Ligeti: Etudes; Capriccios

Chen, Han

8.574397

György Ligeti’s Études redefined the piano’s tonal possibilities and are considered one of his major creative achievements, as well as being one of the most significant sets of piano studies of the 20th century. They inevitably draw on influences from the past such as Chopin and Debussy, but avoid any sense of eclecticism. Ligeti’s often spectacularly virtuoso use of complex rhythms and geometric patterns proceeds from simple core ideas to create music that is ‘neither “avant-garde” nor “traditional”, neither tonal nor atonal’, and always backed by that glint of humour in the composer’s eye.

Works:

•Ligeti: Due Capricci
• Ligeti: Études for piano, book 1 (études 1-6)
• Ligeti: Étude No. 1 'Désordre'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 2 'Cordes à vide'
• Étude No. 3 'Touches bloquées'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 4 'Fanfares'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 5 'Arc-en-ciel'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 6 'Automne à Varsovie'
• Ligeti: Études for piano, book 2 (études 7-14)
• Ligeti: Étude No. 7 'Galamb Borong'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 8 'Fèm'
• Étude No. 9 'Vertige'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 10 'Der Zauberlehrling'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 11 'En suspens'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 12 'Entrelacs'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 13 'L'escalier du diable'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 14 'Coloana Infinita'
• Ligeti: Études for piano, book 3 (études 15-18)
• Étude No. 15 'White on White'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 16 'Pour Irina'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 17 'À Bout de Souffle'
• Ligeti: Étude No. 18 'Canon'

CD

Naxos

4.05.2023

747313439775