Sonatine (über räto-romanische Volkslieder) (1952/01)
for piano
I. 'Lauda quella gloriusa'
II. Scherzino - Rondino.
Composed in Arosa (1952), revised in July 2001 for Davos.
Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 23.00

Serenade (1959/79)
for flute and clarinet in B
Four short, light 'n' airy pieces for two players with a sense of fun and virtuosity.
Duration: 8' 00"

Sonata for Oboe (1962)
Duration: 12' 00"

Sutil und Laar (1962/94)
10 Comical Songs
for mixed choir and four-handed piano
Texts: Mani Matter
Mani Matter has musicalised the farcical story of two odd friends. This piece uses known melodies (partly from folk and children's songs). It can be performed by a good school choir.
Duration: 12' 00"

Three Movements (1963)
for oboe, harp and piano
Composed for Heinz and Ursula Holliger - hence the relatively demanding technicalities and tonal refinement.
Duration: 8' 00"

Vier Kanzonen und Two nonsense Verses, an Epigram and a Madrigal (1964)
for soprano and violoncello
Texts: Hans Arp, Mani Matter, O. Nash, S.T. Coleridge, Anonymus
Written for a very light, agile soprano voice (lyrical soubrette...) and a cellist partner with lightning reactions.
Duration: 5' 00"

Divisions (1964)
for piano and nine solo strings (4.2.2.1)
The piano part, although virtuosic, is woven chamber musically into the strings. The string parts are not particularly demanding technically, but do require an acute sense of sound and an initiative of one's own.
Duration: 7' 00"

Postlude in three Parts (1966/75)
for two pianos
‘Nachspielen’ in a literal sense: comprises of both echoing and reverberating sounds and counterpoint chasing itself in an imitative way, the result is a mutually infectious instrumental laughter, all preceding a real ‘Nachspiel’ (Postlude)
Duration: 9' 00"

De' Metalli (1966-1979)
From the 'prophecy' of Leonardo da Vinci
for baritone and orchestra (pic.2.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.2.btpt.2.2/7perc/pf.2hp/0.0.8.6)
Texts: Leonardo da Vinci
Highly expressive, a furious condemnation of human meanness and the profit-seeking exploitation of nature. The baritone must be capable of articulating any kind of expression, from the most lyrical song to martial screams and suppressed whispers.
Duration: 11' 00"

Paraphrase (1969)
for flute and piano (organ)
In the second movement the flutist also plays bass flute and the pianist a small electric organ. Both players form a dialogue in the first part, leading in the second part to weeping; in the third their discourse consists of arguing with and interrupting each other.
Duration: 12' 00"

Three Piano Pieces (1969)
From beautifully resonant piano sounds to ghostly noises (preparation).
Duration: 7' 00"

Ad libitum (1969)
for one or two flutes
Duration: 12' 00"

Exécution ajournée (1970-1971)
for string quartet
One can see - and indeed hear - the whole quartet as the quartet cellists nightmare.
Duration: 25' 00"
Manuscript

Concert for piano and orchestra (1978)
(2.pic.1.ca.1.bcl.1.cbn/4.3.2.1/timp.perc/2hp/str)
Duration: 14' 00"

Trois chansons violées pour une violoniste chantante (1973-1981)
for violin (female singing violinist)
Texts: François Rabelais, Volkslied
‘Chanson de la canaille’ (a rag song): French and Swiss Dialect (from the Bern region); The tragedy (anonymous Australian country blues): English; ‘Chanson a la Lanternoy’ (an 'underexposed' chanson): comic-speech and French. The violinist must have a good ear and be able to play and sing simultaneously. She does not need a trained voice but must possess perfect diction and the ability to act. Sponsored by the SME Lucerne.
Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 23.00

Lamentoroso (1984)
Vocal and instrumental scherzo in the form of a large double carillon
for one singer (soprano) and six clarinets (in A and masculine)
Texts: François Rabelais
Instrumental and vocal ‘theatre’. In order for the soprano to show the six clarinettists around the 'nose' she should have a lyrical/dramatic voice with a large vocal range. She must also have cabaret artiste and actress-like qualities.
Duration: 17' 00"

D(H)ommage oder "Freu(n)de! nicht diese Töne..." (1985)
playthings
for one trombonist
Duration: 12' 30"
Manuscript

