Gy?rgy Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy
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Performer: William PearsonPerformer: Matthew Wilkie
Performer: Matt Haimovitz
Performer: Richard Hosford
Composer: Gyorgy Ligeti
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Conductor: David Atherton
Conductor: Helmut Franz
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Performer: Ensemble InterContemporain
Performer: Wiener Blasersolisten
Performer: Jacques Zoon
Performer: James Sommerville
Performer: Mary Thomas
Performer: Douglas Boyd
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Gerd Zacher
Performer: Alfons Kontarsky
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sonata for Solo Cello--Matt Haimovitz, cello;
- Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet--Members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe;
- String Quartet no. 1 "M??tamorphoses nocturnes"--Hagen Quartet;
- Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet--Vienna Brass Soloists;
- String Quartet No. 2--LaSalle Quartet
- Atmosph??res for large orchestra--Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado;*
- Volumina for organ--Gerd Zacher, organ;
- Lux aeterna for 16 voices--Choir of North German Radio Hamburg;
- Organ Study no. 1 "Harmonies"--Gerd Zacher, organ;
- Lontano for orchestra--Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado;*
- Ramifications for strings--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Melodien for Orchestra--London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
- Aventures--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez; Nouvelles
- Aventures--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Cello Concerto--Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Chamber Concerto--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Mysteries of the Macabre--Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet;
- Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe--Members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe*
- The Big Turtle Fanfare from the South China Sea--Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, pianos;
- Monument-Self-portrait-Movement--Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, pianos;
- Piano Study no. 2 "Cordes ?? vide"--Gianluca Cascioli, piano;
- Piano Study no. 4 "Fanfares" Gianluca Cascioli, piano;
- Piano Concerto--Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano;
- Violin Concerto--Saschko Gawriloff, violin; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
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Free Music Review: A Fine and Affordable Library of the Works of Gy?rgy Ligeti
Hit: 5 Stars
Gy?rgy Ligeti died in 2006 after a long and productive life as a composer who challenged the creativity of even his most avant-garde colleagues. Teldec produced a magnificent series of CDs, The Ligeti Project, which contain some of the most thrilling performances of the composer's well-known works as well as much of the esoterica: it is big, it is expensive in toto. This 4-disc album, while less inclusive, presents all of the works DGG has recorded and the price is affordable (just over $30) for such a solid survey.
The works include pieces for solo instruments (organ, piano), chamber ensembles from quartets to small chamber orchestras, to the works for chorus, instrumental concerti and for large orchestra. The various ensembles - Ensemble InterContemporain, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Sinfonietta, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir of North German Radio Hamburg, the Hagen Quartet, Vienna Brass Soloists, LaSalle Quartet and multiple exceptional soloists - are under the direction of such luminaries as Claudio Abbado, David Atherton, and Pierre Boulez.
The collection of works is a compilation of the recordings by one company, and instead of the presentation being chronological in format, it plays as simply a broad sampler. Yes, the famous works are here, but it is the lack of the very early works - such as the magnificent 'Concert Rom?nesc 1951', an absolutely infectious play of folk tunes and quasi-folk tunes sewn together with some of the most brilliant orchestration in the composer's repertoire - works that held the glimmer of the genius just beginning to bloom, that make the collection less than perfect.
For the devotee of Ligeti's genre the Teldec collection is far more complete. But for the music lover looking to expand horizons, this set has superb performances of the more familiar (and not so familiar) moments in the career of Gy?rgy Ligeti. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, June 07
Gy?rgy Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy Poster
Tribute to the late composer Gyorgy Ligeti Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) "With the passing of Gyorgy Ligeti on 12 June 2006 at the age of 83 in Vienna following a lengthy illness, the musical world has lost a true maverick. An independent thinker, Ligeti charted a singular route in his music with the evolution of a voice that is hard to ignore. In this respect one is tempted to put him alongside figures such as Boulez, Cage, Stockhausen and Xenakis when considering the major shapers of late twentieth century composition." --Evan Dickerson, Music Web InternationalClassical Music CDs
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