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Ligeti: Violin Concerto; Lontano; Atmospheres / Schmid, Lintu, Finnish RSO
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Ligeti: Violin Concerto; Lontano; Atmospheres / Schmid, Lintu, Finnish RSO

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Details

Composer
LIGETI, GYOERGY
Artist
Schmid, Lintu
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Sep 24, 2013
Catalog #
ODE 1213-2
UPC
761195121320

About

Ligeti's works on this disc provide an excellent cross-section of the metamorphosis in his compositional technique over a period of 30 years. The Violin Concerto incorporates influences from Medieval and Renaissance music, from late Romantic music and various contemporary styles.

REVIEWS:

Lintu’s Lontano shimmers with ever-shifting colours, he highlights the awe-inspiring grandeur of Atmosphères, and his gorgeously shaped San Francisco Polyphony is vibrant and lyrical—all matched by Ondine’s rich, warm, detailed recording. And Lintu’s vision has the ideal Violin Concerto soloist in Benjamin Schmid, who manages to make Ligeti’s strange, mischievous writing sound sweetly expressive, even touching. His clear sense of line leads the ear effortlessly through the second movement’s eerie microtonal textures, complete with natural horns and ocarinas, and he has superb articulation and rhythmic bite in the tricksy opening movement.

-- The Strad

The selections on this disc are as good a place as any for the newcomer to this composer to get an appreciation for what is so exciting about Ligeti’s way of expressing himself in music. Schmid[’s]…is a committed performance…Lintu and a reduced Finnish Radio Symphony accompany very well and the sound allows much wonderful detail to come through. The performances…are all worthy in their own right. The programme on this CD would seem to be an ideal place to obtain a good sampling of Ligeti’s music.

-- MusicWeb International

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Lontano 15:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lontano
    Duration
    15:47
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  2. 2 I. Praeludium 04:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Praeludium
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Benjamin Schmid
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  3. 3 II. Aria - Hoquet - Chorale 08:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Aria - Hoquet - Chorale
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Benjamin Schmid
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  4. 4 III. Intermezzo 02:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Intermezzo
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Benjamin Schmid
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  5. 5 IV. Passacaglia 06:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Passacaglia
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Benjamin Schmid
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  6. 6 V. Appassionato 06:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Appassionato
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Benjamin Schmid
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  7. 7 Atmospheres 10:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    Atmospheres
    Duration
    10:00
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  8. 8 San Francisco Polyphony 13:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    San Francisco Polyphony
    Duration
    13:41
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu