Jörg Widmann
German composer and clarinetist, born in Munich in 1973.
Jörg Widmann studied clarinet at the Munich Hochschule für Musik with Gerd Starke, and then at Julliard in New York with Charles Neidich in 1994-1995. He began studying composition at the age of 11, first taking lessons with Kay Westermann. From 1994 to 1996, he studied with Wilfried Hiller and Hans Werner Henze, and from 1997 to 1999, with Heiner Goebbels and Wolfgang Rihm in Karlsruhe.
Passionate about chambre music, Jörg Widmann regularly performs with musicians such as Tabea Zimmermann, Heinz Holliger, András Schiff, Kim Kashkashian, and Hélène Grimaud. He has premiered clarinet concertos including Musik für Klarinette und Orchester by Wolfgang Rihm in 1999 and Rechant by Heinz Holliger at the Lucern Festival in 2009.
In 2001, Widmann succeeded Dieter Klöcker as clarinet professor at the Freiburg Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, and since 2009, he has also taught composition at this institution.
He has composed many works for chambre ensemble, including string quartets, such as Jagdquartett (2003), premiered by the Arditti Quartet; Choralquartett (2003); and Versuch über die Fuge (2005) for quartet and soprano. Three works inspired by vocal music, Lied (2003, revised in 2007), Chor (2004), and Messe (2005), collectively form a large-scale cycle for orchestra. His catalogue also comprises concertos, including two for clarinet, Echo-Fragmente and Elegie (2006), and others for various instruments making up the Lichtstudie cycle: Polyphone Schatten, Lichtstudie II (2001) and Lichtstudie I-VI (2004). In 2007, Armonica for orchestra with glass harmonica was premiered by Pierre Boulez and the Vienna Philharmonic. His theatrical works have brought him great acclaim. Das Gesicht im Spiegel (2003) was chosen by Opernwelt magazine as the best premiere of 2003-2004. In 2008-2009, he composed the music for a production devised by painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, Am Anfang, commissioned by Gérard Mortier to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Bastille Opera.
In 2008, he was composer-in-residence at the Siemens Arts Program in Dubai, during which he composed Dubairische Tänze. In 2013, he was artist-in-residence at the Rheingau Musikfestival. In 2016, he became a member of the Mayence Academy of Science and Literature, and in the following year, was named as both head conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra and Professor of Composition at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. In 2019-2020, he occupies the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall, where the season focuses on his work.
Awards and Prizes
- 2023: Hamburg Bach Prize
- 2021: Music Award of the City of Munich
- 2018: Robert Schumann Prize for music and poetry by the Mayence Academy of Science and Literature
- 2010: Marsilius Prize from the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg
- 2009: Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Elise L. Stoeger Prize
- 2007: Christoph and Stephan Kaske Foundation Prize
- 2006: Claudio Abbado Prize
- 2006: SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra Composition Prize for Zweites Labyrinth
- 2005: member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- 2004: Arnold Schoenberg Prize
- 2003: Prize of Honour from the Munich Opera Festival
- 2003: Ernst-von-Siemens Prize
- 2002: Hindemith Prize
- 2002: Schneider-Schott Music Award
- 2001: Louis Spohr Medal of the City of Seesen am Harz
- 1998: Forberg-Schneider Belmont Prize
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2011
Sources
Jörg Widmann.
