"The Ligeti Project" is a series of discs canvassing the many-faceted output of the octogenarian Hungarian composer that began over at Sony Classical. Weak sales caused Sony to shut the program down, at which point the series moved over to Teldec. Although Teldec has closed its doors for good, the project did manage to reach completion under its ...
While László Sáry may be categorized as a minimalist, his music for percussion and other instruments occasionally ventures into unexpected realms. Active pattern pieces dominate this disc, and the works for marimbas -- Pebble Playing in a Pot (1976, in separate versions for two and four marimbas), Sunflower (1989), and Omphale's Spinningwheel ...
Stefano Landi, who was Monteverdi's junior by about 20 years, was active in Rome, whereas Monteverdi was based in Venice. Landi spent two formative years in Venice, though, and absorbed the progressive musical ideas of Monteverdi and other seconda prattica composers. That contact would explain why Il Sant'Alessio (1632) sounds like a Monteverdi ...
Stefano Landi, who was Monteverdi's junior by about 20 years, was active in Rome, whereas Monteverdi was based in Venice. Landi spent two formative years in Venice, though, and absorbed the progressive musical ideas of Monteverdi and other seconda prattica composers. That contact would explain why Il Sant'Alessio (1632) sounds like a Monteverdi ...
The five CDs of Teldec's The Ligeti Project have been released individually, and each features extraordinarily fine, well-recorded versions of some of the composer's most important works. This compilation of the five discs is far from a complete collection of Ligeti's output; none of the piano music is represented (except for arrangements for ...
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