This is a complete list of compositions by Jörg Widmann, arranged in chronological order by year of composition.
Works Widmann's works are published by Schott Music. IRCAM has a list of Widmann's works. 1990s
Absences, Schuloper (1990) Kreisleriana, concert piece for violin and chamber orchestra (1993) (withdrawn) Fantasie for Solo Clarinet (1993) 180 beats per minute for string sextet (1993) Tränen der Musen (Tears of the Muses) for clarinet, violin, and piano (1993) Étude I for violin solo (1995) Fleurs du mal, a piano sonata (1996–97) Insel der Sirenen (Island of the Sirens) for solo violin and 19 strings (1997) Sieben Abgesänge auf eine tote Linde (Seven Poems from a Dead Linde Tree) for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano (1997) Arlechino Rabbioso for barrel organ (1997) String Quartet No. 1 (1997) Five Fragments for clarinet and piano (1997) Duell (Duel) for trombone and electric guitar (1998) Nachtstück (Nightpiece) for piano, clarinet and cello (1998) Wandrers Nachtlied (Wanderer's Nightsong) for soprano and five instruments (1999) Ikarische Klage (Icanian Lament) for 10 strings (1999) Fever Fantasy for piano, string quartet and clarinet (with bass clarinet) (1999) ...umdüstert... (...gloomy...) for chamber ensemble (1999–2000) Dunkle Saiten (Dark Strings) for cello, two female voices, and orchestra (1999–2000)
2000s
Passacaglia for violin, cello, and piano (2000) Implosion for orchestra (2001) Étude II for violin solo (2001) Lichtstudie I (Light Study I) for orchestra (2001) Polyphone Schatten (Lichtstudie II) (Polyphonic Shadows (Light Study II)) for viola, clarinet, and orchestral groups (2001) Monologe für zwei (Monologue for two) two theater pieces for actor, female voice, and ensemble (2002) Étude III for violin solo (2002) ad absurdum for trumpet and small orchestra (2002) Free Pieces for ensemble (2002) Toccata for piano (2002) Signale (Signals) for six voices (2003) String Quartet No. 2 "Choralquartett (Chorale Quartet)" (2003), for flute, oboe, bassoon, celesta (ad lib.) and string orchestra (2019) Hallstudie (Reverberation Study) for piano (2003) Das Gesicht im Spiegel (The Face in the Mirror), opera in 16 scenes, libretto by Roland Schimmelpfennig (2003) String Quartet No. 3 "Jagdquartett (Hunting Quartet)" (2003) Lied for orchestra (2003) Chor for orchestra (2004) Skeleton for percussion (2004) Light Studies (I-VI) for violin, viola, accordion, clarinet, piano and orchestra (2004) Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (2004) String Quartet No. 4 (2004–05) String Quartet No. 5 "Versuch über die Fuge (An Attempt on a Fugue)" (2005), for soprano, oboe and chamber orchestra (2015) Sphinxensprüche und Rätselkanons (Sphinx Sayings and Riddle Canons) for soprano, clarinet, and piano (2005) Messe for full orchestra (2005) Air for horn solo (2005) Labyrinth for 48 chordophones (2005) Elegy for clarinet and orchestra (2006) Echo-Fragments for clarinet and orchestral groups (2006) Étude IV for violin solo (2006) Second Labyrinth for orchestral groups (2006) Quintet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano (2006) Armonica for glass harmonica and orchestra (2006) Elf Humoresken (Eleven Humoresques) for piano (2007) Violin Concerto (2007) Con brio for orchestra (2008) Étude V "Hommage à Niccolò Paganini" for violin solo (2008) Antiphon for orchestral groups (2008) 24 Duos for violin and cello (2008) Am Anfang, music for Anselm Kiefer production (2009) (withdrawn) Oboe Concerto (2009) Idyll & Abgrund, six Schubert reminiscences for piano (2009) Teiresias for six double basses (2009) Dubairische Tänze (Dubaian Dances) for ensemble (2009) Teufel Amor, a symphonic hymn after Schiller (2009, 2011)
2010s
Liebeslied (Love Song) for eight instruments (2010) Étude VI "Wiegenlied für Salome (A Lullaby for Salome)" for violin solo (2010) Flûte en suite for flute and orchestral groups (2011) Babylon, opera in 7 scenes, libretto by Peter Sloterdijk (2011–2012, 2018) Zirkustänze (Circus Dances) for piano (2012) Drei Schattentänze (Three Shadow Dances) for clarinet (2013) Das heiße Herz, Lieder cycle for baritone and piano (2013, 2015), Third Labyrinth for soprano and orchestral groups (2013–2014) Trauermarsch (Funeral March) for piano and orchestra (2014) Babylon-Suite for large orchestra (2014) Viola Concerto (2015) Aria for strings (2015) Es war einmal...(Once upon a time...), five pieces in fairy-tale style for clarinet, viola and piano (2015) ARCHE, oratorio for soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra (2016) Sonatina facile for piano (2016) Clarinet Quintet (2017) Partita, five reminiscences for large orchestra (2017–2018) Tanz auf den Vulkan (Dance on the Volcano) for orchestra (2018) Violin Concerto No. 2 (2018) Study on Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6) (2019) Study on Beethoven II, III, IV, V (String Quartet No. 7, 8, 9, 10 Cavatina) (2019–2020) Labyrinth IV for soprano and ensemble (2019) Zeitensprünge (Leaps in Time), 450 bars for orchestra (2019, 2020)
