Concertos, Piano Concertos, Ligeti (composer)
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Ligeti: Violin Concerto - Concert Românesc - Piano Concerto
Isabelle Faust (violin), Martial Gauthier, Carole Roth, Robin Michael (cello), Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Others have made more of the essentially lyrical aspect of [the Violin Concerto], but Isabelle Faust's dynamic and dramatic approach is very exciting, and matched by the energy in the orchestra…A... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Contemporary
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Bleuse draws playing of greater spontaneity if only slightly less precision than Pierre Boulez in that previous EIC recording of the Chamber Concerto...this is a persuasive means for getting... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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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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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.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Contemporary
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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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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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...
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Boulez A-Z: Debussy - Liszt
Andrew Wedman (videoscripteditor), Gareth Morrell (chorusmaster), Franklin Cohen (clarinet), Lisa Wellbaum (harp), Oliver Curdt (videoscripteditor), Alison Hagley (soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Mary Thomas (mezzo-soprano), William Pearson (bass), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Ingmar Haas (videoscripteditor),...
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