Ligeti Archive
Homunculus / Kamus Quartet – Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen, György Ligeti, Benjamin Britten – Kamus String Quartet – Alba Records
Three contemporary string quartets stunningly played and recorded! Homunculus / Kamus Quartet – Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen, György Ligeti, Benjamin Britten – Kamus String Quartet – Alba Records SACD/Hybrid Catalog #: 409 – (01/05/2018) TT: 62:00 **** This new multi-channel release, which includes the world premiere recording of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s string quartet Homunculus, and also includes music by Ligeti (String […]
BJARNASON: Emergence; JONSDOTTIR: Flow & Fusion; VILLMARSON: BD; SIGFUSDOTTIR: Aequora; THORVALDSDOTTIR: Dreaming – Icelandic Sym. Orch./ Daniel Bjarnason – Sono Luminus
Smooth Blu-ray sound with striking modern compositions by Icelandic composers. BJARNASON: Recurrence = Works by Contemporary Icelandic Composers – Iceland Sym./ Daniel Bjarnason – Pure Audio Blu-ray multichannel sound & standard CD. Also included are MP3, FLAC and WAV files (Two discs) – Sono Luminus DSL-92213, 67:30 (4/7/17) [Distr. by Naxos]****: This lovely disc contains […]
“Shadow, Echo, Memory” = NW U. Cello Ensemble – Music by ZACHARY WADSWORTH, GABRIEL FAURÉ, MICHAEL VAN DER SLOOT, RACHMANINOV, AARON JAY KERNIS, LIGETI, HANS THOMALLA and MAHLER – Sono Luminus
“Shadow, Echo, Memory” = NW U. Cello Ens. – Music by ZACHARY WADSWORTH, GABRIEL FAURÉ, MICHAEL VAN DER SLOOT, SERGEI RACHMANINOV, AARON JAY KERNIS, GYÖRGY LIGETI, HANS THOMALLA and GUSTAV MAHLER (TrackList follows) Hans Jorgen Jensen, dir. – Sonos Luminus SLE-70004 CD, TT: 63:05 (7/9/16) *****: Hauntingly beautiful cello music. This disc was an unexpected […]
Luca Baratto – Live at Honens = Works of SCHUMANN DEBUSSY, PROKOFIEV, LIGETI, LUTOSLOWSKI, MOZART, HINDEMITH & Others – Honens (2 CDs)
Virtuoso pianist Luca Buratto demonstrates his versatile musicianship from the 2015 Honens Festival. Luca Baratto – Live at Honens = SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17; Davidsbuendler Taenze: No 14; LIGETI: Etudes No. 15 and No. 16; DEBUSSY: L’Isle joyeuse; PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83; VIARDOT: Two Songs; OBRADORS: Two […]
MARTIN BRESNICK: Prayers Remain Forever – Lisa Moore, piano / Artist Unknown, vocals/ Sarita Kwok, violin/ Michael Compitello, vibes/ Ian Rosenbaum, marimba/ Double Entendre Music Ens. – Starkland
Contemporary chamber music that is engaging and thought provoking.
UNSUK CHIN: Alice in Wonderland (complete opera), Blu-ray (2013)
Clever, creative, and broadly esoteric, the whole thing is wrecked by the camera.
“French Music for Winds, Twentieth-Century Wind Quintets” = Music by IBERT, JOLIVET, MILHAUD, RAVEL, TAFFANEL, BARBER, HINDEMITH, LIGETI, VERESS AND ZEMLINKSY [TrackList follows] – Les Vents Francais – Warner Classics (2 CDs)
Les Vents Francais (The French Winds) is a truly gifted ensemble.
LIGETI: String Quartets = String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; BARBER: Adagio – Keller Quartet – ECM New Series
Hungarian twentieth century master Gyorgy Ligeti’s two string quartets are given performances by the Keller Quartet that are worthy of their verve and significance.
MOHAMMED FAIROUZ: Sumeida’s Song (Complete opera) – Jo Ellen Miller/ Rachel Calloway/ Robert Mack/ Mischa Bouvier/ The Mimesis Ens./ Scott Dunn – Bridge
An important and complex work of art that nonetheless sounds as if it is still searching for completeness.
“Sonates Françaises” = Cello Sonatas by MARCELLE SOULAGE; PIERRE-OCTAVE FERROUD; PAUL VIARDOT – Genevieve Ibanez, cello/ Odile Bourin, p. – Skarbo/Anima “Felix Austria” = KODÁLY: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Sonatina for Cello and Piano; LIGETI: Sonata for Solo Cello; BARTÓK: First Rhapsody; DVOŘÁK: Rondo in G Minor; JANÁČEK: Pohádka; DAVID POPPER: Hungarian Rhapsody – Pamela Smits, cello/ Sabine Simon, p. – Universe Classics
Two fascinating musical outings for cello and piano with nationalistic overtones. Which to choose? How about both!
BRAHMS: Trio in E Flat Major; AHO: Solo X; LIGETI: Trio – Marie-Luise Neunecker, Fr. horn/ Antje Weithaas, violin/ Silke Avenhaus, p. – BIS
Third version on disc of this unusual and contrasting coupling of trio works.
"KURTÁG /BACH: Play with Infinity” = KURTÁG: Játékok; KURTÁG / BACH: Atiratok – Jean-Sébastien Dureau & Vincent Planès, pianos – Hortus
Intriguing music and musical juxtapositions, plus performances blessed by the composer. The big letdown is the recording quality.
The Benoît Delbecq Trio – The Sixth Jump – Songlines
Adventurous jazz with African and European influences which has a condensed energy.
FRIEDRICH CERHA: Spiegel; Momentum; Momente – SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden /Sylvain Cambreling /ORF Radio-Symphonie Wien / Dennis Russell Davies /Friedrich Cerha – Kairos (2 SACDs)
A convenient overview of an important avant-garde composer.
Metamorphosis = BARTOK: Quartet No. 4; LIGETI: Quartet No. 1, “Metamorphoses nocturnes”; KURTAG: 12 Microludes for String Quartet, “Hommage a Andras Mihaly” – Casals Quartet – Harmonia mundi
Excellent concept album that draws great contrasts and similarities among these varied works.
Harmonies/Orgel Modern = KRENEK: Four-Winds Suite, Op. 223; LIGETI: 2 Etudes; CRISTOBAL HALFFTER: Ricercar; SCHNITTKE: 2 Little Pieces; ZSOLT DURKO: Andromeda; RAINER BISCHOF: Cadenza, Op. 19/2 – Martin Haselbock, organ – NCA
Amazing vibrant sound, but probably for specialists.