Ligeti - Études pour Piano
Pianist Cathy Krier combines all 18 of the composer's etudes
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GEN 24914d EAN: 4260036259148
30.8.2024
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György Ligeti composed his 18 Études pour Piano over a period of more than 17 years. His first book of six Études was published in 1985. From the outset, the composer planned to compose a second volume, also comprising six Études. The reference to the piano tradition and the collections of six and twelve études by Chopin, Liszt and Debussy is obvious. The second book, composed between 1988 and 1994, contains eight pieces. His third and final book contains four more, composed between 1995 and 2001. Although Ligeti composed his Études independently of each other, the arrangement within the three books is the result of a selective and well thought-out project: each book forms its own cycle.
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- György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Book 1
No. 1: Désordre - Molto vivace, vigoroso, molto ritmico - No. 2: Cordes à vide - Andantino rubato, molto tenero
- No. 3: Touches bloquées - Vivacissimo, sempre molto ritmico – Feroce, impetuoso, poco molto meno viv
- No. 4: Fanfares - Vivacissimo, molto ritmico, con allegria e slancio
- No. 5: Arc-en-ciel - Andante con eleganza, with swing
- No. 6: Automne à Varsovie - Presto cantabile, molto ritmico e flessibile
- György Ligeti
Book 2
No. 7: Galamb Borong - Vivacissimo luminoso, legato possible - No. 8: Fém - Vivace risoluto, con vigore
- No. 9: Vertige - Prestissimo sempre molto legato
- No. 10: Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) - Prestissimo, staccatissimo, leggierissimo
- No. 11: En Suspens - Andante con moto ,“avec l’élégance du swing“
- No. 12: Entrelacs - Vivacissimo molto ritmico
- No. 13: L’escalier du diable (The Devil's Staircase) - Presto legato, ma leggiero
- No. 14: Coloana infinită (Infinite Column) - Presto possible, tempestoso con fuoco
- György Ligeti
Book 3
No. 15: White on White - Andante con tenerezza, Vivacissimo con brio - No. 16: Pour Irina - Andante con espressione, rubato, molto legato - Allegro con moto, sempre legato
- No. 17: Á bout de souffle (Out of Breath) - Presto con bravura
- No. 18: Canon - Vivace poco rubato – Prestissimo
György Ligeti composed his 18 Études pour Piano over a period of more than 17 years. His first book of six Études was published in 1985. From the outset, the composer planned to compose a second volume, also comprising six Études. The reference to the piano tradition and the collections of six and twelve études by Chopin, Liszt and Debussy is obvious. The second book, composed between 1988 and 1994, contains eight pieces. His third and final book contains four more, composed between 1995 and 2001. Although Ligeti composed his Études independently of each other, the arrangement within the three books is the result of a selective and well thought-out project: each book forms its own cycle.