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Fantasie for solo clarinet (1993), 7 mn, Schott
- Fleurs du mal piano sonata after Baudelaire (1996-1997), 20 mn, Schott
- Fragment in C for piano (2001), 2 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie III for piano (2002), 17 mn, Schott
- Toccata for piano (2002), 15 mn, Schott
- Hallstudie for piano (2003), 28 mn, Schott
- Air for solo horn (2005), 8 mn, Schott
- Etudes for solo violin (1995-2006), 30 mn, Schott
- Elf Humoresken for piano (2007), 22 mn, Schott
- Intermezzi for piano (2010), 17 mn, Schott
- Geburtstagswalzer for piano (2011), 3 mn, Schott
- Zirkustänze piano suite (2012), 20 mn, Schott
- Drei Schattentänze for clarinet (2013), 8 mn, Schott
- Sonatina facile for piano (2016), 10 mn, Schott
- Melodie for cello (2019), 7 mn, Schott
- Aphorismen und Bagatellen for cello (2020), 15 mn, Schott
- Diabelli-Variation for piano (2020), 3 mn, Schott
- Chamber music
- 180 beats per minute for string sextet (1993), 7 mn, Schott
- 1. Streichquartett for string quartet (1997), 14 mn, Schott
- Fünf Bruchstücke for clarinet and piano (1997), 8 mn, Schott
- Duell for trombone and electric guitar (1998), 7 mn, Schott
- Nachtstück for clarinet, cello and piano (1998), 9 mn, Schott
- Skizze, Splitter, Mosaik for flute, harp and string trio (1998), 15 mn, Schott
- Fieberphantasie for piano, string quartet and clarinet (1999), 13 mn, Schott
- Passacaglia for piano, violin and cello (2000), 30 mn, Schott
- Choralquartett second string quartet (2003), 16 mn, Schott
- Jagdquartett third string quartet (2003), 12 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie IV for violin and piano (2003), 7 mn, Schott
- Oktett for clarinet, horn, bassoon and string quintet (2004), 25 mn, Schott
- 4. Streichquartett for string quartet (2005), 13 mn, Schott
- Quintett for oboe, clarinet in A, horn, bassoon and piano (2006), 22 mn, Schott
- 24 Duos for violin and cello (2008), 18 mn, Schott
- Teiresias Hommage an Claudio, for six double basses (2009), 14 mn, Schott
- Sommersonate for violin and piano (2013), 30 mn, Schott
- Klarinettenquintett for clarinet, two violins, viola and cello (2017), 36 mn, Schott
- 7. Streichquartett (Studie über Beethoven II) (2019), 26 mn, Schott
- Studie über Beethoven sixth string quartet (2019), 27 mn, Schott
- 8. Streichquartett (Studie über Beethoven III) (2020), 13 mn, Schott
- Albumblatt for cello and piano (2020), 3 mn, Schott
- Cavatina 10th string quartet (Studie über Beethoven V) (2020), 16 mn, Schott
- empty space for five players (2020), 9 mn, Schott
- 7 Capricci for saxophone quartet (2021), 15 mn, Schott
- 9. Streichquartett (Studie über Beethoven IV) (2022), 35 mn, Schott
- Bunte Blätter for two pianos (2022), 17 mn, Schott
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Ikarische Klage for string ensemble (1999), 14 mn, Schott
- ...umdüstert... for ensemble (1999-2000), 18 mn, Schott
- Implosion for orchestra (2001), 25 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie for orchestra (2001), 11 mn, Schott
- Freie Stücke for ensemble (2002), 25 mn, Schott
- Lied for orchestra (2003, 2009), 28 mn, Schott
- Chor for orchestra (2004), 22 mn, Schott
- Labyrinth for forty eight stringed instruments (2005), 15 mn, Schott
- Messe for large orchestra (2005), 43 mn, Schott
- Zweites Labyrinth for orchestral groups (2006), 14 mn, Schott
- Armonica for orchestra (2006-2007), 14 mn, Schott
- Antiphon for orchestral groups (2007-2008), 20 mn, Schott
- Con brio Konzertouvertüre for orchestra, after Ludwig van Beethoven (2008), 12 mn, Schott
- Dubairische Tänze for ensemble (2009), 18 mn, Schott
- Teufel Amor Sinfonischer Hymnos nach Schiller (2009), Schott
- Liebeslied for ensemble (2010), 10 mn, Schott