2020s
empty space for five players (flute, clarinet, percussion, piano and violin) (2020) Labyrinth V for soprano solo (2021) Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) for trumpet and orchestra (2021) 7 Capricci for saxophone quartet (2021) Tartaros (Labyrinth VII) for 13 instruments (2022) Danse macabre for orchestra (2022) Bunte Blätter (Coloured Leaves) for two pianos (2022) 5 Albumblätter (5 Album leaves) for cello and orchestra (2022) Variations on "El cant dels ocells", A fantasy for choir and organ (2022) Friedenskantate for soli, choir, organ and orchestra (2023) ..und wenn wir uns mitten im Leben meinen.., Torso for 2 violins and piano (2023) The Last Rose of Summer, A farewell song for viola and small orchestra (2023) Schumannliebe (Love to Schumann), a fantasy for baritone and ensemble (2023) Horn Concerto (2023–2024) Cantata in tempore belli (Cantata in time of war) for alto, narrator, chorus, organ, and orchestra (2024) Ètude VII "Jupiter-Etüde" for violin solo (2025)
Cadenzas Cello Concerto No. 1 (Haydn) (2002) Violin Concerto No. 3 (Mozart) (2006) Violin Concerto (Beethoven) (2020)
Arrangements Das heiße Herz, Lieder cycle for baritone and orchestra (2018)
For the Irish Chamber Orchestra: String Quartet No. 5 "Versuch über die Fuge (Experiment on a Fugue)" for soprano, oboe and chamber orchestra (2015) Clarinet Sonata (Mendelssohn): Andante for clarinet, string orchestra, harp and celestra (2016) String Quartet No. 2 "Choralquartett (Chorale Quartet)" for flute, oboe, bassoon, celesta (ad lib.) and string orchestra (2019)
Discography Lied, Jonathan Nott, Bamberg Symphony (Tudor Records 2005) String Quartets, Leipzig String Quartet (MDG 2008) Violin Concerto, Antiphon, Insel der Sirenen, Christian Tetzlaff, Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Ondine 2013) String Quartet No. 3 (Hunting Quartet) (with Haydn and Schubert Quartets), Ragazze Quartet (Channel Classics 2013) Armonica, Antiphon, Souvenir bavarois, Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (Pan Classics 2014) Con brio (with Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & 8), Mariss Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-Klassik 2015) This CD edition was awarded the Choc Classica 2013. String Quartets, Minguet Quartet (Wergo 2015) Viola Concerto, Duos, Hunting Quartet, Antoine Tamestit, Signum Quartet, Daniel Harding, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi 2018) Arche, Marlis Petersen, , Iveta Apkalna, Kent Nagano, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (ECM 2018) Diabelli Variation (with Beethoven, et al.: The Diabelli Project), Rudolf Buchbinder, (Deutsche Grammophon 2020) Cadenza, , Diapason d'Or 7 Capricci, Zirkustänze, Idyll und Abgrund, Humoresken, Humoresken, Study on Beethoven (String Quartet No. 6), 5 de Diapason
Recordings as clarinetist
Rihm: Vier Studien zu einem Klarinettenquintett, Vier Male, Jörg Widmann, Minguet Quartet (Ars Musici 2004) Rihm: Music for Clarinet and Orchestra, Jörg Widmann, Sylvain Cambreling, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg (SWRmusic 2010) Elegie, Messe, Five Fragments, Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger, Christoph Poppen, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern (ECM 2011) Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, Jörg Widmann, Hagen Quartet (Myrios 2012) Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, Jörg Widmann, Arcanto Quartet (Harmonia Mundi 2013) Three Shadow Dances (with Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1), Jörg Widmann, Peter Ruzicka, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (Orfeo 2016) Once upon a time... (with Schumann: Märchenerzählungen), Tabea Zimmermann, Jörg Widmann, Dénes Várjon (Myrios 2016) Opus Klassik 2018, ICMA Winner 2019 – Chamber music, Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2018 Winner – Musique de chambre Polyphonic Shadows (Light Study II), Third Labyrinth, , Christophe Desjardins, Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger, Emilio Pomárico, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (Wergo 2018) Intermezzi, Brahms Clarinet Sonatas, András Schiff, Jörg Widmann (ECM New Series 2020) Opus Klassik – Chamber music recording of the year
Recordings as conductor ad absurdum (with Mendelssohn: Symphonien No. 1 & 4), Sergei Nakariakov, Jörg Widmann, Irish Chamber Orchestra (Orfeo 2016) Experiment on a Fugue (with Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"), Mojca Erdmann, Jörg Widmann, Irish Chamber Orchestra (Orfeo 2017) 180 beats per minute, Fantasie (with Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish", The Hebrides), Jörg Widmann, Irish Chamber Orchestra (Orfeo 2018)
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External links
Widmann: String Quartet No. 8 In: