Canon
Where to start with Henze
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralPiano Concerto no. 2
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Chamber3 Marchenbilder aus Pollicino, for chamber ensemble
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Vocal5 Neapolitan Lieder, for baritone and chamber orchestra
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StageBallet-Variationen — Ballet
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OrchestralSymphony no. 7
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Chamber3 Tientos, for guitar
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Chamber5 Night Pieces, for violin and piano
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OrchestralAdagio, Fugue and Mänadentanz, suite
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VocalApollo Et Hyazinthus, for voice, chorus and orchestra
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VocalAriosi, for soprano, violin and orchestra
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VocalBeing Beauteous, for coloratura soprano, harp and 4 cellos
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OrchestralBoulevard Solitude: Intermezzi
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VocalCantata della fiaba estrema, for soprano, chamber chorus and 13 instruments
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ChamberCapriccio, for cello
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ChamberCarillon, Recitatif and Masque, for chamber ensemble
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Henze's catalogueMost Popular
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Violin Concerto No. 2
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Symphony No. 6
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El Cimarrónmonodrama for baritone + 4 instruments
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Boulevard Solitude (opera)
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Barcarola for large orchestra
Most Acclaimed
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Symphony No. 7
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Requiemfor piano, trumpet, and chamber orchestra
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String Quartet No. 5
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The Bassarids (opera)
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Tristan (piano + orchestra + tape)
Most Weird
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El Cimarrónbaritone + flute + guitar + marimba player who plays 38 other instruments; the singer is a runaway Cuban slave
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The Raft of the Medusaoratorio — premiere ended in riot when a Red Flag appeared on stage
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Tristanpiano + orchestra + tape — quotes Wagner throughout; tape transforms the live performance
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Das langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuersong cycle with theater — Henze’s most political work
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Violin Concerto No. 1written age 22 — serial and highly compressed
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Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 68
- Orchestral
- Piano Concerto no. 2
- Symphony no. 7
- Adagio, Fugue and Mänadentanz, suite
- Boulevard Solitude: Intermezzi
- Compases para Preguntas Ensimisades, for viola and 22 players)
- Concerto for Double Bass
- Double Concerto, for oboe, harp and strings
- Erlkönig, fantasy
- Fantasia, for strings or string sextet
- Mänadenjagd, for orchestra
- Ode on den Westwind, for cello and orchestra
- Ragtimes and Habaneras
- Sebastian im Traum
- Sonata for Strings
- Symphony no. 1
- Symphony no. 2, for large orchestra
- Symphony no. 3
- Symphony no. 4, for large orchestra
- Symphony no. 5, for large orchestra
- Symphony no. 6, for 2 chamber orchestras
- Symphony no. 8
- Telemanniana, for orchestra
- Tristan, preludes for piano, orchestra and tape
- Violin Concerto no. 1
- Violin Concerto no. 2, for solo violin, tape, voices and 33 instrumentalists
- Violin Concerto no. 3
- Chamber
- 3 Marchenbilder aus Pollicino, for chamber ensemble
- 3 Tientos, for guitar
- 5 Night Pieces, for violin and piano
- Capriccio, for cello
- Carillon, Recitatif and Masque, for chamber ensemble
- El Cimarrón, Recital for four musicans
- Fünf Nachtstücke, for violin and piano
- L'autunno, for 5 wind instruments
- New Folksongs and Herdsmen Songs, for bassoon, guitar, and string trio
- Ode an eine Aolsharfe, for chamber ensemble
- Prison Song, for percussion
- Quintet for Winds
- Royal Winter Music
- Royal Winter Music
- S. Biagio 9 agosto ore 12.07, for double bass solo
- Selbst und Zweigespräche, for viola, guitar, and keyboard
- Serenade, for cello
- Sonata per otto ottoni, for brass ensemble
- Sonata, for violin solo
- Sonatina, for trumpet
- Sonatine, for flute and piano
- Étude Philharmonique, for violin
- Vocal
- 5 Neapolitan Lieder, for baritone and chamber orchestra
- Apollo Et Hyazinthus, for voice, chorus and orchestra
- Ariosi, for soprano, violin and orchestra
- Being Beauteous, for coloratura soprano, harp and 4 cellos
- Cantata della fiaba estrema, for soprano, chamber chorus and 13 instruments
- El Cimarrón, for baritone, flutes, guitar and percussion
- Muses of Sicily, for chorus, 2 pianos, winds and timpani
- Nachstücke und Arien, for soprano and orchestra
- Orpheus Behind the Wire, for chorus
- Stimmen, 22 songs for mezzo-soprano, tenor and instrumental ensemble
- The Raft of the Medusa, oratorio for soprano, baritone, speaker, chorus, boys' voices and orchestra
- Versuch über Schweine, for baritone and orchestra
- Whispers from Heavenly Death, cantata for soprano or tenor and small ensemble
- Stage
- Ballet-Variationen — Ballet
- Das Wundertheatre
- Der junge Lord
- Elegy for Young Lovers — Opera
- Moralities
- The Tedious Way to Natasha Ungeheur's Apartment — Musical
- Undine — Ballet