ENCORE! Tics and tricks for an actress and a cello-player (1987)
for violoncello and actress
Texts: Alphonse Allais
Text: Alphonse Allais, "A Rajah who is bored". Beginning comically, but becoming increasingly earnest. This piece takes colonisation and violence against women as its underlying theme. The actress must speak English, sing music hall-style and be able to operate about the dandy-like cellist. The cellist also plays a small mouth organ (e.g. of the 'little lady' brand) and a rattle, at the end he uses two bows.
Duration: 15' 00"

Harmonie mit schräger Dämpfung. Seven Poems by Paul Klee (1990)
Seven poems by Paul Klee
for violin (female singing violinist)
Texts: Paul Klee
Von der Katze ein Stück - Beim Anblick eines Baumes - Regattazuschauer auf kleinem Dampfer - Moritat I und II - Albumblatt - Traum. Like 'Chansons violées' - only finer, more lyrical and more intimate.
Duration: 9' 00"

schlagZEITschlag (1990-1992)
for percussion (four players)
Commentaries on the 'black notation' in Josquin's song 'Scaramella va alla guerra' for four players (percussionists that can also speaks/sing and act. Instrumentarium: Four railings).
Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript

On cheating the Fiddler (1993)
5 little poems by Dorothy Parker
for sa singing violinist
Duration: 6' 00"

FLÛTE ALORS! ou: suite des "Grimaces de Pallas Athenae" (1996)
for one flute and one clarinet
An illustrious duel in a mischievously ironic vision: Marsyas helps himself to the flute, thrown away in anger by Minerva and unmasks Appollo (who thinks his bass clarinet is a noble harp) as a vain winner type.
Duration: 12' 00"

LAUT KÄFIG. Ein Zyklus von 17 Haikus von Issa und anderen japanischen Dichtern (1995-1997)
A cycle of 17 Haikus from Issa and other Japenese poets
for soprano and harp or guitar
Texts: Japanisch
No 'cherry blossom and moonshine' lyrics here. An adequate musical version of precise, concrete, sensual poetry, partly in dialogue: The instrumentalist also sings and speaks. Small theatrical gestures support the musical event.
Duration: 22' 00"

GARGANTUA chez les Helvétes du Haut-Valais - oder: "Was sind das für Sitten!?" (1999)
for eight singers, contrabass clarinet, two clarinets, violin, double-bass, dulcimer, bass dulcimer, two hand organs and diverse percussion instruments
Texts: François Rabelais (Franziskus Abgottspon)
A couple of ominous yet bucolic scenes from Rabelais compiled and set to music for the ‘D’Oberwalliser Spillit’. The text is in French or the Wallis dialect (conveyed by Franziskus Abgottspon).
Manuscript

... ist doch alles SCHALL und RAUSCH... (1999-2000)
for clarinet and harp (plus auxiliary sounds)
Duration: 7' 00"

"... motive" (2000)
From 100 Swiss compositions of the last 100 years
for baritone, piano, scratcher, electronics and orchestra
Texts: Arthur Schopenhauer
Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript

tell@tarantell@tarantell@... (2001)
for violin
A short instrumental scene for a violinist.
Duration: 5' 00"-6' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Una chica en Nirvana (2002)
for singing female clarinetist
Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

A memoria... (2003)
for string orchestra (17 musicians)
Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Serenade vor Luftschlössern (2003)
for a flutist and four wind instrumentalists
Duration: 21' 00"
Manuscript

marcia FUN... (2006-2007)
Concertante scenes
for violin and orchestra
Duration: 23' 00"
Manuscript

Amphigouri (2007)
Burlesque (and obscene) discourse
for horn solo
Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript

... innig beflügelt... (2009)
7 short pieces
for piano solo
Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

st klang der sinn? (2009)
for 7 reciting cellists
7 poems by Kurt Marti.
Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Il vecchio contadino e il dio della tempesta (2010)
for mezzo-soprano, children, narrator and orchestra (2.1.2.2/2.2.1.0/hp.pf/perc/8.8.5.4.3)
After a Japanese fairytale.
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript

Kopfgeburt gibt Fersengeld (2010)
Anatomic sentences
for 2 violines (with recitation)
Texts: Jürg Wyttenbach
Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

