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File under: Contemporary

Gyorgy Ligeti

Musica Ricercata / Capriccio 1&2 / Invention / Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung (CD)

Label: Wergo

Format: CD

Genre: Experimental

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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. 

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File under: Contemporary
Cat. number: WER 60131-50, 286131-2
Year: 1987
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 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

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