List of compositions by Jörg Widmann

This is a semi-complete list of works by the German composer Jörg Widmann.



Compositions
Widmann's works are published by Schott Music.

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 * Kreisleriana, concert piece for violin and chamber orchestra (1993) (withdrawn)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)
 * Études I-VI for violin solo (1995–2010)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Antiphon for orchestral groups (2008)
 * 24 Duos for violin and cello (2008)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Kantate 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)

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, Thomas E. Bauer, Iveta Apkalna, Kent Nagano, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (ECM 2018)
 * Diabelli Variation (with Beethoven, et al.: The Diabelli Project), Rudolf Buchbinder, (Deutsche Grammophon 2020)
 * Cadenza,

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, Sarah Wegener, 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
 * 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)