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Hans Werner Henze
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Pianists · 1926–2012

Hans Werner Henze

German composer (1926–2012)

Born
1 July 1926
Gütersloh
Died
27 October 2012
Dresden
Country
Germany
Record labels
Deutsche Grammophon
Discography
50 albums

Biography

Hans Werner Henze was a jazz musician who played piano. Hans Werner Henze was born on 1 July 1926 in Gütersloh and died on 27 October 2012 in Dresden. The music is usually filed under classical music, opera and vocal music. Record labels: Deutsche Grammophon. The discography here lists 50 albums, from “Szenen aus »Elegie für junge Liebende«” (1964) to “Reinventions: Arrangements of Mozart, C.P.E. Bach & Vitali” (2023). Honours include Berliner Kunstpreis (1958), Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (1983) and Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (1990).

Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Neoclassicism, 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". Henze was also known for his political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his leftist politics and homosexuality. Late in life he lived in the village of Marino in the central Italian region of Lazio, and in his final years still travelled extensively, in particular to Britain and Germany, as part of his work. An avowed Marxist and member of the Italian Communist Party, Henze produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Szenen aus »Elegie für junge Liebende« 1964
Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer 1972
Swann in Love 1984
Kammermusik 1958 über die Hymne "In lieblicher Bläue" von Hölderlin für Tenor, Gitarre und acht Soloinstrumente 1988
Compases / Violin Concerto No. 2 / Apollo et Hyazinthus 1991
The Bassarids 1991
Symphonie Nr. 7 / Barcarola per grande orchestra 1993
Voices 1993
Requiem 1994 · Live
Elegie für junge Liebende 1995
Das floß der Medusa 1996
Der junge Lord 1996
El Cimarrón 1996
Klavierwerke 1996
Streichquartette 1-5 1996
The Henze Collection, Doppio concerto / Sonata per Archi / Fantasia für Streicher 1996
Undine 1997
Sinfonia n. 9 1998
Chamber Music, Vol. 1 1999
Piano Quintets 1999
Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen / Three Auden Songs 2001
Symphony no. 7 / Ariosi su poesie di Torquato Tasso 2001
Die Bassariden 2003
Complete Violin Concertos 2005
Symphonie No. 10 / La Selva incantata / Quattro poemi 2005
Chamber Music, Vol. 2 2006
El Cimarrón 2006
Guitar Music, Vol. 1 2006
Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 3 / Fünf Nachtstücke 2006
Voices 2006
Symphonie no. 8 / Nachtstücke und Arien / Die Bassariden 2007
Musica da Camera 2008
Symphonies 7 & 8 2008
Gogo no Eiko 2009
L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe 2009 · Live
Piano Works 2009
Guitar Music, Vol. 2 2010
In lieblicher Bläue / Musik für Ensemble 2012
Konzerte for Flute & Harp 2014
Complete Music for Solo Guitar 2016
Lieder von einer Insel / Orpheus Behind the Wire / Fünf Madrigäle 2017
Royal Winter Music 2017
Violin and Viola Works 2018
Heliogabalus imperator / Works for orchestra 2019
Der Prinz von Homburg 2020
Nachtstücke und Arien / Los caprichos / Englische Liebeslieder 2022
Das Floß der Medusa 2023
Reinventions: Arrangements of Mozart, C.P.E. Bach & Vitali 2023
Das Floß der Medusa
König Stag

Awards

  • 1958 Berliner Kunstpreis
  • 1983 Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • 1990 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
  • 1995 Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg
  • 1997 Hans von Bülow Medal
  • 1998 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
  • 2000 Praemium Imperiale
  • 2000 Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)
  • 2008 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2010 honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour
  • Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards
  • Deutscher Tanzpreis

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Hans Werner Henze play?

Hans Werner Henze is known for playing piano.

When and where was Hans Werner Henze born?

Hans Werner Henze was born 1 July 1926 in Gütersloh.

What are Hans Werner Henze's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Szenen aus »Elegie für junge Liebende« (1964), Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer (1972), Swann in Love (1984), Kammermusik 1958 über die Hymne "In lieblicher Bläue" von Hölderlin für Tenor, Gitarre und acht Soloinstrumente (1988) and Compases / Violin Concerto No. 2 / Apollo et Hyazinthus (1991).

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