Chamber Concerto / Aventures

Track Listings

1. (1-4) Chamber Concerto

2. (5) Ramifications

3. (6-10) String Quartet No.2

4. (11) Aventures

5. (12) Lux Aeterna

Chamber Concerto / Aventures, Music, Ligeti, Boulez, Classical, Classical Music

Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No. 2; Aventures; Lux aeterna [Germany]
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Two great performances and a fine introduction to Ligeti

Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No. 2; Aventures; Lux aeterna [Germany]
Ligeti , and Boulez
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000E3YZ
Release Date: 1988-07-01

Tracks:

(1-4) Chamber Concerto
(5) Ramifications
(6-10) String Quartet No.2
(11) Aventures
(12) Lux Aeterna

Customer Reviews:

Two great performances and a fine introduction to Ligeti.......2005-08-09

This disc is a very fine introduction to György Ligeti's early works. I shall only review two of the performances, however: Aventures and Lux Aeterna.

Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments. This is an extremely witty, radical, and disturbing piece of music in an outstanding and inspired performance. Many people would probably say that this is not music. But the impact of this work is irresistible: three singers making various noises, representing different emotional conditions, and seven musicians torturing their instruments. But everything in this violent performance is under complete control and a case of exemplary musical discipline. Stunning! (All the Ligeti Aventures are available in a separate DG set.)

Lux Aeterna, for 16-voice mixed chorus. The opposite of the previous work. Here we have an almost immobile, hovering, and sublime piece of choral music, terrifying and beautiful at the same time. Used as film music in Kubrick's "2001". Excellent performance, fine recording.

In sum, a warmly recommended disc.

Ionisation: Music of Varèse, Penderecki, Ligeti

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great sample of 20th century modernism!
Varese was the first record Frank Zappa ever bought.
Take your bottle of aspirin; you'll need it
One of recorded music's greatest bargains!
Most perfect recording of Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures

Ionisation: Music of Varèse, Penderecki, Ligeti

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
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Binding: Audio CD

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Xénakis: Pléïdes
Luigi Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz, for Soprano, Piano, Orchestra & Magnetic Tape (1971-72) / ...sofferte onde serene... For Piano & Magnetic Tape (1976) / Contrapunto dialettico alla mente, for Magnetic Tape (1968) - Maurizio Pollini / Claudio Abbado
Varèse: Arcana; Intégrales; Déserts
Varese: Arcana; Ameriques; Ionization; Offrandes; Density 21.5; Octandre; Integrales
Varèse - The Complete Works / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra · Asko Ensemble · Chailly

ASIN: B000001K4Z
Release Date: 1996-07-09

Tracks:

Integrales For Small Orchestra And Percussion
Offrandes For Soprano And Chamber Orchestra: Chanson de la haut
Offrandes For Soprano And Chamber Orchestra: La croix du sud
Density For Flute
Octandre For Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Horn, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone And Double Bass (Assez lent; Tres vif et nerveux; Grave)
Hyperprism For Small Orchestra And Percussion
Helmut Reissberger: Ionisation For Percussion Ensemble Of 13 Players
'Emanationen', For 2 String Orchestras
Sonata For Cello And Orchestra
String Quartet No. 1 (1960)

Tracks:

Stabat Mater
Miserere
Miniatures For Violin & Piano (1959)
Aventures-Nouvelles Aventures, For 3 Singers & 7 Instrumentalists: Aventures
Aventures-Nouvelles Aventures, For 3 Singers & 7 Instrumentalists: Nouvelles aventures
Aventures-Nouvelles Aventures, For 3 Singers & 7 Instrumentalists: Volumina (Original Version 1961-62) - Dedicated To Hans Otte And Karl-Erik Welin
Aventures-Nouvelles Aventures, For 3 Singers & 7 Instrumentalists: Etude No. 1 'Harmonies' (1967) - Dedicated To Gerd Zacher

Customer Reviews:

great sample of 20th century modernism!.......2001-08-27

Just as I was familiar with Gyorgy Ligeti's music because of "2001," I was familiar with the name Varese through Frank Zappa long before I learned much of anything else about 20th century composition. It wasn't until this disc, though, that I finally heard Varese's music. Frankly it took several listens before I really heard it -- I didn't find it as immediately compelling as, say, Carter or Ligeti. But give it time, and you can hear why such uncompromising later radicals as Xenakis considered Varese to be absolutely pivotal in developing a new language of space, rhythm and intensity. "Ionisation" for percussion is the culminating piece here, complete with sirens! I wish Varese had been more prolific, and realized his "vision" more fully with electronics.

