Composer: György Ligeti
Performer: Ensemble Intercontemporain, Hae-Sun Kang, Renaud Déjardin, Dimitri Vassilakis, Alain Billard, Sébastien Vichard, Hidéki Nagano, Lucas Ounissi, Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Jérôme Comte, Jens McManama, Philippe Grauvogel, Emmanuelle Ophèle, Nicolas Crosse, Eric-Maria Couturier, Odile Auboin, Diego Tosi, Dimitri Vassilakis, John Stulz, Jean-Christophe Vervoitte
Conductor: Pierre Bleuse
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA993
Release: 2024
Size: 2.25 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Concerto pour violon et orchestre
01. I. Praeludium: Vivacissimo luminoso
02. II. Aria – Hoquetus – Choral: Andante con moto
03. III. Intermezzo: Presto fluido
04. IV. Passacaglia: Lento intenso
05. V. Appassionato: Agitato molto
Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre
06. I. ♩ = 40
07. II. Lo stesso tempo
Concerto pour piano et orchestre
08. I. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso
09. II. Lento e deserto
10. III. Vivace cantabile
11. IV. Allegro risoluto
12. V. Presto luminoso
CD 02
Kammerkonzert pour treize instrumentistes
01. I. Corrente
02. II. Calmo sostenuto
03. III. Movimento preciso e meccanico
04. IV. Presto
Capriccio no. 1
05. Allegretto capriccioso
Capriccio no. 2
06. Allegro robusto
Fünf Stücke pour piano à quatre mains
07. I. Induló
08. II. Polifón etüd
09. III. Három Lakodalmi tánc: No. 1, kapuban a szekér
10. III. Három Lakodalmi tánc: No. 2, Hopp ide tisztán
11. III. Három Lakodalmi tánc: No. 3, Csángó forgós
12. IV. Sonatina: No. 1, Allegro
13. IV. Sonatina: No. 2, Andante
14. IV. Sonatina: No. 3, AVivace
15. V. Allegro
Sonate pour alto
16. I. Hora Lungâ. Lento rubato, ma ritmico
17. II. Loop. Molto vivace, ritmico – With Swing
18. III. Facsar. Andante cantabile ed espressivo
19. IV. Prestissimo con sordino
20. V. Lamento. Tempo giusto, intenso e barbaro
21. VI. Chaconne chromatique. Vivace appassionato, molto ritmico e feroce
Trio pour violon, cor et piano
22. I. Andantino con tenerezza
23. II. Vivacissimo molto ritmico
24. III. Alla marcia
25. IV. Lamento. Adagio
The Ensemble Intercontemporain and its new music director Pierre Bleuse pay homage to Gyorgy Ligeti, whose centenary we celebrated in 2023: ‘Ligeti is one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century and certainly one of those who first made a powerful aesthetic impact on me personally!… This recording, which combines concertos and chamber music, highlights the EIC’s qualities as soloists and chamber musicians. And I’m not forgetting that Ligeti is an integral part of the repertoire of the Ensemble, which has performed his works extensively… So this is an ideal way of beginning my own story with the EIC’, says Pierre Bleuse, who brings his personal conception to these works and seeks to approach each score like ‘a virgin forest’. A noteworthy feature here is the new cadenza composed by Philippe Maunoury for the Violin Concerto, with Hae-Sun Kang as soloist. Renaud Dejardin (cello) and Dimitri Vassilakis (piano) perform the other concertos of this tribute programme.