The Musica Viva festival, promoted and coordinated since 2002 by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, is intended as a showcase for the best musical creation and compositional talent of our times. The six discs making up this set, the latest addition to the NEOS-Fundación BBVA Collection, capture the full spirit of the festival in its 2008 edition.

Perfomances by:
Symphonieorchester des Beyerischen Rundfunks
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Chor Und Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Ensemble Courage
Ensemble Sheik Ahmad Al Tuni
Trio Chemirani

Contents:

CD Audio:

CD 1
Kharlheinz Stockhausen
Mixtur 2003
1. Forward version (29:04)
2. Retrograde version (29:37)

Total time: 58:42

CD 2
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Symphonie L’oeuvre‹ [1937/38] (22:39)
1. Satz: Toccata variata (11:22)
2. Satz: Adagio (11:17)

Aribert Reimann
3. Cantus (15:32)

Jörg Widmann
4. Armónica (13:13)

Matthias Pintscher
5. Hérodiade-Fragmente (19:46)

Total time: 71:12

CD 3
Iannis Xenakis
1. Antikhthon (19:23)

James Dillon
2. La navette (19:17)

Beat Furrer
3. Konzert für clavier und orchester (16:45)

Giacinto Scelsi
Uaxuctum (18:08)
4. I (05:36)
5. II (03:39)
6. III (02:47)
7. IV (02:47)
8. V (03:59)

Total time: 73:36

CD 4
Chaya Czernowin
Pilgerfahrten
1. Part A (09:47)
2. Part B (16:53)
3. Part C (21:53)

Total time: 48:34

CD 5
Kaija Saariaho
1-2. Vent Nocturne (22:50)
1. I (08:09)
2. II (14:41)

Liza Lim
4. Ochred String (12:45)

Rebecca Saunders
5. Blue and Gray (10:10)

Adriana Hölszky
6. Countdown (31:40)

Total time: 69:20

CD 6
Traditional Music From Egypt and Persia
1-2. Songs of the sufis (29:34)
1. Improvisation 1 (14:17)
2. Improvisation 2 (15:17)

3-6. Persian Drummers (31:51)
3. Tchai Kuneh (10:43)
4. Fada (08:59)
5. Tappeh (08:08)
6. Molla Nasrdin (04:01)

Total time: 61:28