Ligeti: Lux aeterna

This page lists all recordings of Lux aeterna, 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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Light of the Spirit

Light of the Spirit


 

Kontakion of the departed

O quanta qualia

Deep river

Steal away

Byrd:

Justorum animae

O Lux beata Trinitas

Davies, Walford:

Requiem aeternam

Despres:

Nunc Dimittis

Grechaninov:

Svyétye tíkhii

Gregorian Chant:

Domine Jesu Christe

In paradisum

Lumen

Requiem aeternam

Harris, W:

Bring us, O Lord God

Faire is the heaven

Hildegard:

O coruscans lux stellarum

O felix anima

Holst:

The Evening-watch, H159

Nunc Dimittis

Ligeti:

Lux aeterna

Palestrina:

Christe, qui lux es et dies

Lucis Creator optime

Parry:

There is an old belief

Rachmaninov:

Nunc Dimittis

Rautavaara:

Ehtoohymni

Rutter:

Hymn to the Creator of Light

Schütz:

Selig sind die Toten

Sheppard, J:

Audivi vocem de caelo

Tallis:

O nata lux de lumine 5vv

Te lucis ante terminum

Tavener:

Funeral Ikos

Tchaikovsky:

Svyétye tíkhii (Hail, gladdening Light)

Victoria:

O quam gloriosum

Whyte:

Christe, qui lux es et dies

Wood, C:

Hail, gladdening Light


The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

Collegium - CSACD902

(SACD - 2 discs)

$16.99

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Nuits - weiß wie Lilien

Nuits - weiß wie Lilien

Choral music from the 20th century


Hosokawa:

Ave Maria for 16-part mixed choir a cappella

Leibowitz:

Two Settings, Op. 71 for mixed chorus a cappella, after poems by William Blake - The Sick Rose; Never Seek to Tell Thy Love

Ligeti:

Lux aeterna

Scelsi:

Tre canti sacri per 8 voci miste

TKRDG for 6 male voices, 3 percussionists and electrically amplified guitar

Schoenberg:

De Profundis (Psalm 130), Op. 50b for mixed choir a cappella

Schwehr:

deutsche tänze for 5 female voices (Text: Bertholt Brecht)

Webern:

Drei Lieder, Op. 18, for voice, E flat clarinet and guitar

Two Songs, Op. 19 (Texts: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Xenakis:

Nuits

Musique pour 12 voix mixtes


Schola Heidelberg, ensemble aisthesis, Walter Nußbaum

BIS - BISCD1090

(CD)

$16.99

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Illumina

Illumina


Byrd:

O Lux beata Trinitas

Despres:

Nunc dimittis

Grechaninov:

Svyétye tíkhii (Hail, gladdening Light)

Gregorian Chant:

Lumen

Harris, W:

Bring us, O Lord God

Hildegard:

O coruscans lux stellarum

Holst:

Nunc dimittis

Ligeti:

Lux aeterna

Palestrina:

Christe, qui lux es et dies

Lucis Creator optime

Rachmaninov:

Nunc Dimittis

Rautavaara:

Ehtoohymni (Evening hymn)

Rutter:

Hymn to the Creator of Light

Tallis:

O nata lux de lumine 5vv

Te lucis ante terminum

Tchaikovsky:

Svyétye tíkhii (Hail, gladdening Light)

Whyte:

Christe, qui lux es et dies

Wood, C:

Hail, gladdening Light


The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown

Collegium - COLCD125

(CD)

$16.99

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Ligeti: Lux aeterna, etc.

Boyd:

As I Crossed A Bridge Of Dreams

Ligeti:

Lux aeterna

Mahler:

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert-Lieder)

Scarlatti, A:

Stabat Mater


Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Frieder Bernius

Carus - CARUS83208

(CD)

$16.99

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Ligeti: Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments, etc.

Ligeti:

Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments

Ramifications

Version für Streichorchester

Ramifications

Version für 12 Solostreicher

Lux aeterna

Atmosphères


Ensemble "die reihe" Wien, Sinfonie-Orchester des Südwestfunks, Baden-Baden, Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks, Saarbrücken, Friedrich Cerha, Ernest Bour, Antonio Janigro, Clytus Gottwald

This Ligeti CD contains several of his best-known and most characteristic pieces (several of which were used in the score for 2001: A Space Odyssey), and the ensemble’s highly artistic interpretation leaves nothing to be desired.

Up to 25% off Contemporary Music

Wergo - WER60162-50

(CD)

Normally: $16.99

Special: $12.74

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Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy

Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy


Ligeti:

Sonata for Cello solo

Matt Haimovitz

Six Bagatelles for wind quintet

Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado

String Quartet No. 1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes'

Hagen Quartett

Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet

Wiener Bläsersolisten

String Quartet No. 2

LaSalle Quartet

Atmosphères

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Volumina

Lux aeterna

Helmut Franz

Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks

Étude No. 1 'Harmonies'

Gerd Zacher

Lontano

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Ramifications

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez

Melodien for orchestra

London Sinfonietta, David Atherton

Aventures

Cello Concerto

Jean-Guihen Queyras

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez

Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez

Mysteries of the Macabre

arr. Elgar Howarth

Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen

Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe

Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado

The Big Turtle-Fanfare from the South China Sea

Håkan Hardenberger

Three Pieces (1976) for two pianos

Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky

Etude No. 4, Fanfares

Gianluca Cascioli

Piano Concerto

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez

Violin Concerto

Saschko Gawriloff

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez

Étude 2: Cordes à vide

Gianluca Cascioli


BBC Music Magazine

Orchestral Choice - December 2006

Up to 40% off Box Sets

DG Collectors Edition - 4776443

(CD - 4 discs)

Normally: $28.49

Special: $18.51

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

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