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György Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: György Ligeti: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"); Quartet for Strings no 2; Movements (2) for string quartet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Parker Quartet (String Quartet)

Gyorgy Ligeti's choral and orchestral music hit the mainstream when it was featured in the soundtrack of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but his equally remarkable...continue...
Recording information: St. Anne's Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (10/01/2007-10/03/2007)....continue...

The Devil's Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-09-29

Works: Leopold Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 565); Harald Saeverud: The Devil's 5-Hop; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Michel Meynaud: ...

Postpone whatever good deed you were just about to do, clear your mind of virtuous thoughts, indulge in the politically incorrect stimulant of your choice,...continue...

The Silence of Being - The Music of Arvo Pärt

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bel...
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Anderson, Mark; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Gunn, Nat...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás; Yuasa, Takuo; ; Edison, Noel; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum; Tonus Peregrinus

An elegant 6 CD package containing the complete Naxos recordings of Arvo Part including: Fratres, Tabula Rasa, Collage uber Bach, Symphony No. 3, Berliner Messe,...continue...

Of Beauty & Light - The Music of Philip Glass

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Philip Glass: The Light; Heroes Symphony; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2; Company; Concerto for Violin; Akhnaten; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Shep...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Yuasa, Takuo; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

This beautifully designed 4 CD package contains the complete Naxos recordings of the work of Philip Glass including: The Light, Heroes Symphony, Symphonies 2 &...continue...

Sonic Rebellion: Alternative Classical Collection

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-06

Works: Philip Glass: Heroes Symphony; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata for Violin and Player Piano; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Sheppard
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

Ligeti: Etudes Books 1 and 2 (1-14a) / Idil Biret

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-03-01

Works: György Ligeti: Etudes (6) for piano, Book 1; Etudes (8) for piano, Book 2; Etude 14a, for player piano ("Coloana färä stârsit")
Performers: Biret, Idil

"It takes a pianist with formidable technique just to get through this killer stuff. Idil Biret, a student of Kempff, Cortot, and Boulanger, certainly has...continue...