Strophen: Part 2: VI. Sonett II. Von Sünden voll, mit Jahren überladen3:54 7Requiem-Strophen: Part 2: Vb. Psalm. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine6:47 8Requiem-Strophen: Part 2: VII. Sonett III. Schon angelangt ist meines Lebens Fahrt4:22 9Requiem-Strophen: Part 3: VIII. Der Tod ist groß6:19 10Requiem-Strophen: Part 3: IX. Lacrimosa I. Lacrimosa dies illa4:30 11Requiem-Strophen: Part 3: X. Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth4:58 12Requiem-Strophen: Part 3: XI. Der Tod ist groß2:56 13Requiem-Strophen: Part 4: XII. Lacrimosa II. Über dir in der Tage Gezweig hängt er8:45 14Requiem-Strophen: Part 4: XIII. Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi4:39 15Requiem-Strophen: Part 4: XIV. Epilog. Ich gehe langsam aus der Welt heraus6:57 | Live | 2018 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Wolfgang Rihm head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 27 | 88.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 54 | 94.8th |
| Studio albums | 48 | 99.2th |
| Awards recorded | 17 | 99.4th |
| Timeline events | 61 | 99.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 40 | 80.2th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Reinhold Schneider Prize | won | |
| 1989 | Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | won | |
| 1991 | Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg | won | |
| 1999 | Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | won | |
| 2003 | Ernst von Siemens Music Prize | won | |
| 2004 | Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg | won | |
| 2014 | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art | won | |
| 2014 | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | won | |
| 2014 | Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | won | |
| 2014 | Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music | won | |
| 2015 | Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition | won | |
| — | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| — | Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin | won | |
| — | Officer of Arts and Letters | won | |
| — | Pour le Mérite | won | |
| — | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order | won | |
| — | Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5918618-2d84-420f-98b5-3a2d9de84cfediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5918618-2d84-420f-98b5-3a2d9de84cfecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77031genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77031seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Rihmbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Rihm
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 27 language versions)
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Wikidata: Q77031 · MusicBrainz: c5918618-2d84-420f-98b5-3a2d9de84cfe
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