Oliver Knussen
Stuart Oliver Knussen (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer of contemporary classical music and conductor. Among the most influential British composers of his generation, his relatively few compositions are "rooted in 20th-century modernism, [but] beholden to no school but his own"
Genre: 21st-century-classical, contemporary-classical, british-contemporary-classical
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Top Tracks
- Rissolty Rossolty
- Variations (1963-64): Aldous Huxley in memoriam
- Andante for Strings
- Music for Small Orchestra (1926): 1. Slow, pensive
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 18: Andante misterioso - Fantastico -
- On All Fours: III. Allemande (Double) -
- John Hardy (1940)
- Three Songs: 2. Prayers of Steel
- Three Songs: 1. Rat Riddles
- Music for Small Orchestra (1926): 2. In roguish humor. Not fast
- The Flood (1961-62): Prelude: "Te Deum laudamus"
- On Conversing with Paradise
- Sound Fields
- Wind Rose
- Horn Concerto
- The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Apotheosis
- The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Finale
- Knussen: Horn Concerto: IV. Envoi - Live
- Knussen: Horn Concerto: III. Cadenza - Live
- Knussen: Horn Concerto: II. Fantastico - Live
Albums (41)
- Benjamin: Palimpsests (2004-07-01)
- Peter Maxell Davies: Taverner (2012-04-01)
- Stravinsky: The Flood; Abraham and Isaac; Variations; Requiem Canticles / Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1995-01-01)
- Goehr: Marching to Carcassonne (2013-02-05)
- Harrison Birtwistle: Melencolia I, Ritual Fragment & Meridian (2012-04-01)
- Alexander Goehr: Behold the Sun, Op. 44a, Metamorphosis/Dance, Op. 36, Romanza, Op. 24 & Other Works (2012-04-01)
- Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are (A Fantasy Opera) - Maurice Sendak (2008-08-12)
- Lieberson: Raising The Gaze (2001-01-01)
- Knussen: Higglety, Pigglety, Pop! & Where the Wild Things are (2001-01-01)
- Takemitsu: Quotation Of Dream; Two Signals From Heaven; How Slow The Wind; Twill By Twilight; Archipelago S; Dream/Window (1998-01-01)
- Henze: Undine (1997-01-01)
- Knussen Conducts Knussen (1996-01-01)
- Matthews: Fourth Sonata For Orchestra ; Suns Dance For 10 Players; Broken Symmetry For Orchestra (1995-01-01)
- Copland: Grohg; Prelude for Chamber Orchestra; Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (1994-01-01)
- Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet; Gloriana - Symphonic Suite (2006-02-06)
- Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra; Study in Mixed Accents; Three Songs; Three Chants; String Quartet; Two Ricercari; Andante for String Orchestra; Rissolty Rossolty; Suite for W (1997-01-01)
- Hans Werner Henze: Heliogabalus Imperator. Works for Orchestra (2019-05-17)
- Julian Anderson: The Comedy of Change & Heaven Is Shy of Earth (2018-10-05)
- Carter: Late Works (2017-08-11)
- Stravinsky: A Soldier's Tale (2017-03-24)
- Oliver Knussen: Autumnal (2012-11-06)
- Turnage: On All Fours, Lament for a Hanging Man, Sarabande & Release (2012-04-01)
- Robin Holloway: Concerto No. 2, Op. 40 (2012-04-01)
- Goehr: Colossos or Panic, The Deluge & Little Symphony (2012-04-01)
- Ruders, P.: 4 Dances (2009-11-17)
- Wuorinen: Dante Trilogy (Chamber Version) (2008-01-27)
- Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 & Herzgewächse, Op. 20 (2008-01-01)
- Music of Stefan Wolpe, Vol. 1 (2008-01-01)
- David Del Tredici: An Alice Symphony (2007-01-01)
- Anderson, J.: Alhambra Fantasy / Khorovod / the Stations of the Sun / the Crazed Moon / Diptych (2006-01-01)
- Mussorgsky (transc.: Stokowski): Pictures at an Exhibition/Boris Godounov Synthesis etc (2004-01-01)
- Del Tredici: Syzygy/Vintage Alice/ Songs (2003-01-01)
- Lindberg: Aura; Engine (2000-01-01)
- Carter: Clarinet Concerto; Symphonia (1999-01-01)
- Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss; Faun and Shepherdess op. 2; Ode Elegiacal Chant in three parts for orchestra (1943) (1997-01-01)
- Norgard: Gilgamesh / Voyage Into the Golden Screen (1992-04-30)
- Where The Wild Things Are - A Fantasy Opera (2015-03-19)
- Poul Ruders: Nightshade Trilogy (2014-10-14)
- Copland: Billy The Kid; El Salon México (2013-01-01)
- Knussen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (2012-04-01)
- Music of Elliott Carter, Vol. 8 (2010-02-09)
Recordings with proof (22)
