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Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy

Matt Haimovitz, Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado, Helmut Franz, Gerd Zacher, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen, Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Gianluca Cascioli, Pierre-Laurent...

  • BBC Music Magazine
    December 2006
    Orchestral Choice
  • Building a Library
    January 2018
    Also Recommended

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Contents

Ligeti: Sonata for Cello solo

Work length8:41
$1.70
$2.30
  • Matt Haimovitz (cello)
  • Recorded: 1990-09-09
  • Recording Venue: Kirche St. Konrad, Abersee

1. Dialogo: Adagio, rubato, cantabile

Track length4:55
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2. Capriccio: Presto con slancio

Track length3:46
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Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for wind quintet

Work length11:45
$6.60
$9.00
  • Matthew Wilkie (bassoon), Jacques Zoon (flute), James Sommerville (horn), Douglas Boyd (oboe), Richard Hosford (clarinet)
  • Claudio Abbado
  • Recorded: 1996-05
  • Recording Venue: Teatro Comunale, Ferrara

1. Allegro con spirito

Track length1:14
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2. Rubato. Lamentoso

Track length3:04
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3. Allegro grazioso -attacca subito

Track length2:42
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4. Presto ruvido

Track length0:58
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5. Adagio. Mesto

Track length2:27
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6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso

Track length1:20
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Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes'

Work length19:55
$14.45
$19.55
  • Hagen Quartett (string quartet)
  • Recorded: 1990-05-16
  • Recording Venue: Musica Théâtre, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds

Allegro grazioso

Track length1:31
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Vivace, capriccioso

Track length0:33
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A tempo

Track length1:20
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Adagio, mesto

Track length2:09
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Presto

Track length2:11
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[...] molto sostenuto - Andante tranquillo

Track length1:34
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Più mosso

Track length2:00
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Tempo di Valse, moderato, con eleganza, un poco capriccioso

Track length0:55
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Subito prestissimo

Track length0:43
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Subito: molto sostenuto

Track length0:45
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Allegretto, un poco gioviale

Track length0:54
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Allarg. Poco più mosso

Track length1:02
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Subito allegro con moto, string. poco a poco sin al prestissimo

Track length0:34
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Prestissimo

Track length1:05
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Allegro comodo, gioviale

Track length0:12
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sostenuto, accelerando

Track length1:45
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Lento

Track length0:42
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Ligeti: Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet

Work length12:48
Album only
Album only
  • Wiener Bläsersolisten
  • Recorded: 1976-10
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

1. Molto sostenuto e calmo

Track length2:04
Album only
Album only

2. Prestissimo minaccioso e burlesco

Track length0:42
Album only
Album only

3. Lento

Track length1:47
Album only
Album only

4. Prestissimo leggiero e virtuoso

Track length0:49
Album only
Album only

5. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero

Track length0:30
Album only
Album only

6. Preso staccatissimo e leggiero

Track length1:12
Album only
Album only

7. Vivo, energico

Track length1:08
Album only
Album only

8. Allegro con delicatezza

Track length2:32
Album only
Album only

9. Sostenuto, stridente

Track length1:03
Album only
Album only

10. Presto bizzarro e rubato, so schnell wie möglich

Track length1:01
Album only
Album only

Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2

Work length20:55
$5.50
$7.50
  • LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
  • Recorded: 1969-12
  • Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

I. Allegro nervoso

Track length5:13
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II. Sostenuto, molto calmo

Track length4:56
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III. Come un meccanismo di precisione

Track length3:08
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IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso

Track length2:00
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V. Allegro con delicatezza - stets sehr mild

Track length5:38
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Ligeti: Atmosphères

Work length9:05
$1.10
$1.50
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Claudio Abbado
  • Recorded: 1988-10
  • Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Ligeti: Volumina

Work length17:28
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gerd Zacher (organ)
  • Recorded: 1968-04
  • Recording Venue: Lutherkirche, Wellingsbüttel, Hamburg

Ligeti: Modern chorusmusic

Work length7:58
$1.10
$1.50
  • Helmut Franz (chorus master)
  • Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
  • Helmut Franz
  • Recorded: 1968-05
  • Recording Venue: Rahlstedt, Hamburg

Lux Aeterna

Track length7:58
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Ligeti: Organ Study No. 1 'Harmonies'

