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Ligeti / Bleuse, Ensemble Intercontemporain
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Ligeti / Bleuse, Ensemble Intercontemporain

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Composer
Gyorgy Ligeti
Artist
Pierre Bleuse
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Apr 26, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA993
UPC
3760014199936

About

The Ensemble Intercontemporain and its new music director Pierre Bleuse pay homage to György Ligeti, whose centenary we celebrated in 2023: ‘Ligeti is one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century and certainly one of those who first made a powerful aesthetic impact on me personally!... This recording, which combines concertos and chamber music, highlights the EIC’s qualities as soloists and chamber musicians. And I’m not forgetting that Ligeti is an integral part of the repertoire of the Ensemble, which has performed his works extensively… So this is an ideal way of beginning my own story with the EIC’, says Pierre Bleuse, who brings his personal conception to these works and seeks to approach each score like ‘a virgin forest’. A noteworthy feature here is the new cadenza composed by Philippe Maunoury for the Violin Concerto, with Hae-Sun Kang as soloist. Renaud Déjardin (cello) and Dimitri Vassilakis (piano) perform the other concertos of this tribute program.

REVIEW:

The Paris ensemble’s new music director Bleuse sets out his stall with a wonderful all-Ligeti disc that honors a composer it has long been associated with. The violin concerto and the concerto for piano and orchestra are among the works on this beautifully realized recording. Utterly engrossing.

-- The Sunday Times (U.K.)

Tracklist 37 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Praeludium 04:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Praeludium
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Hae-Sun Kang
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  3. 2 II. Aria - Hoquet - Chorale 07:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Aria - Hoquet - Chorale
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Hae-Sun Kang
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  4. 3 III. Intermezzo 02:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Intermezzo
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Hae-Sun Kang
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  5. 4 IV. Passacaglia 06:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Passacaglia
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Hae-Sun Kang
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  6. 5 V. Appassionato 07:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Appassionato
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Hae-Sun Kang
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  7. 6 I. — 06:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Renaud Dejardin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  8. 7 II. — 07:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Renaud Dejardin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  9. 8 I. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso 03:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  10. 9 II. Lento e deserto 06:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Lento e deserto
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  11. 10 III. Vivace cantabile 04:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Vivace cantabile
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  12. 11 IV. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico 05:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  13. 12 V. Presto luminoso 03:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Presto luminoso
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
    Conductor
    Pierre Bleuse
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 I. Corrente 05:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Corrente
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Emmanuelle Ophèle, Philippe Grauvogel, Alain Billard, Jens McManama, Lucas Ounissi, Jérôme Comte, Odile Auboin, Diego Tosi, Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Éric-Maria Couturier, Nicolas Crosse, Hideki Nagano, Sebastien Vichard
  16. 2 II. Calmo - sostenuto 05:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Calmo - sostenuto
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Emmanuelle Ophèle, Philippe Grauvogel, Alain Billard, Jens McManama, Lucas Ounissi, Jérôme Comte, Odile Auboin, Diego Tosi, Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Éric-Maria Couturier
  17. 3 III. Movimento preciso e meccanico 03:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Movimento preciso e meccanico
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Emmanuelle Ophèle, Philippe Grauvogel, Alain Billard, Jens McManama, Lucas Ounissi, Jérôme Comte, Odile Auboin, Diego Tosi, Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Éric-Maria Couturier
  18. 4 IV. Presto 03:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Emmanuelle Ophèle, Philippe Grauvogel, Alain Billard, Jens McManama, Lucas Ounissi, Jérôme Comte, Odile Auboin, Diego Tosi, Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Éric-Maria Couturier
  19. 5 Capriccio No. 1 02:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Capriccio No. 1
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
  20. 6 Capriccio No. 2 02:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    Capriccio No. 2
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
  21. 7 Induló (March) 01:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Induló (March)
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  22. 8 Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Etude) 01:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Etude)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  23. 9 No. 1. A kapuban a szeker (The Cart is at the Gate) 00:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. A kapuban a szeker (The Cart is at the Gate)
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  24. 10 No. 2. Hopp ide tisztan (Quickly come here pretty) 01:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Hopp ide tisztan (Quickly come here pretty)
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  25. 11 No. 3. Csango forgos (Circling Dance) 00:59
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. Csango forgos (Circling Dance)
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  26. 12 I. Allegro 01:11
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  27. 13 II. Andante 01:13
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  28. 14 III. Vivace 01:23
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  29. 15 Allegro 00:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    Allegro
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis, Sebastien Vichard
  30. 16 I. Hora lungă 05:44
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Hora lungă
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    John Stulz
  31. 17 II. Loop 02:09
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Loop
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    John Stulz
  32. 18 III. Facsar 06:16
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Facsar
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    John Stulz
  33. 19 IV. Prestissimo con sordino 01:33
    Track
    19
    Title
    IV. Prestissimo con sordino
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    John Stulz
  34. 20 V. Lamento 03:08
    Track
    20
    Title
    V. Lamento
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    John Stulz
  35. 21 VI. Chaconne chromatique 02:59
    Track
    21
    Title
    VI. Chaconne chromatique
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    John Stulz
  36. 22 I. Andantino con tenerezza – 06:11
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Andantino con tenerezza –
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, Diego Tosi, Sebastien Vichard
  37. 23 II. Vivacissimo molto ritmico 05:17
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Vivacissimo molto ritmico
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, Diego Tosi, Sebastien Vichard
  38. 24 III. Alla marcia - Più mosso tempo primo 03:24
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Alla marcia - Più mosso tempo primo
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, Diego Tosi, Sebastien Vichard
  39. 25 IV. Lamento: Adagio 06:57
    Track
    25
    Title
    IV. Lamento: Adagio
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, Diego Tosi, Sebastien Vichard