- Variations (1963-64): Aldous Huxley in memoriam; ISRC DEF059402920; CopyrightID 0x53f611570bd780bcdb5d3c3d2a7727fdf2981628ee2ddf26d5e52e31b5907497; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Flood (1961-62): Prelude: "Te Deum laudamus"; ISRC DEF059402901; CopyrightID 0x77ea5a9e2be27fbd57ffbc930afd9c33720c166757e0e03c87fd26272ff2f422; Bitcoin block 960368; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Day Signal (1987) - Signals from Heaven I - Antiphonal Fanfare for two brass groups; ISRC DEF059605930; CopyrightID 0x2bd0abb3cac4769b232d2d231669f3a82ea9f57e3819af5c1bb0c9719ca9712c; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Quotation of Dream (1991) - Say sea, take me! - for two pianos and orchestra; ISRC DEF059704590; CopyrightID 0x82339de9d97e7f7c18b7204b2e12f571b1229c5622efc2466358109a33377ecf; Bitcoin block 960216; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- How Slow the Wind (1991) for chamber orchestra; ISRC DEF059605940; CopyrightID 0x4fa325bdbe8024776b8580379632828c8e13c43e5cb6d7d135f93eb15c183c37; Bitcoin block 960397; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Twill by Twilight (1988) - In Memory of Morton Feldman - for large orchestra; ISRC DEF059605950; CopyrightID 0x57633f6e7578189247d0d1e48aeb416c3b5adef56f1ac533e198e6d72f77da51; Bitcoin block 960448; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Music for Small Orchestra (1926): 1. Slow, pensive; ISRC DEF059604381; CopyrightID 0xe388b8bc95479fab2dda3e37d666647a26ab87bd62cabb39a5b016251a8ed2ab; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Music for Small Orchestra (1926): 2. In roguish humor. Not fast; ISRC DEF059604382; CopyrightID 0xe876f52a3e578ab0bb9f39a4ae6fe6f5064d52e8b63b74c436406dd38580709f; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930); ISRC DEF059604400; CopyrightID 0x08044852544f9dd16ba5aad2e59161190605cf63ded3f091240475f6fac2b8f3; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Three Songs: 1. Rat Riddles; ISRC DEF059604411; CopyrightID 0x8fe8397b8b22adb13bd426308711aafa62b7ed55378363d3013627986ed23618; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- String Quartet 1931: 2. Leggiero; ISRC DEF059604422; CopyrightID 0x1deb767c6d6c84733c20190db0042ca43d1cac488698c44dae48775ba6df8106; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- String Quartet 1931: 4. Allegro possibile; ISRC DEF059604424; CopyrightID 0x81066b94e3eceefcc9332796c493f58819311793ea67f62858aec6013fe9760c; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Andante for Strings; ISRC DEF059604440; CopyrightID 0x5e9aa08ad612afc60ddf8e45acc8feae8ce9f37024a13979fa8981ed74a6ac42; Bitcoin block 956889; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Rissolty Rossolty; ISRC DEF059604450; CopyrightID 0xcc9a64861b2544c45c1e5a3cdf44086ef91f7a8e48f8c8f05faa7bba08fe37f0; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- John Hardy (1940); ISRC DEF059604460; CopyrightID 0x2171bfed34384528ae6144574a8bff8560a40bca0ac1c58d6a90ab583f9e4aa1; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21, Pt. 2: No. 8, Nacht; ISRC USCRS0690328; CopyrightID 0xa17af7615f0ac8711fce0eb97538d73b5998964ab038b21e04f3e878a516917f; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21, Pt. 2: No. 13, Enthauptung; ISRC USCRS0600323; CopyrightID 0x15075093c8c4d2262f41a9de40ecf7646cae08828b6defa1d2f3512d74fe6291; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Faun and Shepherdess op.2: La Bergère; ISRC DEF059505151; CopyrightID 0x3cdb3caa0e85655f0443031b61c5228e9332ae1c9c5a33077a96804f7aff5c58; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Faun And Shepherdess Op. 2: Le Torrent; ISRC DEF059505153; CopyrightID 0x919a1d59eed2b3bf70d593fe03d7a89ec80b3424a7b64bd60db1de0a7fa5bcc3; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Faun and Shepherdess op.2: Le Faune; ISRC DEF059505152; CopyrightID 0x6b2bce5410468134fc71a2dcc248d34468d292c7c33c2767e9f90be93cc022ee; Bitcoin block 960397; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Billy the Kid - Complete Ballet: Street in a Frontier Town; ISRC GBF079310322; CopyrightID 0xe67d1730f15099efa1b559f214e3af12acf6f5bbbfa06ad23c80e8b440ff80a9; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Billy the Kid - Complete Ballet: Mexican Dance and Finale; ISRC GBF079310323; CopyrightID 0x748c28cf58a38b3c5a0e303909811e980894af95e30a08b95842ac9ce936b4df; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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