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Ligeti, Gyorgy Sandor was born on May 28, 1923 in Dicsoszentmarton, Romania. Son of Sandor Ligeti and Ilona Somogyi.
(These are three of György Ligeti's more popular works, wi...)
These are three of György Ligeti's more popular works, with the word "popular" used with some hesitation. Ligeti is about as post-modern as you can get. The works here are played quite aggressively by the Ensemble InterContemporain, but I prefer the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra on Sony 58945. I do like Boulez's take on the Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra. It's a practically silent work, almost impossible to play--but the Ensemble InterContemporain pulls it off. The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra is also expertly played. Ligeti is an acquired taste. If Ligeti is your man, you'll want this release. --Paul Cook
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Ondine proudly presents a release of the Violin Concerto and orchestral works by Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) featuring Benjamin Schmid, the Finnish RSO and Hannu Lintu. The disc presents an excellent overview to the development of Ligeti's compositional technique over a period of 30 years; one of the most impressive developmental progressions in the history of 20th century music.
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No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: LIGETI,G. Title: SOLO PNO Street Release Date: 01/28/1997 Domestic Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
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(Recorded at FARAO Studios Munich, 2008 Booklet: (German...)
Recorded at FARAO Studios Munich, 2008 Booklet: (German, English) · texts · biographies Brahms' Horn Trio (Op. 40) composed in 1865 belongs to the most important and pivotal chamber music works of his entire output and has been recorded by the Munich Horn Trio exactly as he wanted to hear it: using historical instruments dating from the time of its composition! Julian Riem plays on a perfectly restored Bechstein piano made in 1862, Johannes Dengler uses a reconstruction of an 1803 Halari natural horn and Markus Wolf has at his disposal a Stradivarius made in 1722. The distinctive feature of the natural horn is its own particular tone quality which differs on each note of the scale. It was with this quality of sound in mind that Brahms wrote this piece, and for the rest of his life he tried to prevent any performance of it featuring a modern valve horn. After only a few bars of music it becomes quite apparent how well the original sound quality of the "old" instruments harmonizes with the composition - especially the various idiosyncratic tonal nuances of the horn. Thanks to György Ligeti's own horn trio, composed in 1982, Brahms' composition is not the only work of this genre. Ligeti's piece was composed for the city of Hamburg's celebrations of Brahms' 150th birthday and bears the title Hommage à Brahms. The "Quatre petites pièces pour piano, violon et cor" by Koechlin, although only short, is a nonetheless extremely delicate and in the best sense of the expression romantic-impressionistic piece of music. What makes this recording so extraordinary is the association of the natural horn as an old instrument and the valve horn as a modern one. The mastery of both instruments by one and the same musician is a rare occurrence indeed. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Trio for French horn, violin and piano op. 40 György Ligeti (1923-2006) Trio for violin, horn and piano Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Quatre petites pièces pour piano, violon et cor (Four little pieces for piano, violin and horn)
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Ligeti, Gyorgy Sandor was born on May 28, 1923 in Dicsoszentmarton, Romania. Son of Sandor Ligeti and Ilona Somogyi.
Budapest Academy, of Music. With Ferenc Farkas and Sandor Veress, Budapest Academy, of Music.
Worked in Electronic Studios, Cologne, Federation Republic of Germany. Active in music composition, Cologne, Vienna, Stockholm, Berlin and Darmstadt. Professor, of Composition, Hamburg Music Academy 1973-1989.
(Ondine proudly presents a release of the Violin Concerto ...)
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Swedish Royal Academy, of Music 1964, Academy, of Arts, Berlin 1968, Free Academy, of Arts, Hamburg 1972, Bavarian Academy, of Fine Arts, Munich 1978, American Academy, and Institute of Arts and Letters 1984.
Married Doctor Vera Spitz in 1957.