Sony Masterworks
Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre / Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra
$34.99
Details
- Composer
- LIGETI, GYÖRGY
- Artist
- Jard, Lessite, Sibylle, Van Nes, Esa-Pekka, Ehlert, Laura, Salonen, Claycomb
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Sony Masterworks
- Released
- Sep 17, 2009
- Catalog #
- SONY62312
- UPC
- 074646231227
About
This recording was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for "Best Opera Recording.
György Ligeti's only opera, 'Le Grande Macabre,' after a play by Michel de Ghelderode, concerns itself with nothing less than the end of the world. This is promised by the evil Nekrotzar but, despite dire warnings and ominous foreshadowing, the whole thing is something of a bust and in the end the only casualty is Nekrotzar himself. In between are any number of lascivious and criminal goings-on in fictional Breughelland, a place of infinite corruption, socially, morally and politically (and enormously funny in the bargain). Ligeti's brilliant, delightful, infinitely difficult music ranges from preludes and interludes scored for automobile horns and doorbells to the breathtaking coloratura flights of Gepopo, the soprano chief of the secret police. The performance under Esa-Pekka Salonen is beyond praise.
Volume 8 of Sony's Ligeti Edition presents the revised score of 1997, taken from live performances in Paris. There are numerous changes and the opera is shorter by some ten minutes. The revision also changes the language from German to English. The German original is available on Wergo in a fine performance. The Sony recording preserves a performance of even greater brilliance of what is now one of the great comic operas in English.
Tracklist 30 tracks
- Disc 1
-
1 Act I: Car Horn Prelude 00:55
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Act I: Car Horn Prelude
- Duration
- 00:55
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Ensemble
- London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
2 Act I: Dies irae 06:22
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act I: Dies irae
- Duration
- 06:22
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Laura Claycomb, Charlotte Hellekant, Graham Clark, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
3 Act I: Away, you swagpot 02:26
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act I: Away, you swagpot
- Duration
- 02:26
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Graham Clark, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
4 Act I: Shut up 04:13
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act I: Shut up
- Duration
- 04:13
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Graham Clark, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
5 Act I: Oh … ! - Amanda! Can do no more 00:41
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act I: Oh … ! - Amanda! Can do no more
- Duration
- 00:41
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Charlotte Hellekant, Jard van Nes, Graham Clark, Steven Cole, Richard Suart, Martin Winkler, Mark Campbell-Griffiths, Michael Lessiter, Sibylle Ehlert, Laura Claycomb, Derek Lee Ragin, Willard White, Frode Olsen
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
6 Act I: Ha-ha-ha-ha! Hey! Give me my requisites 03:04
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act I: Ha-ha-ha-ha! Hey! Give me my requisites
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Graham Clark, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
7 Act I: Melting snow is thy breast 02:36
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act I: Melting snow is thy breast
- Duration
- 02:36
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Laura Claycomb, Charlotte Hellekant
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
8 Act I: Car Hor Prelude 00:41
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act I: Car Hor Prelude
- Duration
- 00:41
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Ensemble
- London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
9 Act I: One! Two! Three! Five! 07:54
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act I: One! Two! Three! Five!
- Duration
- 07:54
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Jard van Nes, Frode Olsen
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
10 Act I: Shapley and attractive figure 03:19
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act I: Shapley and attractive figure
- Duration
- 03:19
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Jard van Nes, Frode Olsen
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
11 Act I: Venus! Venus! 01:33
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act I: Venus! Venus!
- Duration
- 01:33
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Jard van Nes, Frode Olsen
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
12 Act I: Stop! -Sh! … Quiet, for heaven's sake! 03:30
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act I: Stop! -Sh! … Quiet, for heaven's sake!
- Duration
- 03:30
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Sibylle Ehlert, Jard van Nes, Graham Clark, Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
13 Act I: Who's there? A man? - A man! 02:23
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act I: Who's there? A man? - A man!
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Sibylle Ehlert, Jard van Nes, Graham Clark, Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
14 Act I: Finale: Fire and death I bring 03:27
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act I: Finale: Fire and death I bring
- Duration
- 03:27
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Graham Clark, Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Disc 2
-
1 Act II: Doorbell Prelude 00:54
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Act II: Doorbell Prelude
- Duration
- 00:54
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Ensemble
- London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
2 Act II: Arse- licker, arse- kisser! 03:35
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act II: Arse- licker, arse- kisser!
- Duration
- 03:35
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Derek Lee Ragin, Steven Cole, Richard Suart
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
3 Act II: Posture exercises! 02:27
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act II: Posture exercises!
- Duration
- 02:27
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Derek Lee Ragin, Steven Cole, Richard Suart
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
4 Act II: Tsk … - Psssst! 06:21
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act II: Tsk … - Psssst!
- Duration
- 06:21
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Sibylle Ehlert, Derek Lee Ragin
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
5 Act II: Ahh! … Secret cypher! 05:36
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act II: Ahh! … Secret cypher!
- Duration
- 05:36
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Sibylle Ehlert, Derek Lee Ragin, Steven Cole, Richard Suart
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
6 Act II: Hurray, hurray! My wife is dead 02:00
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act II: Hurray, hurray! My wife is dead
- Duration
- 02:00
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Derek Lee Ragin, Frode Olsen
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
7 Act II: Nekrotzar's Entrance 03:18
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act II: Nekrotzar's Entrance
- Duration
- 03:18
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Ensemble
- London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
8 Act II: Woe! Ooh! - For the day of wrath 03:17
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act II: Woe! Ooh! - For the day of wrath
- Duration
- 03:17
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
9 Act II: There's no need to fear 03:02
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act II: There's no need to fear
- Duration
- 03:02
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Graham Clark, Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
10 Act II: Up!- Drink! - Up! 01:26
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act II: Up!- Drink! - Up!
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Graham Clark, Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
11 Act II: Hmm! it's delicious! 04:45
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act II: Hmm! it's delicious!
- Duration
- 04:45
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Derek Lee Ragin, Graham Clark, Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
12 Act II: Where am I? What time is it? 06:46
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act II: Where am I? What time is it?
- Duration
- 06:46
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Derek Lee Ragin, Graham Clark, Frode Olsen, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
13 Act II: Interlude 01:34
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act II: Interlude
- Duration
- 01:34
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Ensemble
- London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
14 Act II: Ghost Astradamors, are you dead? 03:39
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act II: Ghost Astradamors, are you dead?
- Duration
- 03:39
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Jard van Nes, Derek Lee Ragin, Graham Clark, Steven Cole, Mark Campbell-Griffiths, Richard Suart, Frode Olsen, Martin Winkler, Willard White
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
15 Act II: Mirror Canon 06:16
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Act II: Mirror Canon
- Duration
- 06:16
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Ensemble
- London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
16 Act II: Finale: Ah, it was good 05:07
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Act II: Finale: Ah, it was good
- Duration
- 05:07
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Sibylle Ehlert, Laura Claycomb, Charlotte Hellekant, Jard van Nes, Derek Lee Ragin, Graham Clark, Steven Cole, Richard Suart, Mark Campbell-Griffiths, Michael Lessiter, Frode Olsen, Martin Winkler
- Ensemble
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen