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Fredrik Ullén, Nobuko Imai, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Schola Heidelberg - 1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey (2012)

Fredrik Ullén, Nobuko Imai, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Schola Heidelberg - 1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey (2012)
  • Title: 1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey
  • Year Of Release: 2012
  • Label: BIS
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 81:25
  • Total Size: 327 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Invention (1948) 1'08
Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953) 11'17
02. I. Allegro con spirito 1'02
03. II. Ribato. Lamentoso 3'06
04. III. Allegro grazioso 2'28
05. IV. Presto ruvido 0'58
06. V. Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam) 2'23
07. VI. Molto vivace. Capriccioso 1'20
08. Volumina for organ (1961–62, rev. 1966) 17'34
09. Lux aeterna for 16-part mixed choir a cappella (1966) 8'35
Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968) 13'21
10. I. Molto sostenuto e calmo 2'28
11. II. Prestissimo minaccioso e burlesco 0'47
12. III. Lento 1'39
13. IV. Prestissimo leggiero e virtuoso 0'50
14. V. Prestissimo staccatissimo e leggiero 0'28
15. VI. Prestissimo staccatissimo e leggiero 1'04
16. VII. Vivo, energico 1'00
17. VIII. Allegro con delicatezza 2'44
18. IX. Sostenuto, stridente 1'13
19. X. Presto bizzarro e rubato 1'08
Sonata for Solo Viola (1991–94) 22'40
20. I. Hora lungˇa 5'30
21. II. Loop 2'36
22. III. Facsar 6'10
23. IV. Prestissimo con sordino 1'32
24. V. Lamento 3'33
25. VI. Chaconne chromatique 3'19
from Études pour piano (1985–2001) 5'29
26. 3. Touches bloquées (from 1er livre, 1985) 1'46
27. 18. Canon (from 3ème livre, 2001) 1'28
28. 17. À bout de souffle (from 3ème livre, 1997) 2'15

Performers:
Fredrik Ullén (piano)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Schola Heidelberg

This chronological exploration of the musical universe of György Ligeti begins in 1948, with a brief piece for solo piano composed by a 25-year old music student in Budapest and ends with his final compositions, also for solo piano, when Ligeti had long since become established as one of the truly great figures of 20th-century music.
On the way, it takes in a number of works which demonstrate the kaleidoscopic qualities of the composer and his oeuvre – from the sharply delineated sense of humour displayed in the Six Bagatelles to the otherworldliness of Lux Aeterna (used by Stanley Kubrick in his film 2001 – a space odyssey), and the sheer mass of Volumina for organ, in which the performer uses elbows, arms and the palms of his hands in order to strike the largest possible number of keys at the same time.
The music and its creator are described in an enlightening essay by the musicologist Arnold Whittall, who quotes a remark by Ligeti himself as one explanation for this almost bewildering range of moods and atmospheres: ‘every­thing that is direct and unambiguous is alien to me’. Ligeti’s œuvre certainly bears this out, while also testifying to another observation by the composer: ‘what is serious is at the same time comical, and the comical is terrifying’.
The present, amply filled anthology brings together some seminal Ligeti works in interpretations that were highly praised when originally released, by performers of international standing, including Nobuko Imai, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Fredrik Ullén and Hans-Ola Ericsson, as well as the eminent vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg.




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