Allegro corrente. Rather like the Apparitions and the Cello Concerto, Ligeti's Double Concerto consists of two contrasting mouvements. This is the agitated counterpoint to the static atmospheres of Part 1."Twittering Machine" (Paul Klee) Aurèle Nicolet, fluteHeinz Holliger, oboeLondon Sinfonietta conducted by David Atherton. Recorded in 1975. [ More Detail ]
Calmo, con tenerezza. Composition of 1972. A very 'spacy' and atmospheric rendering of a very 'spacy' and atmospheric music. The composer Adrian Jack once mentioned the "Sibelian sense of menace" in the opening mouvement. "Thus blown up, she floats over yonder" (Wilhelm Furtwängler)Aurèle Nicolet, fluteHeinz Holliger, oboeLondon Sinfonietta, David Atherton conductor. Recorded 1975. [ More Detail ]
Northwestern University's Amethyst Quartet earned top honors in spring 2008 by winning the MTNA National Collegiate Chamber Music Competition (Denver, CO), the Coleman-Saunderson Prize for Woodwinds and Brass at the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition (Pasadena, CA), and the Gold Medal of the Winds Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (South Bend, IN).Their performance and competition repertoire included David Maslanka's 2006 composition Recitation Book, written for the Masato Kumoi Quartet of Japan, and Salinas's own arrangement of Six Bagatelles by György Ligeti.Amethyst Quartet members:Johnny Salinas - Soprano SaxophoneSean Hurlburt - Alto SaxophoneLuke Gay - Tenor SaxophoneZachary Pfau - Baritone SaxophoneThis video footage comes from their preliminary entry DVD used for the Fischoff Competition. [ More Detail ]
György Sándor Ligeti (May 28, 1923 -- June 12, 2006) was a Romanian born 20th century composer. Born to a Hungarian-speaking Jewish family, he briefly lived in Hungary before later becoming an Austrian citizen. 'Lux Aeterna'Kammerchor Stuttgartdir : Frieder Bernius [ More Detail ]
GYORGY LIGETI - ATMOSPHERES (1960/1) Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti, Transylvania 1923 - Austria 2006. Gyorgy Ligeti was, along with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis and Pierre Boulez, one of a group of composers that revolutionised postwar music. Perhaps his most notable, certainly his most famous, piece was Atmospheres from 1960. It is the best known of his micropolyphony/soundscape pieces. This work featured, along with Ligeti's Requiem and Lux Aeterna, on the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. [ More Detail ]
Die Pianistin Birgitta Wollenweber spielt aus "HEBDOMADAIRE op. 62" (52 Stücke vom Jahr) von Michael Denhoff die Nr. 33 "Étude" (hommage à Ligeti). [ More Detail ]
György Sándor Ligeti (pronunciado lígueti) fue un compositor húngaro judío (que residió en Austria y luego se naturalizó), ampliamente considerado como uno de los más grandes compositores de música clásica (sobre todo instrumental) del siglo XX.Nació en Dicsőszentmárton (la actual Târnăveni en Rumania) el 28 de mayo de 1923 y falleció en Viena el 12 de junio de 2006. [ More Detail ]
Quinteto de Valencia "Ad Libitum"Tres Bagatelas de G. LigetiLuis Manuel, flautaMiriam Tijereta, oboeRosangel limon10, clarineteJetsy Pierre, cornoAlejandra del Carmen, fagot [ More Detail ]
Summer edition of Rassegna Cembalistica 2006-2007 in colaboration with the class of harpsichord of the Conservatory of Rome Santa Cecilia. June 16th 2007 at Palazzo Annibaldeschi - Monte Compatri (Roma). ELISABETTA FERRI [ More Detail ]
A Nagy KaszásPéter MekisA Magyar Állami Operaház a Thália Színházban - Jonathan NottBudapest 1998http:// store.operapassion.com/dvdcc648.htmlSung in hungarian (The original German libretto was translated into Swedish for the premiere, and Mr. Ligeti has requested that the work always be performed in the language of the audience) [ More Detail ]
Karole Armitage creates an icy dreamscape for dancers Mei Hua Wang and William Isaac to explore the range of possibilities in relationships- from frayed aggression to delicate vulnerability, these vituosic dancers express the complexity of two minds together. [ More Detail ]
Parts of movements "Kyrie" and "Dies irae" from Gyorgy Ligeti's "Requiem", with photos from Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - A Space Odyssey", and with some portraits of Kubrick, and of Ligeti. [ More Detail ]
+Mesto rigido e cerimoniale+Me playing Ligeti Musica Ricercata II, a worrying Eyes Wide Shut orgy theme.Is it the most anguished piano theme?.. [ More Detail ]