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Bernd Alois Zimmermann – Recomposed (CD Review)

Recomposed, Volumes 1-3 Bernd Alois Zimmermann WDR Sinfonieorchester, Heinz Holliger: conductor Sarah Wegener: soprano; Marcus Weiss: saxophone;  Ueli Wiget: piano Wergo 3xCD boxed set   Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970) lived in Cologne and was an important member of the postwar avant-garde. However, he retained an independent voice, and did not operate in the circles of the Cologne School. His 1960 opera Soldaten, an ambitious work in terms of theatrical devices, vocal requirements, and musical demands, is both a zenith in terms of post-tonal writing and, with its use of collage, a precursor to postmodernism.    Everyone needs to make a

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