György Ligeti: Concertos for Piano, Cello & Violin (1994)

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According to some, Ligeti is about as post-modern as you can get. However, Ligeti's composition is more than just atonal, postmodern music, as demonstrated on this disc the amazingly effective use of space and time, and advanced virtuosity at the absolute service of the composer's artistic vision. In his own words: "the ironic theatricalizing of the past is quite foreign to me." Written between 1985 and 1992, the Piano Concerto and Violin Concerto together are supposed to demonstrate the full expressive range of his later works. The Piano Concerto is a whirlwind of rhythmically driven fantasies, created by precise, almost mechanical, colliding cross-rhythms, and twisted, sprightly melodies. The Violin Concerto is just as quirky and jarring, but wilder and more impassioned, less 'mechanical,' more vigorous, and ultimately the highlight of the disc.

Tracklist

Concerto For Piano & Orchestra
1. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso - attaca subito
2. Lento e deserto
3. Vivace cantabile
4. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico - attacca subito
5. Presto luminoso: fluido, costante, sempre molto ritmico

Concerto for Violoncello & Orchestra
1. Dotted Quarter=40 - attaca
2. (Lo stesso tempo) Dotted Quarter=40

Concerto For Violin & Orchestra
1. Praeludium: Vivacissimo luminoso - attaca
2. Aria, Hoquetus, Choral: &ante con moto - attacca
3. Intermezzo: Presto fluido
4. Passacaglia: Lento intenso
5. Appassionato: Agitato molto


Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Saschko Gawriloff, violin

InterContemporain Ensemble
Pierre Boulez, conductor

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