Marsyas gegen Apoll (2010)
for 2 ensembles, each with 5 musicians (2cl, dulc, acn / fl, cl, vn, vc, db)
Texts: Jürg Wyttenbach
A musico-scenic narration of the famous contest.
Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

Von NägelBeissern und BauchRednern (2010)
for violin and horn
(...nail-biters need freedom of elbow, whereas ventriloquists need open ears...)
Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate E-Dur, op. 109 (1820/10)
Through composed sketches after the Artaria sketch book 195 from 1829.
Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Arc Arioso (agitato e dolente) (2011)
Trio
for flute, viola and harp
Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript

(10) minUTiatures (2012)
for flute and violoncello
Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

Mela Meierhans: Différance I for large orchestra

Grammont Sélection 7 (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 142, 2014)

Interpreters:

Wyttenbach, Jürg
Karlen, Ingrid
Keller, Simone
Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain NEC
Ensemble Phoenix Basel
Camerata variabile

Works:

Haubensak, Edu: Pur (2004-2005)
Giger, Jannik: Contaminare (2013)
Wirth, Stefan: This glacial shore (2013)
Moser, Roland: Pierrot Soldat (2012)
Rosenberger, Katharina: Erzählung (2013)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Sinfonie 5 in einem Satz "La Notte" (2011-2012)
Ammann, Dieter: unbalanced instability (2013)
Furrer, Beat: strane costellazioni (2013)
Moreau, Benoît: Encre et Trompette (2013)
Zimmerlin, Alfred: tiw - saw (1913)
Schuler, Denis: Ek Balam (2013)
Charrière, Caroline: Envol (2013)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

See Siang Wong: Swiss Piano Project (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 143, 2014)

Interpreters:

Wong, See Siang

Works:

Kelterborn, Rudolf: Klavierstücke 1-6 (2001-2004)
Baumann, Felix: ich und ich (2009)
Marti, Cécile: changing five (2010)
Steinauer, Mathias: kurzkurz© (Live at Carnegie), op. 24 (2009)
Zimmerlin, Alfred: Klavierstück 11 (2009)
Zinsstag, Gérard: Cinq petites études sur les résonances (2008)
Baer, Walter: Zwielicht (2011)
Marti, Heinz: Méditation interrompue (2011)
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Klavierstück 2009 (2009)
Mettraux, Laurent: Traces gravées dans le sable, M. 673 (2009)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: ... innig beflügelt... (2009)
Wettstein, Peter: 5 Facetten (2010)
Hoch, Francesco: Flashback (2009)
Kinzler, Burkhard: circles & commas (2010)
Frank, Patrick N.: (.....) (2004)
Fueter, Daniel: Slumberland (2009)
Neukom, Martin: Studie 19.4 (2009)
Derungs, Martin: 5 Ausgänge (2010)
Rechsteiner, Franz N.: Ver-Fügungen (2011)
Ringger, Rolf Urs: So Tender was the Night (2011)
Nick, Andreas: Menora, sieben Erleuchtungen (2008-2009)
Wohlhauser, René: Morphologia - Polyphonia (2011)
Marti, Valentin: Storr (2012)
Karrer, Bruno: Helle Seelen ohne Saum (2013)
Dayer, Xavier: Cantus I (2014)
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Drei Miniaturen (2001)
With more works of: Thomas Läubli, Jannis Weggenmann, Jonas Bühler

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Zürcher Bläserquintet (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB CTS-M 112, 2008)

Works:

Holliger, Heinz: "h" (1968)
Veress, Sándor: Diptychon (1968)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: Serenade vor Luftschlössern (2003)
Moser, Roland: Kleine Differenzen über einem Grund (2005)

Les Délices de la Suisse. Gitarrenlieder aus der Schweiz (Musiques Suisses Nr. 6255, 2007)

Interpreters:

Jäggin, Christoph
Brütsch, Tino

Works:

Wyttenbach, Jürg: LAUT KÄFIG (1995-1997)
With more works of: Ferdinand F. Huber, Bruno Zahner, Ernst Widmer

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Festival l'art pour l'Aar. Januar 2003 (Müller &Schade Nr. 5041/2, 2006)

Interpreters:

Monot, Pierre-Alain
Ebner, Matthias

Works:

Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Concerto pour Violoncelle (1989)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Incident Room (1998)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Alea (2003)
Glaus, Daniel: "Il y a une autre espèce de cadence" (G. Tartini) (1984)
Glaus, Daniel: Tiphereth (1999)
Holliger, Heinz: Scardanelli-Zyklus (1975-1991)
Holliger, Heinz: Duo II (1988/1994)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: Harmonie mit schräger Dämpfung (1990)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Oktett für drei Bläser und fünf Streicher (1996)
Werren, Stefan: Akróasis 1 (1996)
Bovey, Pierre-André: Une lueur dans l'infini (1997)
Frauchiger, Katrin: Es ist alles anders (1999)
Veress, Sándor: Sonate (1967)
With more works of: Gerhard Holzer, Beatrix Graf, Sandor Veress, Christian Giger, Thomas Demenga, Alfred Schweizer

Mela Meierhans (Grammont Porträt Nr. 100, 2006)

Interpreters:

Wyttenbach, Jürg
Hauser, Fritz
Tosi, Franco
Leimgruber, Urs
Aequatuor

Works:

Meierhans, Mela: Prelude and Echo (2003)
Meierhans, Mela: Der Tunnel - eine Zugbiografie (2002)
Meierhans, Mela: Différance I (2000)
Meierhans, Mela: Narziss und Echo (2004)
Meierhans, Mela: Essays I-V (2005)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Festival l'art pour l'Aar. Januar 2005 (Müller &Schade Nr. 5043/2, 2005)

Interpreters:

Frischknecht, Hans Eugen
Spina, Anna
Monot, Pierre-Alain

Works:

Darbellay, Jean-Luc: Bach (2003)
Gasser, Ulrich: Engel, den toten Christus haltend, und Maria lächelt (1995)
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: de profundis (1988-1989)
Marti, Heinz: Vierung und Umkreis (1967)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: Vier Kanzonen und Two nonsense Verses, an Epigram and a Madrigal (1964)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Komposition für Oboe und Orgel (1964)
Frischknecht, Hans Eugen: Komposition für Flöte, Klarinette und Tonband (1971)
Andres, Daniel P.: Concerto für Bassposaune und Ensemble (2002)
Huber, Klaus: Ein Hauch von Unzeit III (1972)
Gut, Ursula: Mouchoirs (2005)
With more works of: Hans Eugen Frischknecht, Jean-Luc Darbellay, Lukas Vogelsang, André Richard, Hans Studer, Stefan Daeppen, Alfred Schweizer, Christian Giger

Nadir Vassena (Grammont Porträt Nr. 83, 2003)

Interpreters:

Wyttenbach, Jürg
Collegium Novum Zürich

Works:

Vassena, Nadir: In tempore belli (1995)
Vassena, Nadir: primo discorso eretico sulla leggerezza die chiodi (2000)
Vassena, Nadir: 11 fragili esercizi della notte (2000)
Vassena, Nadir: rivolto verso terra - rivolto verso il mare (2001)
Vassena, Nadir: 4 danze macabre (2001)
Vassena, Nadir: 5 nodi grotteschi e crudeli (2001)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Basel Sinfonietta (Grammont Porträt Nr. 66, 2001)

Interpreters:

Wyttenbach, Jürg

Works:

Bärtschi, Werner: Die Majestät der Alpen (1988-1989)
Kessler, Thomas: Aufbruch (1989-1990)
With more works of: Igor Strawinsky, Witold Lutoslawski

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Rudolf Kelterborn (Musikszene Schweiz Nr. 6182, 2001)

Interpreters:

Wyttenbach, Jürg
Griffiths, Howard
Collegium Novum Zürich

Works:

Kelterborn, Rudolf: Konzert (in einem Satz) für Cello und Orchester (1998-1999)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Namenlos (1996)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Kammerkonzert für Klarinette (Bassklarinette) und 14 Instrumente (1999-2000)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Alfons Karl Zwicker - Bruno Karrer (stv/asm Nr. 7, 1999)

Interpreters:

Wyttenbach, Jürg

Works:

Zwicker, Alfons Karl: Erfrorene Träume (1990-1992)
Karrer, Bruno: „mäander“ (1996-1997)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Rudolf Kelterborn (Sony col legno Nr. CD 31 878, 1995)

Interpreters:

Holliger, Heinz
Wyttenbach, Jürg

Works:

