CD, Ligeti (composer)
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Plaisirs illuminés
Veress - Ginastera - Coll
Camerata Bern (chamber ensemble), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Thomas Kaufmann, Marko Milenkovic, Sonja Starke, Suyeon Kang, Sol Gabetta (cello), Käthi Steuri
Two threads run through this adventurous disc – the spirit of Béla Bartók and the Camerata Bern’s prowess – but the force of personality at the centre of it all comes from the violinist Patricia... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Concerto
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Musica Viva 22
RecommendedPierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, George Benjamin
This is special. Three utterly captivating, ear-tickling pieces by composers from successive generations in superlative performances…the centrepiece of the disc is the world premiere performance... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Contemporary
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Bartók & Ligeti: Ensemble Intercontemporain
Jérôme Comte (clarinet), Diego Tosi (violin) & Sébastien Vichard (piano), Gilles Durot, Samuel Favre (percussions) & Dimitri Vassilakis, Sébastien Vichard (pianos), Hidéki Nagano (piano), Pierre Strauch (cello), Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin)
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher
Others may have taken the opening Vivace of Ligeti's Piano Concerto at more of a lick, but the precision here packs a punch, and there's a sheer sense of fun as the final two movements develop... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
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Ligeti: Concertos RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano)
BIT20 Ensemble, Baldur Brönnimann
what comes across in all this music is [Ligeti's] unerring ear for colour and harmony. The performances by Baldur Brönnimann and the Norwegian BIT20 Ensemble are brilliant throughout. An indispensable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony Benjamin Schmid (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
As [Lintu] prises open Ligeti's mulched-up woodwind micropolyphony...time feels curiously suspended, the high-speed urgency of the music hurtling forwards slowly and unobtrusively...Ligeti's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Zigeunerweisen: Bartok/ Ravel/ Dopper/ de Sarasate
Peter Verhoyen, Ilonka Kolthof, Anke Lauwers, Thomas Fabry (piccolo), Stefan De Schepper (piano), Ann-Sofie Verhoyen (harp)
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Walton's Cello Concerto is like a bottle of vintage wine from the composer's home on the Italian island of Ischia… its warmth, finesse and wry serenity are qualities that appeal all the more... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Ligeti: Six Bagatelles, Chamber Concerto & Ten Pieces For Wind Quintet (live)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Ligeti is so wildly imaginative that there’s no predicting what his voice will express next, but if you already appreciate him or want an introduction that is beautifully and expressively played,... — More…
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Festival - Classical Music in Switzerland
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Schumann Quartet, Sebastian Bohren (violin), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Saskia Giorgini (piano), Rugula Muhlemann (soprano), Robin Muller (violin), Jonian-Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano), Silke Gang (mezzo-soprano), Oliwia Grabowska (piano),...
13 CDs
$88.50
