György Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy
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Composer: Gyorgy LigetiConductor: Claudio Abbado
Conductor: Helmut Franz
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Conductor: David Atherton
Performer: Wiener Blasersolisten
Performer: Ensemble InterContemporain
Performer: Mary Thomas
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Performer: Gerd Zacher
Performer: Roland Pöntinen
Performer: Alfons Kontarsky
Performer: Aloys Kontarsky
Performer: Gianluca Cascioli
Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Performer: Jane Manning
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sonata for Solo Cello--Matt Haimovitz, cello;
- Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet--Members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe;
- String Quartet no. 1 "M�©tamorphoses nocturnes"--Hagen Quartet;
- Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet--Vienna Brass Soloists;
- String Quartet No. 2--LaSalle Quartet
- Atmosph�¨res for large orchestra--Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado;*
- Volumina for organ--Gerd Zacher, organ;
- Lux aeterna for 16 voices--Choir of North German Radio Hamburg;
- Organ Study no. 1 "Harmonies"--Gerd Zacher, organ;
- Lontano for orchestra--Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado;*
- Ramifications for strings--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Melodien for Orchestra--London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
- Aventures--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez; Nouvelles
- Aventures--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Cello Concerto--Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Chamber Concerto--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez;
- Mysteries of the Macabre--Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet;
- Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe--Members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe*
- The Big Turtle Fanfare from the South China Sea--Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, pianos;
- Monument-Self-portrait-Movement--Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, pianos;
- Piano Study no. 2 "Cordes � vide"--Gianluca Cascioli, piano;
- Piano Study no. 4 "Fanfares" Gianluca Cascioli, piano;
- Piano Concerto--Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano;
- Violin Concerto--Saschko Gawriloff, violin; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Music reviews of György Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy
Music Review: a tribute to Gyorgy Ligeti (1923 -- 2006)
Rating: 5 Stars
CLEAR OR CLOUDY: COMPLETE RECORDINGS ON DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON is a 4-disc set of Ligeti's music, recorded between 1968 and 1995 for DG, Decca and Philips. The format is a double jewelcase rather than a box. For anyone who has collected the entire Ligeti Edition on Sony and Ligeti Project on Teldec, of course there are no new pieces here. But for Ligeti devotees, this is an essential set if you do not already have all these recordings in their original form.
The first disc includes both String Quartets, No. 1 (1953-4) performed by the Hagen Quartett, and No. 2 (1968), one of Ligeti's masterpieces, performed by the LaSalle Quartet. The Arditti Quartet has recorded the definitive versions of the string quartets, but what makes the CLEAR OR CLOUDY presentation extraordinary is that No. 1 is preceded by the "6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet" (1953), and No. 2 is preceded by "10 Pieces for Wind Quintet" (1968). The styles of the 1950s works are similar, and so are the styles of the 1960s works, and so overall it makes a great double pairing of chamber music. The second disc includes Claudio Abbado conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in live performances of "Atmospheres" (1961) and "Lontano" (1967) from 1988, interspersed with "Volumina" and "Harmonies" for organ, also from the 1960s, "Lux aeterna," the famed choral work from 1966, featured in Kubrick's 2001, "Ramifications" from 1968-9, performed by Boulez and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, and "Melodien" for orchestra from 1971. Again, this is brilliant programming, and the works, powerful in their own right, are enhanced by the juxtaposition.
The third disc includes the vocal works "Aventures" (1962) and "Nouvelles Aventures" (1962-5), both performed by Boulez and the EI, the "Concerto for Cello & Orchestra," a 1992 recording by Boulez & EI, and two excellent chamber works -- "Chamber Concerto" (1969-70) with Boulez/EI, and "Double Concerto for Flute & Oboe" (1972) with Abbado & the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the latter live in Berlin from 1995. The fourth disc includes music for trumpet and piano, but concludes with two of the great works of Ligeti's late period, the "Concerto for Piano & Orchestra" (1985-88) and the "Concerto for Violin & Orchestra" (1989-93), both with Boulez/EI, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard on piano and Saschko Gawriloff on violin, recorded in 1992 and 1993.
With Ligeti's death in June 2006, we have lost one of the greatest composers of the late 20th century. For anyone who has not heard Ligeti's music, this set would certainly serve as an excellent introduction. Collectors will know whether they need CLEAR OR CLOUDY, but I suspect that most serious Ligeti listeners will find ample reason.
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