LIGETI György (1923-2006)
Quatuor Diotima
PENTATONE
1 CD
053:44
Kammermusik (instrumental)
2023-03-03
Streichquartett Nr. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes" (1953/54) Ligeti, György 1. Allegro grazioso 2. Vivace, capriccioso 3. Adagio, mesto 4. Presto 5. Prestissimo 6. Andante tranquillo 7. Tempo di valse, moderato, con eleganza, un poco capriccioso 8. Subito prestissimo 9. Allegretto, un poco giovale 10. Poco più mosso 11. Prestissimo 12. Ad libitum, senza misura Andante und Allegro (für Streichquartett) (1950) Ligeti, György 1. Andante cantabile 2. Allegretto poco capriccioso Streichquartett Nr. 2 (1967/68) Ligeti, György 1. Allegro nervoso 2. Sostenuto, molto calmo 3. Come un meccanismo di precisione 4. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso 5. Allegro con delicatezza
LIGETI György (1923-2006)Quatuor DiotimaLabel : PENTATONE
While Ligeti's second quartet from 1968 is an avant-garde classic, the first from 1953-54, "Metamorphoses nocturnes", is often nicknamed Bartók's seventh quartet, pointing out the continuity between these two Hungarian master composers. Despite moments of nostalgia, it already possesses the ferocious, adventurous nature of the later quartet. In-between these two iconoclast works, the Andante and Allegretto from 1950 offers an intimate moment of repose.
