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Esa-Pekka Salonen · Bob Chilcott · Nigel Short · Zsigmond Szathmáry · Michael Collins · Richard Watkins · Philharmonia Orchestra · Irvine Arditti · Philip Lawson · Garth Knox

Sony Classical2010Cat. 886976164123h 49m59 tracks

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Disc 1

09

String Quartet No. 2: I. Allegro Nervoso

György Ligeti - String Quartet no. 2

Garth Knox, Irvine Arditti

4:46

10

String Quartet No. 2: II. Sostenuto, Molto Calmo

György Ligeti - String Quartet no. 2

Garth Knox, Irvine Arditti

4:32

11

String Quartet No. 2: III. Come Un Meccanismo Di Precisione

György Ligeti - String Quartet no. 2

Garth Knox, Irvine Arditti

3:04

12

String Quartet No. 2: IV. Presto Furioso, Brutale, Tumultuoso

György Ligeti - String Quartet no. 2

Garth Knox, Irvine Arditti

2:03

13

String Quartet No. 2: V. Allegro Con Delicatezza

György Ligeti - String Quartet no. 2

Garth Knox, Irvine Arditti

5:37

14

Hommage À Hilding Rosenberg: Andante Con Moto

György Ligeti - Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg

1:09

15

Baladă Şi Joc: I. Baladă. Andante

György Ligeti - Ballad and Dance

1:54

16

Baladă Şi Joc: II. Joc. Allegro Vivace

György Ligeti - Ballad and Dance

1:28

Disc 4

01

Nonsense Madrigals: I. Two Dreams And Little Bat

György Ligeti - Nonsense Madrigals

Bob Chilcott, Nigel Short, Philip Lawson

2:14

02

Nonsense Madrigals: II. Cuckoo In The Pear-Tree

György Ligeti - Nonsense Madrigals

Bob Chilcott, Nigel Short, Philip Lawson

1:33

03

Nonsense Madrigals: III. The Alphabet

György Ligeti - Nonsense Madrigals

Bob Chilcott, Nigel Short, Philip Lawson

3:33

04

Nonsense Madrigals: IV. Flying Robert

György Ligeti - Nonsense Madrigals

Bob Chilcott, Nigel Short, Philip Lawson

2:43

05

Nonsense Madrigals: V. The Lobster Quadrille

György Ligeti - Nonsense Madrigals

Bob Chilcott, Nigel Short, Philip Lawson

1:50

06

Nonsense Madrigals: VI. A Long, Sad Tale

György Ligeti - Nonsense Madrigals

Bob Chilcott, Nigel Short, Philip Lawson

1:28

07

Mysteries Of The Macabre From The Opera Le Grand Macabre

György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:49

08

György Ligeti - Aventures

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

11:20

09

Nouvelles Aventures: I. Sostenuto

György Ligeti - Nouvelles aventures

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:54

10

Nouvelles Aventures: II. Agitato Molto

György Ligeti - Nouvelles aventures

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:51

Disc 6

19

György Ligeti - Ricercare: Omaggio a G. Frescobaldi

Zsigmond Szathmáry

4:34

20

Two Studies For Organ: I. Harmonies

György Ligeti - Two Studies for Organ

Zsigmond Szathmáry

6:42

21

Two Studies For Organ: II. Coulées

György Ligeti - Two Studies for Organ

Zsigmond Szathmáry

4:03

22

György Ligeti - Volumina

Zsigmond Szathmáry

14:41

Disc 7

01

Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano: I. Andantino Con Tenerezza

György Ligeti - Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano

Saschko Gawriloff

6:13

02

Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano: II. Vivacissimo Molto Ritmico

György Ligeti - Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano

Saschko Gawriloff

5:28

03

Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano: III. Alla Marcia

György Ligeti - Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano

Saschko Gawriloff

3:18

04

Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano: IV. Lamento. Adagio

György Ligeti - Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano

Saschko Gawriloff

7:44

16

Six Bagatelles For Wind Quintet: II. Rubato. Lamentoso

György Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet: No. 6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso

Michael Collins, Richard Watkins

3:01

17

Six Bagatelles For Wind Quintet: III. Allegro Grazioso

György Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet: No. 5. Adagio. Mesto

Michael Collins, Richard Watkins

2:39

20

Six Bagatelles For Wind Quintet: VI. Molto Vivace. Capriccioso

György Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet: No. 1. Allegro con spirito

Michael Collins, Richard Watkins

1:24

Disc 8

01

Le Grand Macabre: Car Horn Prelude

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Car Horn Prelude

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

0:56

02

Le Grand Macabre, Scene One: "Dies Irae"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene I. "Dies irae" (Piet, Amanda, Amando, Nekrotzar)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:22