- Souvenir bavarois for ensemble (2010), 3 mn, Schott
- Bayerisch-babylonischer Marsch for orchestra (2011), 12 mn, Schott
- Babylon-babylonischer Marsch for piano and eight clarinets (2014), 12 mn, Schott
- Babylon-Suite for orchestra (2014), 30 mn, Schott
- Aria for strings (2015), 5 mn, Schott
- Au cœur de Paris little song fantasy for orchestra (2017), 8 mn, Schott
- Partita five reminiscences for large orchestra (2017-2018), 36 mn, Schott
- Tanz auf dem Vulkan for orchestra (2018), 7 mn, Schott
- Zeitensprünge 450 bars for orchestra (2020), 14 mn, Schott
- Concertant music
- Insel der Sirenen for solo violin and string ensemble (1997), 15 mn, Schott
- Polyphone Schatten Lichtstudie II, for viola, clarinet and orchestral groups (2001), 13 mn, Schott
- ad absurdum concert piece for trumpet and chamber orchestra (2002), 17 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie I-VI complete version for five soloists and orchestra (1999-2004), 48 mn, Schott
- Echo-Fragmente for clarinet and orchestral groups (2006), 24 mn, Schott
- Elegie for clarinet and orchestra (2006), 19 mn, Schott
- Violinkonzert (2007), 27 mn, Schott
- Oboenkonzert for oboe and orchestra (2009, 2010), 30 mn, Schott
- Flûte en suite for flute and orchestra (2011), 22 mn, Schott
- Trauermarsch for piano and orchestra (2014), 12 mn, Schott
- Viola Concerto (2015), 27 mn, Schott
- Andante arrangement of the Clarinet Sonata by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1824), for clarinet, string orchestra, harp and celesta (2016), 7 mn, Schott
- Violinkonzert Nr.2 for violin and orchestra (2018), 35 mn, Schott
- Kadenz for the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven (2020), 12 mn, Schott
- Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) for trumpet and orchestra (2021), 37 mn, Schott
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- stage Knastgesänge three pieces of musical theater, for puppeteer, singers and instrumentalists (1984-1995), 1 h 10 mn, Schott
- stage K(l)eine Morgenstern-Szene for soprano, actor, Russian cymbalum or hackbrett and percussion (1997), 13 mn, Schott
- Sieben Abgesänge auf eine tote Linde for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano (1997), 18 mn, Schott
- Wandrers Nachtlied for soprano and five instruments (1999), 10 mn, Schott
- Dunkle Saiten for cello, orchestra and two female voices (1999-2000), 44 mn, Schott
- stage Das Echo for actor, soprano and ensemble (2000-2001), 25 mn, Schott
- elec stage Monologe für zwei two musical theater pieces with intermezzo, for actor, female voice, ensemble and magnetic tape (2002), 50 mn
- Das Gesicht im Spiegel musical theater in sixteen scenes (2010, 2002-2003), 2 h 25 mn, Schott
- Sphinxensprüche und Rätselkanons for soprano, clarinet and piano (2005), 17 mn, Schott
- Versuch über die Fuge fifth string quartet, with soprano (2005), 25 mn, Schott
- Schallrohr for singing voice and piano (2007), 2 mn
- Am Anfang Anselm Kiefer show (2008-2009)
- stage Babylon opera in seven scenes (2011-2012, 2018), 2 h 40 mn, Schott
- Das heiße Herz Liederzyklus for baritone and piano (2013), 40 mn, Schott
- Skorpion for counterenor, clarinet, cello and accordion (2013), 7 mn, Schott
- Drittes Labyrinth for soprano and orchestra (2014), 47 mn, Schott
- Versuch über die Fuge version for soprano, oboe and chamber orchestra (2015), 25 mn, Schott
- Arche oratorium for soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra (2016), 1 h 40 mn, Schott
- Kinderreime und Nonsensverse for five male voices and small orchestra (2017), 20 mn, Schott
- Das heiße Herz version for baritone and orchestra (2018), 40 mn, Schott
- Labyrinth IV for soprano and ensemble (2019), 17 mn, Schott
- Schwester Tod underworld scene from Babylon, arranged for soprano, cello and piano (also organ and celesta) (2021), 17 mn, Schott
