Karlheinz Stockhausen – Hymnen (E/VG+) – 2xLP, DE

Hymnen is an LP by Karlheinz Stockhausen released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

About this album

Hymnen is one of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s most ambitious and influential electronic works. Composed in 1966–67 and released in 1969, it transforms national anthems and recorded sounds into a vast collage that blurs the boundary between musique concrète, contemporary composition and political commentary. Stockhausen uses tape, studio manipulation and orchestral thinking to build a work that is at once analytical and monumental, reflecting the fractured optimism of the postwar avant-garde. Widely regarded as a milestone in experimental music, Hymnen helped define the possibilities of large-scale electronic composition and remains a key statement in Stockhausen’s catalogue.