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1. Boa Noite Amor

2. Foi Ela

3. Mulher Que Ficou Na Taca

4. Grau Dez

5. Nao Sei

6. So Nos Dois No Salao

7. Serra Da Boa Esperanca

8. Favela

9. Por Teu Amor

10. E Bom Parar

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12. Na Virada Da Montanha

13. Guardo No Coracao

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Average customer rating: A nice mico-view of Ligeti's work Very Nice Piano Studies. Not the best Ligeti Perfect Ligeti. good cd Ligeti on cd, hooray

György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano (Etudes, Musica Ricercata) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Ligeti, György | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Aimard, Pierre-Laurent | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Ligeti, György | ( L ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Aimard, Pierre-Laurent | ( A ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: György Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets and Duets - Arditti String Quartet György Ligeti Edition 2: A Cappella Choral Works - London Sinfonietta Voices György Ligeti Edition 6: Keyboard Works (Piano, Harpsichord, Organ) - Irina Kataeva / Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Elisabeth Chojnacka / Zsigmond Szathmáry Ligeti: Mechanical Music The Ligeti Project II: Lontano / Atmosphères / Apparitions / San Francisco Polyphony / Concert Românesc - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Jonathan Nott ASIN: B0000029P0 Release Date: 1997-01-21

Tracks:

1. Piano Etudes (Book One): I. De'sordre - Molto vivace, vigoroso, molto ritmico
2. Piano Etudes (Book One): II. Cordes a' vide - Andantino con moto, molto tenero
3. Piano Etudes (Book One): II. Touches bloque'es - Presto possibile, sempre molto ritmico
4. Piano Etudes (Book One): IV. Fanfares - Vivacissimo molto ritmico, con allegria e slancio
5. Piano Etudes (Book One): V. Arc-en-ciel - Andante molto rubato, con eleganza, with swing
6. Piano Etudes (Book One): VI. Automne a' Varsovie - Presto cantabile, molto ritmico e flessibile
7. Piano Etudes (Book Two): VII. Galamb borong - Vivacissimo luminoso, legato possibile
8. Piano Etudes (Book Two): VIII. Fe'm - Vivace risoluto, con vigore
9. Piano Etudes (Book Two): IX. Vertige - Prestissimo sempre molto legato, sehr gleichmassig
10. Piano Etudes (Book Two): X. Der Zauberlehrling - Prestissimo, staccatissimo, leggierissimo
11. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XI. En suspens - Andante con moto, (avec l`e'le'gance du swing)
12. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XII. Entrelacs - Vivacissimo molto ritmico, sempre legato, con delicatezza
13. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XIII. L'escalier du diable - Presto legato ma leggiero
14. Piano Etudes (Book Two): XIV. Coloana infinita' - Presto possibile, tempestoso con fuoco
15. Musica ricercata: I. Sosenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
16. Musica ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
17. Musica ricercata: III. Allegro con spirito
18. Musica ricercata: IV. Tempo de Valse (poco vivace - a' l'orgue de Barbarie)
19. Musica ricercata: V. Rubato. Lamentoso
20. Musica ricercata: VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
21. Musica ricercata: VII. Cantabile, molto legato
22. Musica ricercata: VIII. Vivace. Energico
23. Musica ricercata: IX. Adagio. Mesto - Allegro maestoso
24. Musica ricercata: X. Vivace. Capriccioso
25. Musica ricercata: XI. Andante misurato e tranquillo
26. Piano Etudes (From Book Three): XV. White on White

Customer Reviews:

A nice mico-view of Ligeti's work.......2007-03-11

In the notes that accompany this CD, Ligeti explains that his piano compositions are the way he made up for his inadequacies as a player. It's hard to argue that he didn't reach his goal. These superbly-performed pieces provide a clear view of many aspects of Ligeti's work--his humor, his lyricism, his ear, and sometimes his little obsessions.

The most obvious technical requirement of this music is touch. In some of the etudes, complex voicings are required at very low dynamic levels. In others, the ability to bring out multiple voices is paramount. Aimard is perfect. His technique is so assured that we can easily get to the music and not be sidetracked by prowess.

Those who know Ligeti's music know how protean he could be. Like a good athlete, he was willing to take on enormous risks. Sometimes the result felt intellectualized and tiresome. But more often than not, the music soared. This is certainly true of the Etudes on this disk. They are studies in the truest sense of the word--one may focus on a particular set of intervals, another on a texture, yet another on a rhythm. Each one is fascinating and the collection holds together nicely. There are even hints of Nancarrow!

Ligeti himself felt ambiguously about the "Musica Ricercata", and it isn't hard to see why. The first piece is based on only two pitches (with octaves); the second on three and so on. It sort of proves a point, but what point? By the time you get to the fourth piece, it starts to get good, but the listener has to regain some flagging energy. The third piece is actually the basis of the opening of "6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet".

So while I have little quibbles, I still recommend this disk strongly. It's great music, beautifully played.

Very Nice Piano Studies. Not the best Ligeti.......2006-09-02

Volume 3 of the Gyorgy Ligeti Edition on Sony has gotten a boatload of very positive reviews, above, from people who probably know a lot more about music, especially piano music, than I do, but I maintain, from my position as a rank amateur who just happens to like listening to a wide range of classical music, that this disc is neither the very best piano music nor the most interesting Ligeti.

Don't get me wrong. I think almost all of the studies on these tracks are good, maybe even almost as good as Chopin and Liszt, but I don't think so. We don't hum Ligeti etudes the way some people hum Chopin etudes or dances for piano. And, a few of the passages sound like the scene from 'Ghostbusters' where Bill Murray tickles the very high keys on Sigourny Weaver's piano as they enter her apartment to track down some particularly awesome apparitions of Zuel (sic) and Gozer (sic sic).

