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GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ligeti - String Quartets 1 & 2 / Vocal works Artemis Quartet / Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet / Groupe Vocal de France, Guy Reibel [ EMI 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Lux Aeterna put Ligeti on the map for the wider public when Stanley Kubrick appropriated it for its unearthly effect in his film 2001, A Space Odyssey. But his music began firmly in his Hungarian roots, and bears a debt to Bartók and Kodály. |
BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / SCARLATTI / SCHUMANN / etc
The Warsaw Recital 1955 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Altara / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] "The Altara CD also includes superb performances of Beethoven…Scarlatti…Chopin…Debussy and Mompou…the sound here is altogether clearer than on any previous edition I've heard." Rob Cowan (The Gramophone) |
XENAKIS
Xenakis - Atrées, Morsima-Amorsima, Nomos Alpha, ST 4 & Achorripsis Georges Pludermacher (piano) Pierre Penassou (cello) / Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine [ EMI 20th Century / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "These 40-year-old recordings still pack a considerable acoustic punch. Remastered to keep the original colours sharp without adding anachronistic atmosphere, they provide powerful testimony of the commitment of pioneering performers to difficult but... |