- A cappella vocal music
- Signale for six voices (2003), 20 mn, Schott
- Labyrinth V vocalises for colouratura soprano (2021), 11 mn, Schott
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- Arlechino Rabbioso for barrel organ (1997), 7 mn
- Unspecified instrumentation
- Es war einmal... for clarinet, piano and viola (2015), 27 mn, Schott
- 2022
- 9. Streichquartett (Studie über Beethoven IV), 35 mn, Schott
- Bunte Blätter for two pianos, 17 mn, Schott
- 2021
- 7 Capricci for saxophone quartet, 15 mn, Schott
- Labyrinth V vocalises for colouratura soprano, 11 mn, Schott
- Schwester Tod underworld scene from Babylon, arranged for soprano, cello and piano (also organ and celesta), 17 mn, Schott
- Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) for trumpet and orchestra, 37 mn, Schott
- 2020
- 8. Streichquartett (Studie über Beethoven III), 13 mn, Schott
- Albumblatt for cello and piano, 3 mn, Schott
- Aphorismen und Bagatellen for cello, 15 mn, Schott
- Cavatina 10th string quartet (Studie über Beethoven V), 16 mn, Schott
- Diabelli-Variation for piano, 3 mn, Schott
- Kadenz for the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven, 12 mn, Schott
- Zeitensprünge 450 bars for orchestra, 14 mn, Schott
- empty space for five players, 9 mn, Schott
- 2019
- 7. Streichquartett (Studie über Beethoven II), 26 mn, Schott
- Labyrinth IV for soprano and ensemble, 17 mn, Schott
- Melodie for cello, 7 mn, Schott
- Studie über Beethoven sixth string quartet, 27 mn, Schott
- 2018
- Das heiße Herz version for baritone and orchestra, 40 mn, Schott
- Partita five reminiscences for large orchestra, 36 mn, Schott
- Tanz auf dem Vulkan for orchestra, 7 mn, Schott
- Violinkonzert Nr.2 for violin and orchestra, 35 mn, Schott
- 2017
- Au cœur de Paris little song fantasy for orchestra, 8 mn, Schott
- Kinderreime und Nonsensverse for five male voices and small orchestra, 20 mn, Schott
- Klarinettenquintett for clarinet, two violins, viola and cello, 36 mn, Schott
- 2016
- Andante arrangement of the Clarinet Sonata by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1824), for clarinet, string orchestra, harp and celesta, 7 mn, Schott
- Arche oratorium for soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra, 1 h 40 mn, Schott
- Sonatina facile for piano, 10 mn, Schott
- 2015
- Aria for strings, 5 mn, Schott
- Es war einmal... for clarinet, piano and viola, 27 mn, Schott
- Versuch über die Fuge version for soprano, oboe and chamber orchestra, 25 mn, Schott
- Viola Concerto, 27 mn, Schott
- 2014
- Babylon-Suite for orchestra, 30 mn, Schott
- Babylon-babylonischer Marsch for piano and eight clarinets, 12 mn, Schott
- Drittes Labyrinth for soprano and orchestra, 47 mn, Schott
- Trauermarsch for piano and orchestra, 12 mn, Schott
- 2013
- Das heiße Herz Liederzyklus for baritone and piano, 40 mn, Schott
- Drei Schattentänze for clarinet, 8 mn, Schott
- Skorpion for counterenor, clarinet, cello and accordion, 7 mn, Schott
- Sommersonate for violin and piano, 30 mn, Schott
- 2012
- stage Babylon opera in seven scenes, 2 h 40 mn, Schott
- Zirkustänze piano suite, 20 mn, Schott
- 2011
- Bayerisch-babylonischer Marsch for orchestra, 12 mn, Schott
- Flûte en suite for flute and orchestra, 22 mn, Schott
- Geburtstagswalzer for piano, 3 mn, Schott
- 2010
- Intermezzi for piano, 17 mn, Schott
- Liebeslied for ensemble, 10 mn, Schott
- Souvenir bavarois for ensemble, 3 mn, Schott
- 2009
- Am Anfang Anselm Kiefer show
- Dubairische Tänze for ensemble, 18 mn, Schott
- Oboenkonzert for oboe and orchestra, 30 mn, Schott
- Teiresias Hommage an Claudio, for six double basses, 14 mn, Schott
- Teufel Amor Sinfonischer Hymnos nach Schiller, Schott
- 2008
- 2007
- Armonica for orchestra, 14 mn, Schott
