Stockhausen: Klavierstück XI ∙ Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Karlheinz Stockhausen:
Klavierstück XI ∙

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Klavier ∙

hr-Sinfoniekonzert ∙ Ludwig van ... ∙
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 11. Februar 2016 ∙

[tomfurgas]

Wonderful reading of this early indeterminate classic. It always sounds different due to the way it was composed. 19 short fragments which can be played in any order. After each fragment there are indications of how to play the next chosen fragment; tempo, touch, and dynamics. When any given fragment has been played three times the work comes to a close. I can see that Mr. Aimard made his own sheet music from the score, so he chose the fragments he'd play in advance, and practiced it in that way. A way to interpret the score that is just as valid as choosing fragments on the spur of the moment. Probably a better way to do it, since the selection and ordering of the fragments can be rehearsed ahead of time.

[bernardtheillaucher]

So wonderful ! I love Stockhausen's music and PL Aimard plays so fine, thanks a lot for share !!!

[MrMfwettlaufer]

I keep finding myself drawn back to this series of pieces--and Aimard is an amazing interpreter.

[notaire]

Precise and highly intelligent rendition of this challenging masterpiece. Simply awesome!

[docsketchy]

I must confess that some of Stockhausen's music makes me wonder whether he was actually just having us all on or not, but this piece is making me more of a true believer. It is really fantastic. Plus, that was an amazing bit of pianism from Monsieur Aimard (as one would expect from such a brilliant pianist).

[vee]

everyone here is like an intellectual while im here listening for online school and i don't even understand this. im sorry

[georgemcfetridge]

Right off the top, the piece is playing him, not him playing it. This helps me believe in it.

[markpx]

The Klavierstuck series features some of Stockhausen's finest, most enduring music, as well as being full of beauty and surprise.

[mwsc]

An acquired taste for sure. Guarantee that at least 95% of the audience has no idea what they just heard, but have to applaud it because it's what you do at one of these things.

[johnryskamp]

Serialism is a mirror you shine on the legacy.

[untitled]

0:30 is the beginning of this masterpiece

[davidbernard]

Magnifique jeu pianistique! avec une sens des couleurs et un touché inégalable! la musique ne nous agresse jamais!

[randomjeb]

Around the six minute mark it sound's like the music that plays in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild when you begin getting targeted by a Guardian.

[jsabuilds]

Which Stockhausen piano piece is this? they all sound the same.

[cyrillepiano]

When my cat walks on my piano, it sounds exactly like that

[notaire]

Präzise und hoch intelligente Leistung dieses anspruchsvollen Meisterstücks. Einfach genial!

[ConsultantsVC]

I couldn't recall anything I listened to right after any of the notes have been played. Also, I couldn't work out aurally the relationships among any of the notes. To me, this is sound, not music. To use the word music to describe this is to change the meaning of the word.

I don't rule out the possibility that this may be art, but if this is art, I don't understand it at all.

Stockhausen has given many lectures on his views on music and his own compositions. Despite his explanations, I still don't understand why this is art. Put it simply, I am not convinced.

Others including pop musicians have found inspiration from his electronic music, which sometimes invokes feelings of someone taking substances. All I can say is, this is not my music and not my genre, even though it may be someone else's. To put this kind of music together with classical music is like storing raw fish and watermelon in the same food bag in the fridge.

[earlrobicheaux]

Cellular development leading into and out of sonority blocks.

[musicodendron]

comforting to know if he made a mistake i wouldn't know it....

[guillermomezaluzuriaga]

C'est comme faire de la vie un jeu. Justement à la mannière de Derrida... Philosophie de vie; philosophie de mort, enfin.
Les règles sont calculé avec finesse pour devenir simplement l'écran oppressif du théâtre.