
BIS’s complete edition of the late Gyorgy Ligeti’s piano music restores both of Fredrik Ullén’s single-disc Ligeti releases, respectively issued in 1996 and 1998. Ullén
Anyone who questions the Arditti Quartet’s exalted reputation among new music ensembles should hear this program, recorded live at the Wigmore Hall on April 9,
The young French cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand shows an amazing affinity for 20th century music. Her perfect technique, splendid melancholy tone, and strong temperament permeate every
British violist Lawrence Power opens this recital disc with the first sonata by Nikolai Roslavets (1926), a performance that more than equals Yuri Bashmet’s 1993
György Ligeti’s Violin Concerto gets maximum timbral mileage from 10 wind players, 11 solo strings, and a wide array of percussion instruments. Some participants are
Here’s a clever program that juxtaposes some of Liszt’s virtuoso piano etudes with those of Ligeti. Textural commonalities help bridge the 150-year stylistic gap, much
Collectors seeking Ligeti’s piano and harpsichord works in a single package certainly will enjoy Erika Haase’s solid virtuosity and affinity for the composer’s multi-layered rhythmic
György Ligeti’s music has been with us for so long, and has become such an integral part of the vocabulary of contemporary music, that it’s
If you are a Ligeti fan, run and get this disc; if you are not, get it anyway–it might just persuade you. This second installment
Brahms’ trio for French horn, violin, and piano was the direct inspiration for György Ligeti’s composition for the same ensemble, written in commemoration of Brahms’