- Elf Humoresken for piano, 22 mn, Schott
- Schallrohr for singing voice and piano, 2 mn
- Violinkonzert, 27 mn, Schott
- 2006
- Echo-Fragmente for clarinet and orchestral groups, 24 mn, Schott
- Elegie for clarinet and orchestra, 19 mn, Schott
- Etudes for solo violin, 30 mn, Schott
- Quintett for oboe, clarinet in A, horn, bassoon and piano, 22 mn, Schott
- Zweites Labyrinth for orchestral groups, 14 mn, Schott
- 2005
- 4. Streichquartett for string quartet, 13 mn, Schott
- Air for solo horn, 8 mn, Schott
- Labyrinth for forty eight stringed instruments, 15 mn, Schott
- Messe for large orchestra, 43 mn, Schott
- Sphinxensprüche und Rätselkanons for soprano, clarinet and piano, 17 mn, Schott
- Versuch über die Fuge fifth string quartet, with soprano, 25 mn, Schott
- 2004
- Chor for orchestra, 22 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie I-VI complete version for five soloists and orchestra, 48 mn, Schott
- Oktett for clarinet, horn, bassoon and string quintet, 25 mn, Schott
- 2003
- Choralquartett second string quartet, 16 mn, Schott
- Das Gesicht im Spiegel musical theater in sixteen scenes, 2 h 25 mn, Schott
- Hallstudie for piano, 28 mn, Schott
- Jagdquartett third string quartet, 12 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie IV for violin and piano, 7 mn, Schott
- Lied for orchestra, 28 mn, Schott
- Signale for six voices, 20 mn, Schott
- 2002
- Freie Stücke for ensemble, 25 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie III for piano, 17 mn, Schott
- elec stage Monologe für zwei two musical theater pieces with intermezzo, for actor, female voice, ensemble and magnetic tape, 50 mn
- Toccata for piano, 15 mn, Schott
- ad absurdum concert piece for trumpet and chamber orchestra, 17 mn, Schott
- 2001
- stage Das Echo for actor, soprano and ensemble, 25 mn, Schott
- Fragment in C for piano, 2 mn, Schott
- Implosion for orchestra, 25 mn, Schott
- Lichtstudie for orchestra, 11 mn, Schott
- Polyphone Schatten Lichtstudie II, for viola, clarinet and orchestral groups, 13 mn, Schott
- 2000
- ...umdüstert... for ensemble, 18 mn, Schott
- Dunkle Saiten for cello, orchestra and two female voices, 44 mn, Schott
- Passacaglia for piano, violin and cello, 30 mn, Schott
- 1999
- Fieberphantasie for piano, string quartet and clarinet, 13 mn, Schott
- Ikarische Klage for string ensemble, 14 mn, Schott
- Wandrers Nachtlied for soprano and five instruments, 10 mn, Schott
- 1998
- Duell for trombone and electric guitar, 7 mn, Schott
- Nachtstück for clarinet, cello and piano, 9 mn, Schott
- Skizze, Splitter, Mosaik for flute, harp and string trio, 15 mn, Schott
- 1997
- 1. Streichquartett for string quartet, 14 mn, Schott
- Arlechino Rabbioso for barrel organ, 7 mn
- Fleurs du mal piano sonata after Baudelaire, 20 mn, Schott
- Fünf Bruchstücke for clarinet and piano, 8 mn, Schott
- Insel der Sirenen for solo violin and string ensemble, 15 mn, Schott
- stage K(l)eine Morgenstern-Szene for soprano, actor, Russian cymbalum or hackbrett and percussion, 13 mn, Schott
- Sieben Abgesänge auf eine tote Linde for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano, 18 mn, Schott
- 1995
- stage Knastgesänge three pieces of musical theater, for puppeteer, singers and instrumentalists, 1 h 10 mn, Schott
- 1993
- 180 beats per minute for string sextet, 7 mn, Schott
- Fantasie for solo clarinet, 7 mn, Schott
Liens Internet
- Site de Jörg Widmann : www.joergwidmann.com
- Schott : www.schott-music.com
- « Jörg Widmann, clarinettiste et chef d’orchestre », dans Stars du classique sur France Musique le 29 mai 2023.
(liens vérifiés en août 2024).
Bibliographie
- Bálint András VARGA, The courage of composers and the tyranny of taste : reflections on new music, Rochester, University of Rochester Press, 2017.
