György Ligeti

Beide Kanons sind im strengen Stil gehalten, wirken aber ganz unterschiedlich: Während der erste das Strömen des Flusses in tonaler Harmonik illustriert, versinnbildlicht der zweite (für Frauenchor ge...

Ligeti illustre d'abord la transition de la nuit au jour par un double canon à huit voix, puis dans un style s'approchant de plus en plus du motet. Avec des onomatopées comme le chant du coq, le tic-t...

Ligeti wrote this piece during his studies, influenced by the style of his role models Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. Time, dynamics and tempo changes provide delightful contrasts in the both modern a...

Since the time of his childhood in Transylvania, Ligeti had been familiar with both Hungarian and Romanian folk music. He makes reference to approximately fifty folk song arrangements similar to Négy...

Stimmensatz - Klavier, 2 Sopran-Blockflöten, 5 Schlagzeuge, 4 Violinen I, 4 Violinen II, 4 Violinen III, 3 Violoncelli, 2 Kontrabässe

Streicher-Ergänzungssatz - 2 Sopran-Blockflöten, 2 Violinen I, 2 Violinen II, 2 Violinen III, 2 Violoncelli, Kontrabass

This work, regarded as a homage to Brahms, has a key position within Ligeti's oeuvre. It is especially notable for the pithy way in which the memorable thematic material is shaped into precisely defin...

The formal thinking behind the piece is based on the interaction between individually determined periodic rhythms and a cumulative polyrhythmic overall structure. Although the overall rhythmic structu...

Ein Stück, das man in Stresssituationen wohl besser nicht hört. Continuum' von György Ligeti ist eines der berühmtesten Werke der 1960er Jahre, ein Klassiker der Moderne. Entspannen kann man sich dabe...

Für 2 Frauen- oder Kinderchöre (SMezA/Mez) a cappella.

I composed my opera Le Grand Macabre from 1974 to 1997. The Mysteries of the Macabre are arrangements of three coloratura arias of the chief of the “Secret Political Police” which have been arranged (...

2-3stimmigen Kinderchor (Frauenchor, ad lib. Männerchor) a cappella

An irresistible elemental power emanates from the eleven pieces of the Musica Ricercata composed between 1951 and 1953. The early piano work by the famous Hungarian György Ligeti arose from experiment...

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade advanced)

It is fascinating how the famous Hungarian composer skilfully superimposes rhythms which, with shifted accents and different speeds, create a third dimension of hearing, like an optical illusion. The...

This is not a conventional collection of harmless little piano pieces but rather a thought-provoking idiosyncratic curio in homage to David Tudor.

Alles klingt hier zunächst ganz leicht. Die Töne hüpfen durch- und übereinander wie von einem Zauberer beschworen. Doch so ganz glatt läuft es nicht, hier und da hakt es, Noten kommen sich in die Quer...

'Apparently the viola is just a somewhat larger violin, simply tuned a fifth lower. In reality though, there is a world of difference between the two instruments.' - The composer lends weight to his a...