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- Date Released: October 1, 2006
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Chamber Music
- Label: BIS / IODA
One of the few composers to survive both Hitler and Stalin.
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In much of György Ligeti's work, you can hear the sound of a grand comedian — his opera Le Grand Macabre begins by poking fun at Monteverdi's "Orfeo," mocking its strident brass with an overture composed of 12 car horns — but his piano pieces are often a different story. Few will forget the stark and haunting opening notes to "Musica Ricercata: II," which soundtracked the psychosexual odyssey of Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut. Fewer still will forget the forlorn, chiming dissonance of his Arc-en-ciel étude once they hear it. You can hardly blame him. Not many composers can claim to have survived both Hitler and Stalin. (Ligeti's brother and father died at Auschwitz and Ligeti fled Budapest in 1956 after the Soviets crushed a nascent rebellion.) But Ligeti doesn't always leave his rubber chicken at home — listen carefully to "3 Bagatelles for David Tudor" and tell us if you hear much more than a single piano note over its one-and-half minutes.
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| 01. |  |
Etudes, Book 1: No. 1. Desordre
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2:19 |  |
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Etudes, Book 1: No. 2. Cordes a vide
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3:14 | |
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Etudes, Book 1: No. 3. Touches bloquees
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1:51 | |
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Etudes, Book 1: No. 4. Fanfares
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3:24 | |
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Etudes, Book 1: No. 5. Arc-en-ciel
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3:33 | |
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Etudes, Book 1: No. 6. Automne a Varsovie
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4:22 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 7. Galamb borong
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2:25 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 8. Fem
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2:34 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 9. Vertige
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2:27 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 10. Der Zauberlehrling
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2:23 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 11. En suspens
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2:33 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 12. Entrelacs
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2:49 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 13. L'escalier du diable
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5:09 | |
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Etudes, Book 2: No. 14. Coloana infinita
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1:45 | |
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Etudes, Book 3: No. 15. White on White
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3:13 | |
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Etudes, Book 3: No. 16. Pour Irina
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3:00 | |
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Etudes, Book 3: No. 17. A bout de souffle
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2:16 | |
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Etudes, Book 3: No. 18. Canon
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1:37 | |
| 19. |
L'arrache-coeur (originally intended as Piano Etude No. 11)
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4:57 | ||
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19 Total Tracks, 55:51 Total Length
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| 01. |
4 Early Piano Pieces (Basso Ostinato): No. 1. Allegro
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0:38 | ||
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4 Early Piano Pieces (Basso Ostinato): No. 2. Allegretto
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0:33 | ||
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4 Early Piano Pieces (Basso Ostinato): No. 3. Trefas moderato
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0:43 | ||
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4 Early Piano Pieces (Basso Ostinato): No. 4. Allegro vivace
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0:37 | ||
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Indulo (March) for 2 pianos
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2:13 | |
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Polifon etud (Polyphonic Etude) for 2 pianos
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1:46 | |
| 07. | |
Allegro for piano 4 hands
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0:57 | |
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2 Capricci: No. 1. Allegretto capriccioso
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2:22 | |
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2 Capricci: No. 2. Allegro robusto
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2:16 | |
| 10. | |
Invention
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1:14 | |
| 11. | |
Sonatina for 2 pianos: I. Allegro
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1:10 | |
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Sonatina for 2 pianos: II. Andante
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1:54 | |
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Sonatina for 2 pianos: III. Vivace
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1:27 | |
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3 lakodalmi tanc (3 Wedding Dances) for 2 pianos: No. 1. A kapuban a szeker
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0:28 | |
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3 lakodalmi tanc (3 Wedding Dances) for 2 pianos: No. 2. Hopp ide tisztan
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1:33 | |
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3 lakodalmi tanc (3 Wedding Dances) for 2 pianos: No. 3. Csango forgos
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1:00 | |
| 17. | |
Musica Ricercata: I. Sostenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
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2:25 | |
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Musica Ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
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3:27 | |
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Musica Ricercata: III. Allegro con spirito
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1:09 | |
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Musica Ricercata: IV. Tempo di valse (poco vivace - 'a l'orgue de Barbarie')
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2:21 | |
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Musica Ricercata: V. Rubato, Lamentoso
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3:37 | |
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Musica Ricercata: VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
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0:50 | |
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Musica Ricercata: VII. Cantabile, molto legato
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3:59 | |
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Musica Ricercata: VIII. Vivace, Energico
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0:58 | |
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Musica Ricercata: IX. Adagio Mesto, "Bela Bartok in memoriam"
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2:48 | |
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Musica Ricercata: X. Vivace. Capriccioso
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1:16 | |
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Musica Ricercata: XI. Andante misurato e tranquillo, "Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi"
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4:51 | |
| 28. | |
Chromatische Phantasie
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5:32 | |
| 29. |
3 Bagatelles for David Tudor: No. 1. —
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0:29 | |
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| 30. |
3 Bagatelles for David Tudor: No. 2. —
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0:20 | |
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| 31. |
3 Bagatelles for David Tudor: No. 3. —
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0:35 | |
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3 Pieces for 2 pianos: No. 1. Monument
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5:17 | |
| 33. | |
3 Pieces for 2 pianos: No. 2. Selbstportrait mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei)
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8:31 | |
| 34. | |
3 Pieces for 2 pianos: No. 3. In zart fliessender Bewegung
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4:57 | |
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