hans werner henze radio symphonie orchester berlin gerd albrecht the bassarids 2xcd Uruguay Sophisticated dance music that rewards

Sophisticated dance music that rewards close attention

moving between propulsive electro grooves and sampling-based hip-hop constructions

Gloria (Love) 2:20

Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune

hans werner henze radio symphonie orchester berlin gerd albrecht the bassarids 2xcd Uruguay Sophisticated dance music that rewardsHans Werner Henze was a 20th century German composer of restless ambition, blending serialism with lyricism. "The Bassarids" is his 1966 opera based on Euripides' Bacchaea confrontation between civilization and primal chaos, rendered through Henze's complex, sometimes violent musical language. This isn't straightforward opera; it's theatrical modernism that demands attention. Gerd Albrecht and the Berlin Radio Symphony conduct this 1991 recording with