Composer: György Ligeti
Performer: Han Chen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574397
Release: 2023
Size: 211 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Études for piano, book 1 (études 1-6)
01. No. 1, Désordre
02. No. 2, Cordes à vide
03. No. 3, Touches bloquées
04. No. 4, Fanfares
05. No. 5, Arc-en-ciel
06. No. 6, Automne à Varsovie
Études for piano, book 3 (études 15-18)
07. No. 15, White on White
08. No. 16, Pour Irina
09. No. 17, À bout de souffle
10. No. 18, Canon
11. Capriccio No. 1
12. Capriccio No. 2
Études for piano, book 2 (études 7-14)
13. No. 7, Galamb Borong
14. No. 8, Fém
15. No. 9, Vertige
16. No. 10, Der Zauberlehrling
17. No. 11, En Suspens
18. No. 12, Entrelacs
19. No. 13, L’escalier du diable
20. No. 14, Columna infinită
21. No. 14a, Coloana fără sfârşit
Gyorgy Ligeti’s etudes 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.