These are recordings from the archive of the Darmstadt International Institute of Music, which has organised International Summer Courses for New Music since 1946. The composers conducting their own works include Stockahusen, Boulez, Maderna, Kagel, Krenek and Leibowitz.

Artists

Ilona Steingruber (soprano), Kurt Redel (flute), Rudolf Kolisch (violin), Friedrich Wildgans (bass clarinet), Rudolf Klamand (horn), Rose Stein (harp), Carla Henius (soprano), David Tudor (piano), Alfred Schweinfurter (oboe), Wolfgang Marz (bass clarinet), Heinz Hadler, Manfred Wehner (percussion), Jeanne Héricard (soprano), Severino Gazzelloni (flute), Alfons Kontarsky (piano), Christoph Caskel (percussion), Francis Pierre (harp), Aloys Kontarsky (piano/harmonium/celeste), Klaus Assmann (violin), Werner Taube (cello), Lothar Faber (oboe), Karl-Heinz Böttner (Spanish guitar/electric guitar), Dodo Metelmann (harp), Georg Nothdorf (double bass), Mauricio Kagel, Siegfried Rockstroh (membraphone instruments), Eberhard Blum (flute), Pierre Pollin (trumpet), Jacques Cazauran (double bass), Heinz Haedler, Rolf Rossmann (percussion), Hans Deinzer (clarinet), Adam Bauer (trumpet), Kurt Schwertsik (horn), Armin Rosin (trombone), Robert Tucci (tuba), Brigitte Sylvestre (harp), Aloys Kontarsky (piano), Saschko Gawriloff (violin), Siegfried Palm (cello), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon), Kurt Schwertsik (French horn), Armin Rosen (trombone), Hubert Mayer (viola), Gaby Schumacher (cello), Carol Redman (flute), Maren Diestel (alto flute), Roland Diry (clarinet), Heribert Haase (bass clarinet), Weronika Szraiber-Knittel (violin), Friedrich Gauwerky (cello), Yoma Appenheimer (harpsichord), David Arden (piano), Birgitta Schrok (alto), Mateja Haller (flute in G), Andrew Malcolm (cor anglais), Walter Ifrim (bass clarinet), Christian Dierstein (vibraphone/marimba), James Clapperton (piano)

musikFabrik, Kammerorchester des Landestheaters Darmstadt, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Women's Chorus of hr, Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt, Het Residentie Orkest, Ungarisches Kammerensemble Budapest, Ensemble Köln, Ixion Ensemble, Klangforum Wien, Berliner Sinfonieorchester, Mutare Ensemble, Earle Browne, René Leibowitz, Wolfgang Fortner, Ernst Krenek, Bruno Maderna, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hans Otte, Henri Pousseur, Pierre Boulez, Herbert Brün, András Mihály, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, Manfred Trojahn, Carmen Maria Cârneci, Robert Platz, Michael Finnissy, Beat Furrer, Johannes Kagel, Johannes Kalitzke, Gerhard Müller-Hornbach