If you are looking to touch only the high points of Ligeti's music and don't have the compulsioin to own everything, you can pass on these and not be missing too much of the good stuff. Check out his choral and a capella works for the really hot stuff.

Perfect Ligeti........2005-10-19

The own György Ligeti was asked about who was the pianist more complete in his piano works; he talked about Pierre-Laurent Aimard, whose a close relation with the XXth Century music is very well known (Boulez, Messiaen, Berg, Schönberg, Carter...) all around the world. He talked too about Volker Banfield, who has recorded some of the Etudes for Wergo, but not so good as Aimard recordings, in my opinion.

What we find in this CD, 3rd of an outstanding series, is the technical perfection made piano playing, in the hands of Aimard, who plays absolutely all the notes full of perfection, sense and correction, from the dynamic to the tempo, from the correct attack to the prodigious use of the pedal. If you are used to a romantic piano you can feel this versions a little cold or dry, but this is because Aimard goes directly to the heart of the XXth Century style of piano playing, in the line that comes from Schönberg-Berg-Webern and that goes in a different way of playing than the century before, so you can be lost in some sense about the way he understand the use of the piano, the playing, the technique, the echoes, the silences...

You'll find in this CD the Musica Ricercata, a work from Ligeti's first period, very easy to understand for those who are not used to listen this kind of "modern" music. It has many folk motives, used in a way very close to Bartók's style. One of this pieces (Musica ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale) was taken by Stanley Kubrick for his last film Eyes Wide Shut, with an outstanding presence in the film associated to the worries and pressure over the main character; Ligeti says about this piece that it was a knife against the stalinist regime because of this style of music, sinister, innovative and forgiven in the communist Europe. The film's version is slower than this by Aimard, more "cinematographic" but slower than the score asks. Aimard's version in this piece and in the full pieces are outstanding.

The rest of the CD it's based on the Etudes, books I & II, both of them complete. Those are pieces much more modern than the Musica Ricercata, some of them, in the words of Ligeti with some links and inspiration on Nancarrow's works. We are listening in this case some of the most complex works for piano written in the XXth Century, and many of them authentic jewels of the genre. The Aimard versions for Sony are the better I know from the French pianist, who have recorded some of them in other CDs, like his great recording from de Carnagie Hall (Warner), but not so good like this outstanding CD.

So, if you are looking for perfection in Ligeti's piano music performances don't doubt about this CD; if you want to discover the piano of the XXth Century this could be a great door to go into, because of the music, because of the performing and because of a perfect recording and booklet.

good cd.......2005-08-23

This is a great cd if you are interested in piano music. I personally enjoyed "Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale", which was most famously used in the Kubrick film, Eyes Wide Shut. The rest of the cd is very enjoyable as well.

Ligeti on cd, hooray.......2005-08-01

We all owe Stanley Kubrick a big debt of gratitude for exposing us to Ligeti who, with Cage and Stockhausen among others, influenced the evolution of popular music while maintaining a continuum to our classical past.

The recording quality in this series is outstanding, and it is a delight to see the breadth of this series. Having many works of Ligeti from the Wergo vinyl catalog of the 70's, I selected the piano works for the fun of discovery.

Those of you who enjoy this piano stuff should try to find Nina Deutsch's recording of Charles Ives: Solo Piano Music.

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In Memorian Francisco Alves Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000G71K Release Date: 1993-11-16

Tracks:

1. Boa Noite Amor
2. Foi Ela
3. Mulher Que Ficou Na Taca
4. Grau Dez
5. Nao Sei
6. So Nos Dois No Salao
7. Serra Da Boa Esperanca
8. Favela
9. Por Teu Amor
10. E Bom Parar
11. Misterioso Amor
12. Na Virada Da Montanha
13. Guardo No Coracao
14. Longe Dos Olhos

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In Memorian Carlos Galhardo Manufacturer: Blues Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000G81G Release Date: 1993-11-16

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Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling: Organ Works (Thorophon) Manufacturer: Thorofon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000045A8 Release Date: 1996-12-17

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In Memorian: Yehudi Menuhin Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Lalo, Edouard | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00003XAUJ Release Date: 2006-01-01

Tracks:

1. Violin Concerto In D, Op.81: I Allegro ma non troppo
2. Violin Concerto In D, Op.81: II. Larghetto
3. Violin Concerto In D, Op.81: III Rondo
4. Symphonie espagnole, Op.21: I Allegro non troppo
5. Symphonie espagnole, Op.21: II Andante
6. Symphonie espagnole, Op.21: III Rondo (Allegro)

Tracks:

1. Concerto In D Minor For 2 Violins, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
2. Concerto In D Minor For 2 Violins, BWV 1043: II Largo ma non tanto
3. Concerto In D Minor For 2 Violins, BWV 1043: III Allegro
4. Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112: I Allegro non troppo
5. Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112: II Andante tranquillo
6. Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112: III Allegro molto
7. Menuhin On Bartok

Average customer rating: Great CD!

Bassoon Images from the Americas Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00017LVTQ Release Date: 2004-01-27

Customer Reviews:

Great CD!.......2006-08-24

Ben has a wonderful bassoon sound and really puts feeling into his music. I very much enjoyed the wide variety of pieces chosen for this CD. I had never heard Etude No. 5 by John Steinmetz before. What a nice arrangement of "The Streets of Laredo!" Ben's recording inspired me to buy the music.

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Pictures At An Exhibition Manufacturer: Doyen Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009M43 Release Date: 1996-10-30

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In Memorian Gardenall ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000US1WRM

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In Memorian Aracy De Almeida Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000G717

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In Memorian Jacob Do Bandolim Manufacturer: Bmg Brazil ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008ES9A Release Date: 1997-04-01

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