03

Le Grand Macabre, Scene One: "Away, You Swagpot!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene I. "Away, you swagpot!" (Nekrotzar, Piet)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:26

04

Le Grand Macabre, Scene One: "Shut Up!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene I. "Shut up!" (Nekrotzar, Piet, Chorus)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:13

05

Le Grand Macabre, Scene One: "Oh … !" / "Amanda! Can Do No More!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene I. "Oh..! - Amanda! Can do no more!" (Amanda, Amando, Piet)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

0:41

06

Le Grand Macabre, Scene One: "Ha-ha-ha-ha! Hey! Give Me My Requisites!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene I. "Ha-ha-ha-ha! Give me my requisites" (Nekrotzar, Piet, Chorus)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:04

07

Le Grand Macabre, Scene One: "Melting Snow Is Thy Breast!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene I. "Melting snow is thy breast" (Amando, Amanda)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:36

08

Le Grand Macabre, Scene One: Second Car Horn Prelude

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Second Car Horn Prelude

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

0:41

09

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Two: "One! Two! Three! Five!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene II. "One! Two! Three! Five!" (Mescalina, Astradamors)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:54

10

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Two: "Shapely And Attractive Figure"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene II. "Shapely and attractive figure" (Mescalina, Astradamors)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:19

11

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Two: "Venus! Venus!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene II. "Venus! Venus!" (Mescalina, Astradamors)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

1:33

12

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Two: "Stop!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene II. "Stop! - Sh!.. Quiet, for heaven's sake!" (Astradamors, Nekrotzar, Piet, Mescalina, Venus, Chorus)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:30

13

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Two: "Who's There? A Man?"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene II. "Who's there? A man? - A man!" (Mescalina, Nekrotzar, Venus, Piet, Astradamors)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:23

14

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Two: Finale: "Fire And Death I Bring"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene II. "Fire and death I bring" (Nekrotzar, Piet, Astradamors)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:27

Disc 9

01

Le Grand Macabre: Doorbell Prelude

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Doorbell Prelude

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

0:54

02

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Arse-Licker, Arse-Kisser!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Arse-licker, arse-kisser!" (White Minister, Black Minister, Prince Go-Go)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:35

03

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Posture Exercises!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Posture exercises!" (Black Minister, White Minister, Prince Go-Go)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:28

04

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Tsk…" - "Psssst!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Tsk... - Psssst! - Ha! Head of my secret service!" (Chorus, Gepopo, Prince Go-Go, White Minister, Black Minister)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:22

05

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Ahh! … Secret Cypher!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Ahh!.. Secret cypher!" (Gepopo, Prince Go-Go, White Minister, Black Minister)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:37

06

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Hurray, Hurray! My Wife Is Dead"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Hurray, hurray! My wife is dead" (Astradamors, Prince Go-Go, Chorus)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:00

07

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: Nekrotzar's Entrance

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. Nekrotzar's entrance

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:19

08

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Woe! Ooh!" / "For The Day Of Wrath"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Woe! Ooh! - For the day of wrath" (Nekrotzar, Astradamors, Chorus)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:17

09

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "There's No Need To Fear"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "There's no need to fear" (Astradamors, Piet, Nektrotzar)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:03

10

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Up!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Up! - Drink! - Up!" (Nekrotzar, Piet, Astradamors)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

1:28

11

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: Galimatias: "Hmm! It's Delicious!"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Hmm! It's delicious!" (Nekrotzar, Piet, Astradamors, Prince Go-Go)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:46

12

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Three: "Where Am I? What Time Is It?"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene III. "Where am I? What time is it?" (Nekrotzar, Piet, Prince Go-Go, Astradamors, Chorus)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:47

13

Le Grand Macabre: Interlude

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Interlude

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

1:34

14

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Four: "Ghost Astradamors, Are You Dead?"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene IV. "Ghost Astradamors, are you dead?" (Piet, Astradamors, Prince Go-Go, Ruffiack, Schobiack, Schabernack, Nektrotzar, Mescalina, White Minister, Black Minister)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:39

15

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Four: Mirror Canon. Nekrotzar's Death

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene IV. Nekrotzar's Death

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:17

16

Le Grand Macabre, Scene Four: Finale. Passacaglia: "Ah, It Was Good"

György Ligeti - Le Grand Macabre: Scene IV. "Ah, it was good" (Amando, Amando, all without Nekrotzar)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:07