All five volumes of the Ligeti Project brought together for the first time, at an excellent price. Notes on all five volumes written by Ligeti himself.

‘In the year of his 80th birthday, these are glorious accounts of great 20th-century works… Ligeti continues to explore and colonise new ground voraciously… if Ligeti’s music has a trademark, it is unpredictability…He remains one of the severest critics of contemporary music, as well as one of its greatest composers’ The Guardian, on Vol.4

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Schumann:

Carnaval, Op. 9

Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Recorded live at the Konzerthaus, Vienna

“On his own, Aimard combines virtuoso panache with a limpid touch.” Daily Telegraph, Jan 2005

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Mozart - Symphonies 38-41 + bonus extras

Beethoven:	The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113 Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 - Benedictus Arnold Schoenberg Chor Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 - Rondo: Allegro Pierre-Laurent Aimard Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 - Allegro con brio
Dvorak:	Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8
Mendelssohn:	A Midsummer Night's Dream : No. 7 Con moto tranquillo Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 90 "Italian" : IV Saltarello : Presto
Mozart:	Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' Concert Aria: 'No, che non sei capace' K419 Edita Gruberova Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita' - Finale: Molto Allegro Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Schubert:	Mass No. 6 in E Flat Major, D950 - IV Sanctus Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Schumann:	Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 : Scherzo : Allegro vivace Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (Intermezzo: Andante grazioso) Martha Argerich (piano)
Vivaldi:	The Four Seasons: Summer - Presto Marieke Blankestijn
Walton:	Passacaglia - Death of Falstaff and Touch her soft lips from Henry V Douglas Boyd Touch her soft lips and part (from Henry V) Douglas Boyd

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

On Mozart Symphony No.41: "Mozart can only have heard something this good in his dreams!" (BBC Radio 3 CD Review - "Building a library")

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Dvorak:

Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33

The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

“As a whole, this performance is close to ideal.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - January 2004

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Messiaen Edition

An 18-CD set offering a comprehensive overview of Messiaen’s work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000.

Messiaen:

Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Preludes (8)

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Quatre Études de rythme

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Maria Oràn (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Le Banquet Céleste

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Maria Oràn (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Huguette Fernandez (violin), Guy Deplus (clarinet), Jacques Nielz (cello), Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Cinq rechants

Solistes des chœurs de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Katia and Marièlle Labèque, pianos

Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Hymne au Saint-Sacrement

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Rachel Yakar (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Turangalila Symphony

Revised Messiaen Edition

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique Kim (ondes Martenot)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kent Nagano

Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (Complete)

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

La Fauvette des jardins

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Le Réveil des oiseaux

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Orchestre National de France, Kent Nagano

Couleurs de la cité céleste

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Groupe Instrumental à Percussion de Strasbourg, Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez

Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Groupe Instrumental à Percussion de Strasbourg, Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marius Constant

3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Jeanne Loriod (onde Martenot)

Maîtrise et Orchestre de Chambre de la RTF, Marcel Couraud

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Olivier Messiaen, organ (Recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in La Trinité Church, Paris)

Des Canyons aux Étoiles

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Georges Barboteu (horn), Alain Jacquet (xylorimba), François Dupin (glockenspiel)

Ensemble Ars Nova, Marius Constant

Sept Haïkaï

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Ensemble Ars Nova, Marius Constant

Olivier Messiaen, Yvonne Loriod, Marie-Claire Alain, Katia and Marielle Labeque

Kent Nagano & Pierre Boulez

includes a disc of Olivier Messiaen interviewed by Claude Samuel (in French), 1988

On Yvonne Loriod’s piano performances on these CDs: “…her playing is nothing short of magnificent – superb range of sonority, rock-sure rhythm, unfailing attention to polyphonic strands, thrilling attack and tender caress in equal measure. … Under her touch there seems to be no such thing as a worn-out harmony or an unmusical one.”(Gramophone, on the piano works in this edition)

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African Rhythms

Bossobe

Bobangi

Yangissa

Anduwa

Banga Banga

Zoboko

Mohunga

Mai

Ligeti:

Etude No. 4, Fanfares

Etude No. 8, Fém

Etude No. 12, Entrelacs

Etude No. 16, Pour Irina

Etude No. 17, À Bout de Souffle

Etude No. 18, Canon

Reich:

Clapping Music

Music for Pieces of Wood

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano, clapping)

Aka Pygmies

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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (Complete)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - April 2003

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Boulez:

Sonatine for flute and piano

Piano Sonata No. 1

Dialogue de L'Ombre Double

Derive; Memoriale

Cummings ist der Dichter

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano), Sophie Cherrier (Flute), Alain Damiens (Clarinet)

Ensemble InterContemporain

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Benjamin, G:

Shadowlines, Six Canonic Preludes For Piano (2001)

Viola, Viola For Viola Duo (1997)

Three Studies For Solo Piano

Piano Sonata (1979)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Antoine Tamestit (viola), George Benjamin (piano)

This disc includes the World Premiere recordings of Shadowlines, written for its performer here, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, in 2001, and the Three Studies for Piano, written during the early 1980s and played here by the composer. Coupled with these are Viola, Viola, written in 1997 and now one of George's most frequently performed works, and the classic recording of the Piano Sonata, written in 1979 and recorded shortly after.

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