Spotify Release Info
Track: String Quartet No. 2: I. Allegro nervoso
Artist: György Ligeti
Album: Beethoven, Ligeti & David S. Lefkowitz: String Quartets
Artist Bio
Name: György Ligeti
Spotify Genres: avant-garde, minimalism
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Biography
Hungarian-Austrian composer, born 28th May 1923 in Tîrnăveni, Romania, died 12th June 2006 in Vienna, Austria. Studied composition in Cluj, Romania and in Budapest, Hungary. From 1957 to 1959 he worked in Cologne at the Studio for Electronic Music of the WDR (West German Radio). He settled in Vienna in 1959 and became an Austrian citizen in 1967. His style is characterized by a very dense polyphony (micropolyphony) and static forms (as in Lux aeterna, for choir, 1968, or in Requiem, 1963-65), and by a complex polyrhythmic technique (Etudes for piano, 1985).
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4.Cello Sonata: I. DialogoLigeti / Farkas / Veress / Liszt / Dohnanyi / Weiner / Mihaly: Hungarian Cello Music
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5.Ligeti: AtmosphèresLigeti : Project Vol.2 - Lontano, Atmosphères, Apparitions, San Francisco Polyphony & Concert Românesc
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6.Musica ricercata: No. 7, Cantabile, molto legatoGyörgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 3
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7.Musica ricercata No. 7 in B-Flat MajorMotherland
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8.Lux aeterna20th Century Choral Music
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9.LontanoStravinsky, I.: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments / Zimmermann, B. / Fortner, W.: Symphony / Ligeti, G.: Lontano
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10.Etudes, Book 1: No. 5, Arc-en-cielLabyrinth
Discogs Release Info
Release: György Ligeti - Arditti String Quartet* - String Quartets And Duets
Year: 1997
Genres: Classical
Styles: Contemporary