Kodály & Ligeti: Lux Aeterna - Choral Works / Soelberg, Andersen, Nordtorp, Riis, Creed, DR VokalEnsemblet

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OUR Recordings
Release Date
March 4, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Zoltan Kodaly, Gyorgy Ligeti
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Danish National Vocal Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Marcus Creed
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 04, 2022
    • UPC
      0747313167661
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      6220676
    • LABEL
      OUR Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Lux aeterna

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    2. Éjszaka (Night)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Performer: Malene Nordtorp, Adam Riis

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    3. Reggel (Morning)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Performer: Malene Nordtorp, Adam Riis

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    4. No. 1. Három hordó (Three Barrels)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    5. No. 2. Igaz szerelem (True Love)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    6. No. 3. Gomb, gomb (Pom-pom)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    7. No. 4. Erdöbe, Erdöbe (Out in the woods)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    8. No. 1. Hälfte des Lebens (Halfway through life)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    9. No. 2. Wenn aus der Ferne (If from afar)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    10. No. 3. Abendphantasie (Evening Reverie)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    11. Esti dal (Evening song)

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    12. Este (Evening)

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Performer: Christine Nonbo Andersen

      Conductor: Marcus Creed

    13. Mátrai képek (Mátra pictures)

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: DR VokalEnsemblet

      Performer: Jakob Soelberg

      Conductor: Marcus Creed


For most of the 20th century, the two giants of Hungarian music were Bartok and Kodaly. Following his explosion on the international scene in the mid-60s, Gyorgi Ligeti, a student of Kodaly, was added to that list. Kodaly was one of the most significant early figures in the field of ethnomusicology. He also composed prolifically for choirs. All of the Kodaly works on this program were influenced by folk music and chart the composer’s development from the world of late romanticism to the mini-cantata Matrai kepek (Matra pictures), including a shimmering performance of Esti Dal (Evening Song), his most beloved choral work. Most of music that Ligeti composed for a cappella choir was written in the mid-50s while still in Budapest. Alongside numerous folk song arrangements, like Mátraszentimrei Dalok, were pieces like Éjszaka – Reggel (Night – Morning) which were already pushing the sonic boundaries with clusters and onomatopoeic sounds. Ligeti’s mature style can be heard in the shimmering and justifiably famous Lux Aeterna while the late Drei Phantasien (on texts by Friedrich Holderlin) described by Ligeti himself as “emotional, “onomatopoetic,” overwrought, 16-voiced pieces (not micropolyphonic!)” is an example of his late Post-Modernist style. For this very special and demanding repertoire, both teacher and student are in good hands with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble and conductor Marcus Creed. Audiophiles will also be richly rewarded with the vivid imaging and “as real as it gets” sonic presence thanks to producer Michael Emery and technician Mikkel Nymand. A Dolby Atmos release is being planned.