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1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey - a cross section of Ligeti's music, from his first to his final composistions

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-12-05

Works: György Ligeti: Invention for piano; Bagatelles (6) for wind quintet; Volumina, for organ; Lux aeterna, for 16 unaccompanied voices; Pieces (10) for wind quintet; Sonata for viola; Etudes (17) fo...
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola; Imai, Nobuko; Ullen, Fredrik
Conductors: ; Nussbaum, Walter
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

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...continue...

Gyorgy Kurtag, Gyorgy Ligeti: Music for Viola / Kim Kashkashian, viola

1 CD / ECM / 2012-09-25

Works: György Kurtág: In Nomine - all'ongherese, for bass clarinet; Csendes sorok Dobszay Lászlónak (Silent Lines to László Dobszay), for viola; Levél Ligeti Verának ...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]

Kim Kashkashian has long been one of the most outstanding protagonists of modern composition and this bold and subtle account of solo music by the...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (05/2011)....continue...

Short Stories - Works for viola & piano by Clarke, Enescu, Jolas, Porter, Ligeti et al. / Melia Watras, viola; Kimberly Russ, piano

1 CD / Fleur de Son / 2012-05-29

Works: Rebecca Clarke: Passacaglia on an Old English Tune, for viola/cello & piano; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Betsy Jolas: Episode sixième for viola; Quincy Porter: Speed Etude;...
Performers: Russ, Kimberly; Watras, Melia

Short Stories demonstrates the versatility of the viola. In gathering these works, I wanted to find a wide variety of sound, color, and emotional content....continue...
Recording information: Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA (07/2001/08/2009)....continue...

György Ligeti: Sonata for Viola / Strosser

1 CD / Aeon / 2011-03-08

Works: Heinz Holliger: Trema for solo viola (or cello or violin); György Ligeti: Sonata for viola; Franco Donatoni: Ali, for viola; Helmut Lachenmann: Toccatina, for violin; Giacinto Scelsi: Manto I, I...
Performers: Strosser, Genevieve

This recording allows French violist Genevi?e Strosser to fully display her talents in a program of singular works that she has nurtured for several years,...continue...
Recording information: Espace de Projection, Ircam, Paris (12/10/2009-12/12/2009)....continue...

Rapsodia

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-09-28

Works: Gypsy Traditional: Ciocarlia; George Enescu: Impressions of Childhood, Op. 8; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25; Hungarian Traditional: Doïna and Hora; György Ligeti: Ball...
Performers: Gjakonovski, Martin; Kopatchinskaja, Patricia; Kopatchinskaya, Patricia; Kopatchinsky, Viktor; Ursuleasa, Mihaela

"Hard-bitten music critics tend to approach family get-togethers with caution - especially when they claim to bridge the folk/art-music divide. But this is a superior...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany (03/2009)....continue...

György Ligeti Edition Vol 7 - Chamber Music / Aimard et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-01-20

Works: György Ligeti: Trio for horn, violin & piano ("Hommage à Brahms"); Pieces (10) for wind quintet; Bagatelles (6) for wind quintet; Sonata for viola
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Davies, Philippa; Gawriloff, Saschko; Hulse, Gareth; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Robin O'Neill [Bassoon/Conductor]; Watkins, Richard; Zimmer...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

"Sony's extraordinary Ligeti project continues without a slip. This volume (number 7) brings us one of the composer's most performed pieces, one of his greatest,...continue...

György Ligeti Edition Vol 1 - String Quartets and Duets

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-01-28

Works: György Ligeti: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"); Quartet for Strings no 2; Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg, for violin & cello; Ballade and Dance, for 2 violins; Moveme...
Performers: Alberman, David; Arditti, Irvine; de Saram, Rohan; Knox, Garth

"...The first quartet, unashamedly inspired by the glories of Bartok's quartets - full of jagged rhythms and rich sombre, unsentimental melody - was written without...continue...

Ligeti: Chamber Concerto, Ramifications, etc / Boulez et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1988-07-01

Works: György Ligeti: Chamber Concerto, for 13 instruments; Ramifications, for 12 strings (or string orchestra); Quartet for Strings no 2; Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Lux aeterna, for 16 u...
Performers: Kamnitzer, Peter; Kirstein, Jack; Levin, Walter; Manning, Jane; Meyer, Henry
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; ; Franz, Helmut
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain; LaSalle String Quartet; North German Radio Chorus Hamburg