Tracklista: Ligeti 1. Mysteries of the Macabre Jolivet 2. Heptade Hosokawa 3. Im Nebel Hamilton 4. Five Scenes Takemitsu 5. Paths Gruber 6. Exposed Throat
Tracklista: 1. Atmosphères - Composed By György Ligeti. Performed By The Südwestfunk Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Ernest Bour 2. Prelude (Sonnenaufgang) - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Composed by Richard Strauss. Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Karl Böhm 3. Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs and Orchestra - Composed by György Ligeti. Performed by Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Francis Travis 4. An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (The Blue Danube) - Composed by Johann Strauss II. Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan 5. Lux aeterna - Composed by György Ligeti. Performed by Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Conducted by Helmut Franz 6. Adagio from Gayaneh - Composed by Aram Il’yich Khachaturian. Performed by Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky 7. Aventures - Composed by György Ligeti. Performed by Pierre Boulez Conducting Ensemble Intercontemporain with Jane Manning, Mary Thomas, William Pearson
Along with the two major works for the unusual combination of horn, violin and piano, this disc also brings together a rather incongruous pair of composers: Johannes Brahms, generally regarded as the great traditionalist of the late 19th century, and György Ligeti, born 90 years after Brahms, and one of the most innovative and progressive figures of his time. Why Brahms chose to compose for this previously unheard-of combination of instruments is not known – what we do know is that he himself played the horn in his youth, and that it had also been a principal instrument of his father. It is also generally recognized that although the inspiration for the piece came to him in 1864, the death of his mother the following year had a great impact on the piece, and especially on the elegiac third movement, Adagio mesto (‘sad’), possibly one of Brahms’s most intimate and heart-felt slow movements. Ligeti composed his trio to be performed during the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Brahms’ birth and gave it the subtitle ‘Hommage à Brahms’, but also commented that ‘the only thing reminiscent of Brahms is perhaps a certain smilingly conservative comportment – with distinctly ironic distance’. There are nevertheless points of similarity – both works are in four movements, for instance, and Ligeti too includes a slow movement, Lamento, of an emotional expressivity unusual for this composer. The two trios frame a substantial, newly composed piece for horn solo written by Kalevi Aho with the present recording in mind. Marie-Luise Neunecker, who performs it and the demanding horn parts of the trios, needs no further introduction: acclaimed as a chamber musician as well as soloist it was for her that György Ligeti wrote one of his last works, the Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra. On this disc she is in the company of the eminent musicians Antje Weithaas and Silke Avenhaus, both appearing for the first time on the BIS label.
Album pochodzącego z Północnej Karoliny cenionego klasycznego pianisty Jeremy'ego Denka, absolwenta słynnej szkoły Julliard. Podwójne wydawnictwo "c.1300–c.2000" zawiera kompozycje, które składają się na program występów Amerykanina i obejmują aż 700 lat historii muzyki. W sumie jest ich 24, a skomponowali je między innymi Machaut, Binchois, Gesualdo, Stockhausen, Ligeti, Glass, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin. Tracklista: CD 1 1. Guillaume de Machaut: Doulz amis 2. Gilles Binchois: Triste plaisir 3. Johannes Ockeghem: Kyrie – Christe eleison from Missa prolationum 4. Guillaume Dufay: Franc cuer gentil 5. Josquin des Prez: Kyrie from Missa Pange lingua 6. Clément Janequin: Au joly jeu du pousse avant 7. William Byrd: “A voluntarie, for my ladye nevell” from My Ladye Nevells Booke 8. Carlo Gesualdo: “O dolce mio tesoro” from Madrigali, Book VI 9. Claudio Monteverdi: “Zefiro torna, e di soavi accenti,” SV 251, from Scherzi Musicali (1632) 10. Henry Purcell: Ground in C Minor, Z. T681, from Ye Tuneful Muses 11. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 551 12. Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903 CD 2 1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 - II. Andante 2. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 - I. Maestoso; Allegro con brio ed appassionato 3. Robert Schumann: “In der Nacht” from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12, No. 5 4. Frédéric Chopin: Preludes No. 1 in C Major & No. 2 in A Minor from 24 Preludes, Op. 28 5. Richard Wagner (tr. Franz Liszt): “Isoldens Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde 6. Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in B Minor from Klavierstücke, Op. 119, No. 1 7. Arnold Schoenberg: “Mässige Viertel” from Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11, No. 1 8. Claude Debussy: “Reflets dans l’eau” from Images, Book I 9. Igor Stravinsky: Piano-Rag-Music 10. Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück I 11. Philip Glass: Etude No. 2 12. György Ligeti: “Automne à Varsovie” from Etudes, Book I, No. 6 13. Gilles Binchois: Triste plaisir
Dzięki "Stepping Back, Jumping In" Laura Jurd stworzyła ekosystem pełen dźwiękowego kontrastu, wielu warstw i wymiarów, z rygorystyczną kompozycją obok improwizujących przestrzeni. Rezultatem jest dynamiczna, żywa muzyka prezentująca jedną z najbardziej ekscytujących współczesnych kompozytorek-instrumentalistek. Laura znana jest już słuchaczom z prowadzonego przez siebie zespołu Dinosaur, bardzo dobrze przyjętego tak przez krytyków jak i publiczność. Muzycy: Laura Jurd: trumpet Raphael Clarkson, Alex Paxton: trombone Martin Lee Thomson - euphonium Soosan Lolavar: santoor Rob Luft: banjo, guitars Elliot Galvin: piano Anja Lauvdal: synth, electronics Conor Chaplin: double bass Liz Exell: drum kit Corrie Dick: drum kit The Ligeti Quartet: Mandhira de Saram - violin Patrick Dawkins - violin Richard Jones - viola Cecilia Bignall - cello (guest cellist) Tracklista: 1. Jumping In 10:48 2. Ishtar 12:10 3. I Am The Spring, You Are The Earth 8:45 4. Jump Cut Shuffle 9:27 5. Companion Species 8:43 6. Stepping Back 8:06