Browse: Ligeti (composer), Piano Concertos
This page lists all recordings composed by György Ligeti (1923–2006).
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Ligeti: Concertos
RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano)
BIT20 Ensemble, Baldur Brönnimann
what comes across in all this music is [Ligeti's] unerring ear for colour and harmony. The performances by Baldur Brönnimann and the Norwegian BIT20 Ensemble are brilliant throughout. An indispensable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Musica Viva 22
RecommendedPierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, George Benjamin
This is special. Three utterly captivating, ear-tickling pieces by composers from successive generations in superlative performances…the centrepiece of the disc is the world premiere performance... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Contemporary
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Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
RecommendedMatt Haimovitz, Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado, Helmut Franz, Gerd Zacher, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen, Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Gianluca Cascioli, Pierre-Laurent...
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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The Ligeti Project Volumes 1-5
RecommendedLigeti Project, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Siegfried Palm (cello), Daniel Reuss (director), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Katalin Károlyi (mezzo-soprano), Amadinda Percussion Group (percussion), Sybille Mahni (natural horn), Thomas Bernstein (natural horn), Simon Breyer...
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Bartók & Ligeti: Ensemble Intercontemporain
Jérôme Comte (clarinet), Diego Tosi (violin) & Sébastien Vichard (piano), Gilles Durot, Samuel Favre (percussions) & Dimitri Vassilakis, Sébastien Vichard (pianos), Hidéki Nagano (piano), Pierre Strauch (cello), Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin)
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher
Others may have taken the opening Vivace of Ligeti's Piano Concerto at more of a lick, but the precision here packs a punch, and there's a sheer sense of fun as the final two movements develop... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Shai Wosner plays Haydn and Ligeti
Shai Wosner (piano)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
[Wosner] responds to every twist and turn with a sense of great immediacy as well as an airy, high-stepped poise and unerring pointing-up of Ligeti’s deliciously unpredictable rhythms. — More…
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Boulez conducts Ligeti
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Saschko Gawriloff (violin)
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
The Violin Concerto (1992) is music by a composer fascinated with Shakespeare's The Tempest: indeed, it might even prove to be a substitute for Ligeti's longmooted operatic version of the play.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Contemporary
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40 Most Scary Halloween Classics
Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Wilhelm Krumbach (organ), Ligeti Project, Georges Prêtre, Monique Haas (piano), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Pierre Amoyal (violin), Susan Moses (cello), Edoardo Farina (harpsichord), Terry Edwards (chorus), Margriet van Reisen (mezzo-soprano...
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Ligeti: Cello Concerto, Mysteries of the Macabre & Piano Concerto
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alberto Rosado (piano), Marco Blaauw (trumpet)
PluralEnsemble, Fabián Panisello
Does any work being more quietly than Ligeti's Cello Concerto? The soloist creeps in at pppppppp, and Nicolas Altstaedt manages a more restrained attack than any I've heard on disc...Pacing is... — More…
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Sonic Rebellion - Alternative Classical Collection
Mia Wu (violin), Boris Berman (prepared piano), Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin), Aaron Shorr (piano), Nicholas Isherwood (bass-baritone), Maria Kliegel (cello), Elsbeth Moser (accordion), Kathrin Rabus (violin), Jorgen Plaetner (electronics), Laura Mikkola (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,...
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