- Ulrich TADDAY (éd.), « Jörg Widmann », Musik-Konzepte, Heft 166, 2014.
- Hans-Klaus JUNGHEINRICH, Rolf W. STOLL, Spuren - Der Komponiste Jörg Widmann, Schott Music/edition Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 2013.
- Siglind BRUHN, Die Musik von Jörg Widmann, Edition Groz, 2013.
Discographie
- Jörg WIDMANN, Intermezzi, dans « Clarinet Sonatas », avec des œuvres de Johannes Brahms, 1 CD ECM Records, 2020, ECM 2621.
- Jörg WIDMANN, « Drittes Labyrinth / Polyphone Schatten », 1 CD WERGO, 2018, WER 7369 2.
- Jörg WIDMANN, « Arche », Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Kent Nagano, 2 CDs ECM Records, 2018, ECM 2605/06.
- Jörg WIDMANN, ad absurdum, avec des œuvres de Mendelssohn, Sergei Nakariakov, trompette, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Jörg Widmann, direction, 1 cd Orfeo, 2016, C914161A.
- Jörg WIDMANN, « Klarinettenkonzerte » : Drei Schattentänze, avec des œuvres de Mozart et Weber, Jörg Widmann, clarinette, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Peter Ruzicka, direction, 1 cd Orfeo, 2016, C897151A.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Zirkustänze ; Elf Humoresken, avec une œuvre de Schumann, Luisa Imorde, piano, 1 cd Ars Produktion, 2016, ARS38213.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Streichquartette, Minguet Quartett, 1 cd Wergo, 2015, 73162.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Air, Saar Berger, cor, 1 cd EM Medien, 2014, EMCD-026/27.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Liebeslied, ensemble recherche, 1 cd Wergo, 2014, WER67922.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Passaglia, avec des œuvres de Haydn, Schumann, Oberon Trio, 1 cd Cavi, 2014, DDD2013.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Fantasie, Stefan Neubauer, clarinette, 1 cd Orlando Records, 2014, or0006.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Antiphon, Armonica, Souvenir Bavarois, avec des œuvres de Kagel, Furrer, Ruzicka, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Paavo Jârvi, direction, 1 cd hr-music/Pan Classics, 2014, PC10290.
- Jörg WIDMANN, « Homage to Schubert » : Idyll und Abgrund, avec des œuvres de Kurtag et Schubert, Benjamin Hochman, piano, 1 cd Avie, 2014, AV2281.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Jagdquartett, avec des œuvres de Schubert et Haydb, Ragazze String Quartett, 1 cd Channel Classics, 2013, 34613.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Violinkonzert ; Insel der Sirenen, Antiphon, Christian Tetzlaff, violon, Swedish Radio Symphony, Daniel Harding, direction, 1 cd Ondine, 2013, ODE1215-2.
- Jörg WIDMANN, « Piano Works » : Fleurs du mal ; Fragment in C ; Toccata ; Lichtstudie III ; Elf Humoresken, Jan Philip Schulze : piano, 1 cd NEOS, 2013.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Messe ; Fünf Bruchstücke ; Elegie, Jorg Widmann : clarinette, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, direction : Christoph Poppen 1 cd ECM, 2010, New Series 2110.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Robert SCHUMANN, Les Fleurs du mal, Fabio Romano : piano, 2 cd Wergo, 2010, Concept 6808.
- Franz SCHUBERT, Jörg WIDMANN, « SCHUBERT Octets WIDMANN », 1 cd AVI-MUSIC, 2010, n° 8553209.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Freie Stücke (VIII-X) dans « Edition Zeitgenössische Musik Compilation 75 », avec des œuvres de Isabel Mundry, Mathias Spahlinger, Johannes Kalitzke, Markus Hechtle, Moritz Eggert, Peter Michael Hamel, Enno Poppe, Jay Schwartz et Hannes Seidl, avec Teodoro Anzellotti, Collegium Vocale Köln, Ensemble Intégrales, Ensemble Modern, Ulrich Heinen, HR-Sinfonieorchester, Klangforum Wien, Ernesto Molinari, NewEars.ensemble, Orchestre symphonique de la Radio de Saarbrücken, Walter Seyfarth, Dietburg Spohr, Orchestre symphonique de la radio Bayerischen Rundfunk, Julia Whybrow, 1 cd Wergo, 2010, n° WER 65922.
