Ligeti: Complete String Quartets / Verona Quartet

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This album presents the complete works Ligeti composed for string quartet between 1950 and 1968. The two numbered string quartets are predated by a lyrical...

This album presents the complete works Ligeti composed for string quartet between 1950 and 1968. The two numbered string quartets are predated by a lyrical early Andante and Allegretto, the folk-music inflections of which pre-echo the hints of Bartók in the first quartet, Métamorphoses nocturnes. The calculated anarchy, dynamic extremes and sublime atmospheres of the Second Quartet present Ligeti at his most distinctive. These spectacular works are performed here by the Verona Quartet, firmly established as one of the most distinguished ensembles on the chamber music scene today.

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This album, celebrating Ligeti’s 2023 centennial, presents his complete works for string quartet composed between 1950-1968. The two numbered string quartets are predated by a lyrical early Andante and Allegretto, the folk-music inflections of which foreshadow the hints of Bartók in the first quartet, Métamorphoses nocturnes. The calculated anarchy, dynamic extremes and sublime atmospheres of the Second Quartet present Ligeti at his most distinctive. These spectacular works are performed here by the Verona Quartet, winner of the Cleveland Quartet Award and currently serving as Quartet-in-Residence at Oberlin College and Conservatory.

-- TheViolinist.com



Product Description:


  • Release Date: December 15, 2023


  • UPC: 8007144080105


  • Catalog Number: DYN-CDS8010


  • Label: Dynamic


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: 20th Century


  • Composer: Gyorgy Ligeti


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Verona Quartet


  • Performer: Verona Quartet



Works:


  1. String Quartet No. 1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes'

    Composer: György Ligeti

    Ensemble: Verona Quartet


  2. String Quartet No. 2

    Composer: György Ligeti

    Ensemble: Verona Quartet


  3. Andante and Allegretto

    Composer: György Ligeti

    Ensemble: Verona Quartet