This page lists all recordings of Étude No. 10 'Der Zauberlehrling' (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), by György Ligeti (1923-2006) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Yuja Wang - Sonatas & Etudes
Gifted Chinese pianist Yuja Wang debuts on DG’s roster with an album featuring compositions by Chopin, Ligeti, Liszt, and Scriabin. Yuja Wang chooses pieces that, in her judgment, are refreshingly atypical of the customary musical perspectives of these composers. Exceptional artistry, technical perfection, and a rare ability to evoke an uncommonly vivid palette of rich colors from the instrument characterize Yuja Wang’s pianism After blazing through Ravel’s Concerto for Left Hand, the Miami Herald wrote, “The evening’s spotlight belonged to Yuja Wang . . . [who] showed remarkable fire and iron-fingered power." “The opening movement of Chopin’s Second Sonata certainly identifies qualities of youthful impetuosity, power and dexterity.” Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2009 *** “The Scriabin (sonata no 2) flows nicely; in the Liszt B minor sonata she’s no empty virtuoso. A talent worth watching.” The Times, 23rd May 2009 **** “…Yuja Wang… has all the equipment to be one of the most exciting pianists of her generation. As well as a stunning technique she has a fabulous range of sonority and colour… the two Ligeti Etudes, especially 'Fanfares', suit her dazzling fingerwork perfectly. Pianistically, parts of her Liszt Sonata are extraordinary, with blistering octaves, razor-sharp articulation and a wonderful tonal richness.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2009 **** “…22-year-old Yuja Wang is a wondrously gifted pianist whose debut album… suggests a combination of blazing technique and a rare instinct for poetry. In Scriabin's Second Sonata she is beautifully sensitive to the moods, whether tranquil and starlit or tempestuous, reflecting the composer's love of the Baltic Sea. She is fiery but never reckless in Chopin's Second Sonata... As a crowning touch her Ligeti Etudes are both musicianly and dazzlingly incisive. In the words of the publicist, "a star is born".” Gramophone Magazine, August 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Ligeti - Complete Piano Music
“Ullén is dazzlingly virtuosic in the Etudes, risking some hair-raisingly fast tempos…” BBC Music Magazine, November 2006 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Ligeti: Études
“Expressive immediacy… the recorded sound is well suited to the emotional directness of these performances” The Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Carnegie Hall
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Ligeti - The Complete Piano Music, Volume 1
“To hear Ullén fly through Die Zauberlehrling is to understand the meaning of a great over competent performance. Small wonder Ligeti trusts the man!” Fanfare | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Ligeti: Piano works
Born in Transylvania in 1923, GyÖrgy Ligeti is undoubtedly one of the greatest contemporary composers, a musician open to most daring construes and a recognised school founder. After leaving Hungary in 1956, Ligeti worked for a long time with Stockhausen; then, from 1970, he turned to a music language that was increasingly melodic. The piano works recorded by the Canadian pianist Lucille Chung in our CD span some 40 years of the composer’s activity, from early works such as the 2 Caprices (1947), to the eleven pieces of the cycle Musica Ricercata (1951/53), to the eight Etudes Vol. 2, written between 1988 and 1993 in an iridescent, new music language. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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