Kelterborn, Rudolf: Changements pour grand orchestre (1972-1973)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Escursioni (1989)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Ensemble-Buch I (1990)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Fantasia a trè (1967)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Variationen (1960)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Neue Schweizer Werke (Jecklin Szene Schweiz Nr. 296-2, 1993)

Interpreters:

Graf, Kathrin
Schiller, Christoph

Works:

George, Eliane Frances: Adventure (1987)
Huber, Klaus: Auf die ruhige Nacht-Zeit (1958)
Kelterborn, Rudolf: Duett (1989)
Pagliarani, Mario: Alcuni particolari oscuri (1983)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: Harmonie mit schräger Dämpfung (1990)
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Osculetur me (1988-1989)
With more works of: Gaudenz Danuser

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Pierre Mariétan (Grammont Porträt Nr. 31-2, 1992)

Interpreters:

Bärtschi, Werner
Wyttenbach, Jürg

Works:

Mariétan, Pierre: IMAGES DU TEMPS (1964-1974)
Mariétan, Pierre: QUIET AND STRONG (1985)
With more works of: Pierre Mariétan

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Jürg Wyttenbach (Grammont Porträt Nr. 37-2, 1991)

Interpreters:

Demenga, Thomas
Racine, Philippe

Works:

Wyttenbach, Jürg: Serenade (1959/1979)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: Trois chansons violées pour une violoniste chantante (1973-1981)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: Lamentoroso (1984)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: ENCORE! Tics and tricks for an actress and a cello-player (1987)
Wyttenbach, Jürg: D(H)ommage oder "Freu(n)de! nicht diese Töne..." (1985)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Erich Schmid (Grammont Porträt Nr. 33-2)

Interpreters:

Wyttenbach, Jürg
Keller, Christoph
Zimansky, Robert
Näf, Fritz
Basler Madrigalisten

Works:

Schmid, Erich: Suite, op. 2 (1929/1930/1936)
Schmid, Erich: Zwei Sätze (Sonatine II), op. 8 (1932-1938)
Schmid, Erich: Rhapsodie, op. 11 (1936)
Schmid, Erich: Drei Gesänge, op. 12 (1938-1941)
Schmid, Erich: Fünf Bagatellen, op. 14 (1943)

Info: www.fonoteca.ch

Wyttenbach, Jürg: Laudatio auf Klaus Huber, in: Musik-Texte 81/82 (1999), S. 16 f

Olshausen, Cécile: Pierrot de la mort. Uraufführung von Jürg Wyttenbachs Violinkonzert "Cortège pour violon solo et la Fanfare du village" (Stadtcasino Basel, 2. Juni 2013), in: Dissonanz 123 (2013), S. 50

Gottstein, Björn: Swiss Piano (CD ZHdK). Piano Works by Emmanuel Nunes and Rudolf Kelterborn (CD Guild), in: Dissonanz 115 (2011), S. 89-90 [Internet]

Ziegler, Michelle: Verstehen - welcher Horror! "VRRUCKT" - ein Minifestival zum 75. Geburtstag Jürg Wyttenbachs, in: Dissonanz (Juni 2010) 110 (2010), S. 80-81 [Internet]

Kassel, Matthias: Spiel-Stücke. Jürg Wyttenbachs "Hors jeux"-Projekt und Splitterwerke nach Rabelais, in: Dissonanz 92 (2005)

Fueter, Daniel: Kleine Laudatio für Jürg Wyttenbach, in: Dissonanz 83 (2003)

Kelterborn, Rudolf: Jürg Wyttenbach: Fülle und Engagiertheit (Dossier Musik 4), Zytglogge, Bern / Zürich 1994

Brotbeck, Roman: Einige Bemerkungen Jürg Wyttenbachs "Serenade in Luftschlössern" betreffend, in: Portrait-CD von Jürg Wyttenbach, Grammont CTS-P 37-2 1990, S. 4-10

Brotbeck, Roman: "Trois chansons violées" von Jürg Wyttenbach, in: Dissonanz, Nr. 20 (Mai 1989) 20 (1989), S. 38f [Internet]

Brotbeck, Roman: Luftschlösser mit Falltüren. Neue Werke von Wyttenbach, Wildberger und Sonderegger, in: Dissonanz. Die neue schweizerische Musikzeitung, Nr. 4 (Mai 1985) 4 (1985) [Internet]