Ligeti: Six Bagatelles, Kammerkonzert & Dix pièces pour quintette à vent

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Ligeti: Six Bagatelles, Kammerkonzert & Dix pièces pour quintette à vent

This new recording is comparable with the best…perhaps its most characteristic movement is the third which shows Ligeti’s fascination with mechanical objects, its out-of-phase repeated notes... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 18th Nov 2016
Catalogue No: ASM26
Label: Actes Sud
Length: 43 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

March 2017

Chamber Choice
BBC Music Magazine Awards

2018

Finalist - Chamber

Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for wind quintet

Work length11:36

$6.30

$7.80

Marion Ralincourt, Hélène Mourot, Christian Laborie, Michaël Rolland, Pierre Rougerie

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length1:11

$1.05

$1.30

II. Rubato - Lamentoso

Track length2:54

$1.05

$1.30

III. Allegro grazioso

Track length2:31

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Presto ruvido

Track length0:57

$1.05

$1.30

V. Adagio. Mesto (In Memoriam Béla Bartók)

Track length2:32

$1.05

$1.30

VI. Molto vivace - Capriccioso

Track length1:31

$1.05

$1.30

Ligeti: Kammerkonzert

Work length18:22

$4.20

$5.20

François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles

I. Corrente (Fließend)

Track length5:09

$1.05

$1.30

II. Calmo sostenuto

Track length6:08

$1.05

$1.30

III. Movimento preciso e meccanico

Track length3:44

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Presto

Track length3:21

$1.05

$1.30

Ligeti: Dix pièces pour quintette à vent

Work length13:55

$10.50

$13.00

Marion Ralincourt, Hélène Mourot, Christian Laborie, Michaël Rolland, Pierre Rougerie

I. Molto sostenuto e calmo

Track length2:25

$1.05

$1.30

II. Prestissimo minaccioso e burlesco

Track length0:52

$1.05

$1.30

III. .Lento

Track length1:42

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Prestissimo leggiero e virtuoso

Track length1:00

$1.05

$1.30

V. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero

Track length0:32

$1.05

$1.30

VI. Lo stesso. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero

Track length1:15

$1.05

$1.30

VII. Vivo, energico

Track length1:08

$1.05

$1.30

VIII. Allegro con delicatezza

Track length2:33

$1.05

$1.30

IX. Sostenuto, stridente

Track length1:08

$1.05

$1.30

X. Presto bizzaro

Track length1:20

$1.05

$1.30

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François-Xavier Roth explains why he chose to tackle Ligeti’s work with Les Siècles, an ensemble best-known for playing works on period-appropriate instruments:

There is a great desire within Les Siècles to play the music that interests us, music from the past and from the present, music that captivates us: both for myself as conductor and for the musicians. What fascinates us all in Ligeti’s music is this polarisation of colour. It is one of the basic principles of our work. Changing instrument to suit the music being played is not solely whimsical: it is about research, coherence and honouring the work. For Les Siècles, playing Ligeti means taking this exploration further and making it more consistent with the notion of colour.

From my own point of view, my work as a conductor has had a great connection to the composer. I had the chance to work with the SWR Sinfonieorchester of Baden-Baden and Freiburg, an orchestra that worked with Ligeti himself and that has conserved something of his heritage within their own history. Playing Ligeti’s work with them was a unique and fascinating experience. His music, especially the language of later works, like Lontano (1967), Kammerkonzert and his Cello Concerto (1966), is extraordinarily modern. It’s like it was written yesterday. It fascinates me, and I wanted to share this fascination with Les Siècles.

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François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Marion Ralincourt, Christian Laborie, Michaël Rolland, Pierre Rougerie and Hélène Mourot, Pierre Rougerie, Michaël Rolland and Hélène Mourot, Hélène Mourot and Christian Laborie, Hélène Mourot, Michaël Rolland and Pierre Rougerie, Christian Laborie and Hélène Mourot, Christian Laborie and Michaël Rolland, Hélène Mourot and Michaël Rolland, Christian Laborie and Pierre Rougerie

Reviews

March 2017

This new recording is comparable with the best…perhaps its most characteristic movement is the third which shows Ligeti’s fascination with mechanical objects, its out-of-phase repeated notes having the ensemble converging and moving apart. The wind quintet pieces, ideally recorded, are played with superb virtuosity

January 2017

Word to the wise, if you consider yourself a Ligeti aficionado, you need to hear these tour de force, cream-of-the-crop performances by François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles

22nd February 2017

The actual performances themselves display a high level of proficiency and no little character, and the recorded sound is superb … I can easily recommend it for the particular combination of pieces in excellent performances.

28th January 2017

These aren’t "period" performances, but they’re informed by the same acute sense of colour and timbre which always informs their work...The early Six Bagatelles have never sounded better on disc; pungent, folk-inspired miniatures which fuse technical brilliance with real wit. Quite how these players manage to articulate the third bagatelle’s overlapping rhythms so cleanly and at such a reckless speed is beyond me .

The Classical Reviewer 20th November 2016

This is another winner from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles. They receive tip top live recordings from la Chapelle St Martin Du Mejan, Arles, France and la Cité de la Musique et de la Dansela, Soissons, France

Record Review 22nd October 2016

witty little pieces, brilliant playing.

Ligeti: Six Bagatelles, Kammerkonzert & Dix pièces pour quintette à vent

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