Gyorgy Ligeti
Musica Ricercata / Capriccio 1&2 / Invention / Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung (CD)
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2025 stock "Musica Ricercata" of 1951-53 is a collection of 11 piano pieces which even with their traditional character went beyond what was considered appropriate for performance in Hungary in the early 1950s. The tenth piece, e.g., was considered too "decadent" because of the abundance of minor seconds. The short "Capriccios" and "Invention", written in 1947-48, reveal convincingly the emergence of Ligeti's musical identity. "Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung" (three pieces for two pianos) was written in 1976 while Ligeti was working on the opera "Le Grand Macabre". The conception of these three pieces arose from the inherent technical possibilities afforded by the simultaneous playing of the two pianos. Ligeti works here with processes which develop consequently from an initial core to unfurl in great complexity.
Format
Catalog numbers: Wer 60131-50 printed on disc, front cover and rear booklet. 286131-2 on disc.
Musica Ricercata - 11 Stücke für Klavier (1951-53)
Capriccio Nr. 1 (1947)
Invention (1948)
Capriccio Nr. 2 (1947)
© 1987 B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz
Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung - Drei Stücke für zwei Klaviere (1976)
© 1976 B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz
Aufnahmen: August 1985, Studio 1 des Bayerischen Rundfunks, München
Cover-Abb.: 1923, 114 Doppelzelt. 50,6 cm x 31,8 cm, Aquarell und Bleistift auf Papier, Privatbesitz, 1998 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
© Schott Musik International, Mainz
© + ℗ 1987 Wergo Schallplatten GmbH, Mainz, W. Germany
© all texts included: Schott Music & Media GmbH
Packaging: standard jewel case with 24 page booklet, including German, English and French liner notes
Release notes
Catalog numbers: Wer 60131-50 printed on disc, front cover and rear booklet. 286131-2 on disc. Musica Ricercata - 11 Stücke für Klavier (1951-53) Capriccio Nr. 1 (1947) Invention (1948) Capriccio Nr. 2 (1947) © 1987 B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung - Drei Stücke für zwei Klaviere (1976) © 1976 B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz Aufnahmen: August 1985, Studio 1 des Bayerischen Rundfunks, München Cover-Abb.: 1923, 114 Doppelzelt. 50,6 cm x 31,8 cm, Aquarell und…
| Musica Ricercata | |||
| 1 | Nr. 1 Sostenuto / Misurato, Stringendo Poco A Poco Sin Al Prestissimo | 2:08 | |
| 2 | Nr. 2 Mesto. Parlando | 2:23 | |
| 3 | Nr. 3 Allegro Con Spirito | 1:06 | |
| 4 | Nr. 4 Tempo Di Valse (Poco Animato) | 1:36 | |
| 5 | Nr. 5 Rubato. Lamentoso | 2:42 | |
| 6 | Nr. 6 Allegro Un Poco Capriccioso | 0:50 | |
| 7 | Nr. 7 Con Moto Giusto | 2:56 | |
| 8 | Nr. 8 Vivace. Energico | 1:00 | |
| 9 | Nr. 9 Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók In Memoriam) | 1:56 | |
| 10 | Nr. 10 Vivace. Capriccioso | 1:16 | |
| 11 | Nr. 11 Andante Misurato E Tranquillo (Omaggio A Girolamo Frescobaldi) | 3:53 | |
| 12 | Capriccio Nr. 1 | 3:02 | |
| 13 | Invention | 1:19 | |
| 14 | Capriccio Nr. 2 | 1:43 | |
| Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung | |||
| 15 | Monument | 4:19 | |
| 16 | Selbstportrait Mit Reich Und Riley (Und Chopin Ist Auch Dabei) | 5:54 | |
| 17 | In Zart Fließender Bewegung | 4:18 | |
- Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Co-producer [Co-Produktion Mit]
- Gyorgy Ligeti
- Composed By
- Günter Heß
- Engineer [Toningenieur]
- Louise Duchesneau
- Liner Notes
- Ulrich Dibelius
- Liner Notes [Artikulation]
- Paul Klee
- Painting [Cover]
- Begoña Uriarte
- Piano (3, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 13)
- Karl-Hermann Mrongovius
- Piano (1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 14)
- Helene Steffan
- Recording Supervisor [Aufnahmeleitung], Edited By [Schnitt]
