Kompositionsstudio Karlheinz Stockhausen - Ensemble

Tracklist

A	Ensemble	30:25
B	Ensemble	31:30

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH

Credits

• Bassoon – Jan Martanovic
• Cello – František Tannenberger
• Clarinet – Juraj Bureš
• Composed By [Bassoon] – Róbert Wittinger
• Composed By [Cello] – Mesias Maiguashca
• Composed By [Clarinet] – Nicolaus A. Huber
• Composed By [Double Bass] – Jorge Peixinho
• Composed By [Drums] – Rolf Gehlhaar
• Composed By [Flute] – Tomás Marco
• Composed By [Hammond Organ] – Johannes G. Fritsch
• Composed By [Horns] – John McGuire
• Composed By [Oboe] – Avo Somer
• Composed By [Trombone] – Gregory Biss
• Composed By [Trumpet] – Peter R. Farmer
• Composed By [Violin] – Jürgen Beurle
• Double Bass – Karol Illek
• Drums – František Rek
• Ensemble – Hudba Dneska Ensemble*
• Flute – Ladislav Šoka
• Horns – Jozef Švenk
• Leader – Karlheinz Stockhausen
• Mixed By, Edited By – Mesias Maiguashca
• Oboe – Milan Ježo
• Organ [Hammond] – Aloys Kontarsky
• Technician – Alden Jenks, David Johnson , Harald Bojé, Petr Kotik
• Trombone – Frantisek Hudeček
• Trumpet – Vladimir Jurča
• Violin – Viliam Farkaš

Notes

Label variation:
"GEMA" in rounded-corner box.
Incorectly credits Aloys Kontarsky for "Klavier"
SCHALLPLATTENFABRIK PALLAS G.M.B.H., DIEPHOLZ at bottom of labels.

"Ensemble" for single performer and tape or shortwave-receiver.
Recorded 28th (rehearsal) & 29th (concert) August 1967, each lasting 4 hours. Mixed and edited 26th August to 22nd September 1971 at Studio für elektronische Musik WDR.

"ENSEMBLE attempts adding to the traditional form of "concert" a new one. We're used to compare different compositions played successively. In ENSEMBLE "pieces" of 12 compositions are played simultaneously.
These "pieces" are not completed objects ("works"), but sound structures (on tape or created with shortwave-receivers), individual rules, actions and reactions, quoted "events", brought in by each single composer during the performance.
Each composer created for one performer and tape or shortwave-receiver. General concept and inserts, leading to the temporary synchronization of the ENSEMBLE, were written by Stockhausen. The 12 systems and their coordination were verbalised daily. The resulting process of 4 hours is more than the "pieces" summed: it's a composition of compositions, ranging from completely isolated events to overall dependency of layers, as well as interfering between extreme determination and unpredictability.
Besides those 12 composers and performers virtually acting as 12 "duos" (distributed over the room), further 4 musicians at mixers are challanged in amplifying and swaying certain details / moments through microphones or the 8 speakers spread over the room. The listener's position is not fixed: he can freely move through the room choosing his own acoustic perspective.
Simultaneity of compositions demands simultaneous listening and relating of different "pieces".
The "verticalization" of perceiving happenings and the relativization of definite form (a "piece" signed by a single person) prevail not only in music." Karlheinz Stockhausen

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WER 60 065	Kompositionsstudio Karlheinz Stockhausen	Ensemble ‎(LP, Album)	WERGO	WER 60 065	Germany	1972