- Jörg WIDMANN, « Works for ensemble », Freie Stücke ; Sieben Abgesänge auf eine tote Linde ; Oktett, Collegium Novum Zürich, Olga Pasichnyk : soprano, Jörg Widmann : direction, 1 cdNeos, 2010, n° 10923.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Armonica, dans « Musica Viva Festival 2008 », avec des œuvres de Karlheinz Stockhausen, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Aribert Reimann, Matthias Pintscher, Iannis Xenakis, James Dillon, Beat Furrer, Giacinto Scelsi, Chaya Czernowin, Kaija Saariaho, Liza Lim, Rebecca Saunders, Adriana Hölszky, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, direction : Christoph Poppen, 1 cd Neos, 2009, n° 10926.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Etude V pour violon, Sinn Yang : violon, avec Marco Grisanti : piano et Harald Oeler : accordéon, avec des œuvres de Bartók, Debussy, Piazzolla et Schubert, 1 cd Oehms classics, coll. « Debut », 2009, OC 729.
- Jörg WIDMANN, « String Quartets », 1st String Quartet ; Chorale Quartet ; Hunting Quartet ; 4th string quartet ; Versuch über die Fuge, Leipziger Streichquartett, Juliane Banse : soprano, 1 cd MDG Gold, 2008, n° 307 1531-2.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Lichtstudie III, dans « Gelände / Zeichnung », Jan Gerdes : piano, avec des œuvres de Philipp Maintz, Sidney Corbett, Bernfried E. G. Pröve, Peter Gahn,1 cd Zeitklang, 2008, ez-26028.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Lichtstudie I, dans « Orchesterstücke 1975-2000 », avec des œuvres de Mathias Spahlinger, Manfred Trojahn, Wolfgang Rihm, Reinhard Febel, Helmut Zapf, Detlev Glanert, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, direction : Roland Kluttig, 1 cd Sony, BMG, 2008.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Zweites Labyrinth, dans Donaueschinger Musiktage 2006 vol. 2, avec une œuvre de Georg Friedrich Haas, 1 SACD, Neos, 2007, n° 10725.
- Jörg WIDMANN, ...umdüstert…, avec des œuvres de György Kurtág, Austrian Ensemble for Contemporary Music, direction : Rüdiger Bohn, 1 cd Neos, 2007, n° 4260063610080.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Etudes I-III, dans « Reflections I », Carolin Widmann : violon, avec des œuvres de Pierre Boulez, Salvatore Sciarrino, Eugène Ysaÿe, 1 cd Telos, 2006, TLS 116.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Lied für Orchester, dans « Schubert Dialog », Bamberger Symphoniker, direction : Jonathan Nott, avec des œuvres de Wolfgang Rihm, Bruno Mantovani, Dieter Schnebel, 1 cd Tudor, 2005, n° 7132.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Fünf Bruchstücke ; Etude III ; Freie Stücke ; Fieberphantasie, Silke Avenhaus, Muriel Cantoreggi, Ensemble Modern, Kelvin Hawthorne, Rüdiger Lotter, Christoph Richter, Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, 1 cd Wergo, 2003, WER-65552.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Nachtstück, dans « Clarinet Trios », avec des œuvres de Ludwig von Beethoven et Johannes Brahms, Jörg Widmann : clarinette, Ewa Kupiec : piano : Jan Vogler : violoncelle, 1 cd Berlin Classics, 2002, 0017492BC.
- Jörg WIDMANN, Dunkle Saiten, dans « Cello Concertos », avec une œuvre de Robert Schumann, Jan Vogler : violoncelle, Ursula Hesse et Salome Kammer : sopranos, Münchener Kammerorchester, direction : Christoph Poppen, 1 cd Berlin Classics, 2001, 0017142BC.
Filmographie
- Jörg Widmann, Experimentelle Kammermusik, film de Peider A. Defilla, Musica Viva Forum der Gegenwartsmusik, DVD Wergo, Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2005.