I'm not sure what the logic was of including Penderecki and Ligeti with Varese, but the music is great! Penderecki's instrumentation is conventional compared to Varese, and the music is somber and tragic, with bursts of terrifying dissonance. The string quartet is splendid. Then comes Ligeti with music first for vocals, and then for organ, and any previous concept of music is out the window. I can't help but laugh at "Adventures"! Here is an excerpt from the equally amusing liner notes on Ligeti by Dr. William B. Ober: "...Ligeti's "Poeme Symphonique"..., certainly atonal, directs the 'listener' to meter without distracting his ear by melody or harmony... [H]e escapes the solecism of structural coherence, enabling the 'listener' to concentrate on texture."

I was led by this disc to seek out more 20th century music. It serves as an excellent bargain introduction, and I'm now discovering how right Stravinsky was to emphasize the importance of multiple interpretations of compositions, so it's great to eventually duplicate some of these pieces on other recordings.

Varese was the first record Frank Zappa ever bought........2001-08-26

This is a personal note, not a review. I am only just now buyng this CD. My interest is in tracing the influences on Frank Zappa. In his autobiography, Zappa explains that a Varese album, "The Complete Works of Edgard Varese, Volume I," was the first record he ever bought while still a teenager in El Cajon, California. He talks of the profound affect it had on him and often credited Varese on his album covers in the 60's and 70's. I find Zappa's music rich, deep, and incredibly original -- as well as funny. The pieces in his album, "Hot Rats," give evidence of a composer able to find inspiration in doo-wop, dada, rock, and, apparently, Varese.

Take your bottle of aspirin; you'll need it.......2000-11-08

I figured I would find at least one interesting and LISTENABLE piece of contemporary music on this value priced two cd set so I bought it. Boy, was I wrong! This is some of the most annoying, nerve deadening music (I use that term loosely) I have ever heard. The Ligeti organ piece sounds like someone pulling the plug on an electric organ as it slowly dies out. The Varese pieces are just unlistenable. Penderecki is praised by a number of modern music lovers but I could not find one redeeming fragment in the works contained here. The liner notes show how far gone contemporary music has gone. They appear to be a veiled apology for the crimes committed here. The author of them seems to make one excuse after another for why these pieces will appeal to so few people, as if that was something to be proud of. If composers of "serious" music don't care if their music has an audience, that's fine with me. Perhaps, in their minds, having people who actually enjoy their music is a sign of failure or serious miscalculation on their parts. They can all join the list of contemporary poets who are writing for no one but other contemporary poets as no one bothers with them either. I just do not believe that this music will survive the decades to come. No one even listens to it or buys it now. Farewell, and good riddance!

One of recorded music's greatest bargains!.......2000-02-03

I bought this recording because I was looking for a sound version of Varese's Ionisation. What I got was a wonderful version, perhaps the best, plus an additional 125 minutes of incredible 20th Century music! This bargain-priced two-disc set surveys three of the previous centuries most exciting composers, Varese (French), Penderecki (Polish), and Ligeti (Hungarian). All works share one thing in common, they are all extraordinarily ground-breaking compositions. From the intense percussion of 'Ionisation', the tense, paranoid strings of 'Emanationen' and vocal extremes of Ligeti's 'Adventures' to the quiet beauty of Penderecki's 'Stabat Mater' and 'Misere', this recording covers a lot of compositional territory. And thankfully it provides great notes to help you along the journey. Now that we've left the 20th Century behind, perhaps its finally safe for the world to explore its fine music. Mahler's outstanding, but aren't we ready to move on?

Most perfect recording of Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures.......1999-06-22

The Varèse has been never recorded better than with "die reihe". The most perfect recording of my "Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures" is on "Vox Box" says György Ligeti

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