1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 295 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Bis | Catalog Number: 1503
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 295 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Bis | Catalog Number: 1503
BIS present a chronological exploration of the music of György Ligeti. The exploration begins with a brief piece for solo piano written when he was studying in Budapest and ends with his final compositions, also for solo piano. The disc highlights a number of works which demonstrate the kaleidoscopic qualities of the composer – from the sense of humour displayed in the Six Bagatelles to the otherworldliness of Lux Aeterna (used by Stanley Kubrick in his film 2001 – A Space Odyssey), and the sheer mass of Volumina for organ.
The disc brings together some seminal Ligeti works in interpretations that were highly praised when originally released.
Reviews: This chronological exploration of the musical universe of György Ligeti begins in 1948, with a brief piece for solo piano composed by a 25-year old music student in Budapest and ends with his final compositions, also for solo piano, when Ligeti had long since become established as one of the truly great figures of 20th-century music. On the way, it takes in a number of works which demonstrate the kaleidoscopic qualities of the composer and his oeuvre - from the sharply delineated sense of humour displayed in the Six Bagatelles to the other worldliness of Lux Aeterna (used by Stanley Kubrick in his film 2001 - a space odyssey), and the sheer mass of Volumina for organ, in which the performer uses elbows, arms and the palms of his hands in order to strike the largest possible number of keys at the same time. The music and its creator are described in an enlightening essay by the musicologist Arnold Whittall, who quotes a remark by Ligeti himself as one explanation for this almost bewildering range of moods and atmospheres: 'everything that is direct and unambiguous is alien to me'. Ligeti's oeuvre certainly bears this out, while also testifying to another observation by the composer: 'what is serious is at the same time comical, and the comical is terrifying'. The present, amply filled anthology brings together some seminal Ligeti works in interpretations that were highly praised when originally released, by performers of international standing, including Nobuko Imai, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Fredrik Ullén and Hans-Ola Ericsson, as well as the eminent vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg.
Tracklisting:
[1] Invention (1948)
Fredrik Ullén piano
[2]-[7] Six Bagatelles for wind quintet (1953)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
[8] Volumina for organ (1961–62, rev. 1966)
Hans-Ola Ericsson
[9] Lux aeterna for 16-part mixed choir a cappella (1966)
Schola Heidelberg conducted by Walter Nußbaum
[10]-[19] Ten Pieces for wind quintet (1968)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
[20]-[25] Sonata for Solo Viola (1991–94)
Nobuko Imai viola
[26]-[28] from Études pour piano (3, 18, 17) (1985–2001)
Fredrik Ullén piano
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