Work length8:56
$1.10
$1.50
  • Gerd Zacher (organ)
  • Recorded: 1968-04
  • Recording Venue: Lutherkirche, Wellingsbüttel, Hamburg

Ligeti: Lontano

Work length12:44
$1.10
$1.50
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Claudio Abbado
  • Recorded: 1988-10
  • Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Ligeti: Ramifications

Work length8:28
$1.10
$1.50
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 1982-05
  • Recording Venue: IRCAM Studio, Paris

Ligeti: Melodien for orchestra

Work length12:56
$1.10
$1.50
  • London Sinfonietta
  • David Atherton
  • Recorded: 1975-10-23
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Ligeti: Aventures

Work length12:00
$1.10
$1.50
  • Jane Manning (soprano), William Pearson (bass (vocal)), Mary Thomas (mezzo-soprano)
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 1982-03-26
  • Recording Venue: IRCAM Studio, Paris

Ligeti: Nouvelles Aventures

Work length11:29
$1.70
$2.30
  • Jane Manning (soprano), William Pearson (bass (vocal)), Mary Thomas (mezzo-soprano)
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 1982-03-26
  • Recording Venue: IRCAM Studio, Paris

1. Sostenuto

Track length6:17
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2. Agitato molto

Track length5:12
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Ligeti: Cello Concerto (1966)

Work length15:09
$1.70
$2.30
  • Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 1992-10-27
  • Recording Venue: IRCAM Studio, Paris

1. Quarter = 40: Attacca

Track length6:55
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2. (Lo stesso tempo)

Track length8:14
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Ligeti: Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments

Work length18:13
$4.40
$6.00
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 1981-03
  • Recording Venue: IRCAM Studio, Paris

1. Corrente (Fliessend)

Track length5:02
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2. Calmo, sostenuto

Track length5:48
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3. Movimento preciso e meccanico

Track length3:51
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4. Presto

Track length3:32
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Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre

Work length6:51
$1.10
$1.50
  • Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Roland Pöntinen (piano)
  • Recorded: 1989-03-27
  • Recording Venue: La Chaux de Fonds

Ligeti: Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe

Work length15:58
$2.20
$3.00
  • Jacques Zoon (flute), Douglas Boyd (oboe)
  • Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Claudio Abbado
  • Recorded: 1995-03
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Kammermusiksaal, Berlin

1. Calmo, con tenerezza

Track length8:07
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2. Allegro corrente

Track length7:51
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Ligeti: Die große Schildkröten-Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer

Work length0:36
$1.10
$1.50
  • Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1994-09-30
  • Recording Venue: Musica Théâtre, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds

Ligeti: Pieces (3) for two pianos

Work length16:18
$2.55
$3.45
  • Aloys Kontarsky (piano), Alfons Kontarsky (piano)
  • Recorded: 1979-06-15
  • Recording Venue: DG-Musikstudio 1, Hamburg

1. Monument

Track length4:14
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2. Selbstportrait

Track length7:08
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3. Bewegung

Track length4:56
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Ligeti: Études pour piano (1985) / Premier livre

Work length6:59
$1.70
$2.30
  • Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
  • Recorded: 1995-12-07
  • Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Étude 2: Cordes à vide

Track length3:36
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Étude4: Fanfares

Track length3:23
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Ligeti: Piano Concerto (1985-88)

Work length23:22
$4.25
$5.75
  • Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 1992-10-27
  • Recording Venue: IRCAM Studio, Paris

1. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso - attacca subito:

Track length3:53
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2. Lento e deserto

Track length7:01
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3. Vivace cantabile

Track length4:23
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4. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico - attacca subito:

Track length4:48
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5. Presto luminoso: fluido, costante, sempre molto ritmico

Track length3:17
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Ligeti: Violin Concerto (1992)

Work length28:24
$4.25
$5.75
  • Saschko Gawriloff (violin)
  • Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 1993-06-10
  • Recording Venue: IRCAM Studio, Paris

1. Praeludium: Vivacissimo luminoso - attacca:

Track length4:23
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2. Aria, Hoquetus, Choral: Andante con moto - attacca:

Track length8:11
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3. Intermezzo: Presto fluido

Track length2:44
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4. Passacaglia: Lento intenso

Track length5:54
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5. Appassionato: Agitato molto

Track length7:12
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