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Ligeti and Kurtág at Carnegie Hall

1 CD / Budapest Music / 2012-05-08

Works: György Ligeti: Melodien, for orchestra (or chamber orchestra); Concerto for Cello; György Kurtág: Messages of the late R. V. Troussova, 21 Poems by Rimma Dalos for soprano & chamber en...
Performers: Perenyi, Miklos [Cello]; Zagorinskaya, Natalia
Conductors: Eötvös, Peter

On January 31, 2009 in the Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, one concert in the series "Extremely Hungary" was dedicated jointly to the works of...continue...
Recording information: Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (01/31/2009)....continue...

The Ligeti Project - Atmospheres, Chamber Concerto, etc / Nott, de Leeuw, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

5 CD / Teldec / 2008-05-20

Works: György Ligeti: Melodien, for orchestra (or chamber orchestra); Chamber Concerto, for 13 instruments; Piano Concerto; Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano & ensemble, or trumpet & piano/ensemble...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Bernstein, Thomas; Bonnay, Max; Breyer, Simon; Cakar, Ozan; Ebrahim, Omar; Geringas, David; Hirst, Linda; Holliger, Heinz; Karolyi, Katalin; Leonard, Sarah; Mahni, Sybille; Ma...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Nott, Jonathan
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Schoenberg Ensemble

Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy / Boulez, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: György Ligeti: Sonata for cello; Bagatelles (6) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"); Pieces (10) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 2; Atmosphè...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Boyd, Douglas; Cascioli, Gianluca; Gawriloff, Saschko; Haimovitz, Matt; Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Hosford, Richard; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Manning, Ja...
Conductors: ; Abbado, Claudio; Franz, Helmut; Boulez, Pierre; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; Ensemble InterContemporain; Wiener Blasersolisten

"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...continue...

Echo 20/21 Ligeti: String Quartets, etc / Hagen Quartet

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2003-11-11

Works: György Ligeti: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"); Quartet for Strings no 2; Ramifications, for 12 strings (or string orchestra); Sonata for cello; Melodien, for orchestra...
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt
Conductors: ; Boulez, Pierre; Atherton, David
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain; Hagen Quartett; LaSalle Quartet; London Sinfonietta

"Ligeti is not a particularly unfriendly composer to the ears. His ideas are not invariably loud of soft or always dissonant, and the sonorities are...continue...

New Line - Ligeti: The Ligeti Project I / Leeuw, et al

1 CD / Teldec / 2001-06-19

Works: György Ligeti: Melodien, for orchestra (or chamber orchestra); Chamber Concerto, for 13 instruments; Piano Concerto; Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano & ensemble, or trumpet & piano/ensemble...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Masseurs, Peter
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

"This one is easy. This CD has great music, brilliantly performed under the composer's supervision and recorded with all the immediacy of which digital sound...continue...