Track List
CD 1: György Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy


György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)
Sonata for Solo Cello
1. 1. Dialogo: Adagio, rubato, cantabile 0:004:55
2. 2. Capriccio: Presto con slancio 0:003:47
Matt Haimovitz
Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953)
3. 1. Allegro con spirito 0:001:14
4. 2. Rubato. Lamentoso 0:003:04
5. 3. Allegro grazioso -attacca subito 0:002:43
6. 4. Presto ruvido 0:000:58
7. 5. Adagio. Mesto 0:002:27
8. 6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso 0:001:21
Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado
String Quartet No. 1 (Métamorphoses nocturnes)
9. Allegro grazioso 0:001:31
10. Vivace, capriccioso 0:000:34
11. A tempo 0:001:20
12. Adagio, mesto 0:002:10
13. Presto 0:002:11
14. [...] molto sostenuto - Andante tranquillo 0:001:34
15. Piů mosso 0:002:00
16. Tempo di Valse, moderato, con eleganza, un poco capriccioso 0:000:55
17. Subito prestissimo 0:000:43
18. Subito: molto sostenuto 0:000:45
19. Allegretto, un poco gioviale 0:000:54
20. Allarg. Poco piů mosso 0:001:03
21. Subito allegro con moto, string. poco a poco sin al prestissimo 0:000:34
22. Prestissimo 0:001:05
23. Allegro comodo, gioviale 0:000:13
24. sostenuto, accelerando 0:001:46
25. Lento 0:000:42
Hagen Quartett
Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet
26. 1. Molto sostenuto e calmo 0:002:05
27. 2. Prestissimo minaccioso e burlesco 0:000:43
28. 3. Lento 0:001:48
29. 4. Prestissimo leggiero e virtuoso 0:000:49
30. 5. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero 0:000:31
31. 6. Preso staccatissimo e leggiero 0:001:12
32. 7. Vivo, energico 0:001:08
33. 8. Allegro con delicatezza 0:002:32
34. 9. Sostenuto, stridente 0:001:03
35. 10. Presto bizzarro e rubato, so schnell wie möglich 0:001:01
Wiener Bläsersolisten
String Quartet no.2 (1967-68)
36. Allegro nervoso 0:005:13
37. Sostenuto, molto calmo 0:004:56
38. Come un meccanismo di precisione 0:003:09
39. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso 0:002:01
40. Allegro con delicatezza - stets sehr mild 0:005:38
LaSalle Quartet
Total Playing Time 1:14:18
CD 2: György Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)
1. Atmosphčres 0:009:05
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
2. Volumina 0:0017:28
Gerd Zacher
Modern chorusmusic
3. Lux aeterna (1966) 0:007:59
Helmut Franz, Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
4. Organ Study no.1 "Harmonies" 0:009:04
Gerd Zacher
5. Lontano (1967) (for large orchestra) 0:0012:44
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
6. Ramifications for string orchestra or 12 solo strings (1968-69) 0:008:28
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
7. Melodien for Orchestra 0:0013:07
London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
Total Playing Time 1:17:55
CD 3: György Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)
1. Aventures for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists (1962) 0:0012:01
Nouvelles Aventures for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists
2. 1. Sostenuto 0:006:17
3. 2. Agitato molto 0:005:12
Jane Manning, Mary Thomas, William Pearson, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Cello Concerto (1966)
4. 1. Quarter = 40: Attacca 0:006:55
5. 2. (Lo stesso tempo) 0:008:14
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Chamber Concerto for 13 instrumentalists
6. 1. Corrente (Fliessend) 0:005:03
7. 2. Calmo, sostenuto 0:005:48
8. 3. Movimento preciso e meccanico 0:003:51
9. 4. Presto 0:003:32
Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain
Mysteries of the Macabre for Trumpet and Piano
10. Arr. Elgar Howarth 0:006:52
Hĺkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen
Double Concerto for flute, oboe & orchestra
11. 1. Calmo, con tenerezza 0:008:08
12. 2. Allegro corrente 0:007:51
Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time 1:19:44
CD 4: György Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)
1. Die große Schildkröten-Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer 0:000:37
Hĺkan Hardenberger
Three Pieces for two Pianos
2. 1. Monument 0:004:15
3. 2. Selbstportrait 0:007:08
4. 3. Bewegung 0:004:56
Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky
Études pour piano (1985)
Premier livre
5. Étude 2: Cordes ŕ vide 0:003:36
6. Étude4: Fanfares 0:003:24
Gianluca Cascioli
Piano Concerto (1985-88)
7. 1. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso - attacca subito: 0:003:54
8. 2. Lento e deserto 0:007:01
9. 3. Vivace cantabile 0:004:24
10. 4. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico - attacca subito: 0:004:48
11. 5. Presto luminoso: fluido, costante, sempre molto ritmico 0:003:17
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Violin Concerto (1992)
12. 1. Praeludium: Vivacissimo luminoso - attacca: 0:004:23
13. 2. Aria, Hoquetus, Choral: Andante con moto - attacca: 0:008:11
14. 3. Intermezzo: Presto fluido 0:002:44
15. 4. Passacaglia: Lento intenso 0:005:55
16. 5. Appassionato: Agitato molto 0:007:12
Saschko Gawriloff, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 1:15:45