Description

The compositions of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) have not acquired the same notoriety as his philosophical writings or poems. However, as an artist, he considered music to be his principal means of expression. In a letter of October 1887, he wrote: “There has never been a philosopher who was in his essence (im Grunde) as musical as I.”

The aim of this anthology is to make Nietzsche’s compositions immediately accessible to the listener. The interpretations are presented in chronological order. This recording was originally produced at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) as a multidisciplinary project involving its Music Department and Lonergan University College.