Special offer. Bartók & Ligeti: Ensemble Intercontemporain
Jérôme Comte (clarinet), Diego Tosi (violin) & Sébastien Vichard (piano), Gilles Durot, Samuel Favre (percussions) & Dimitri Vassilakis, Sébastien Vichard (pianos), Hidéki Nagano (piano), Pierre Strauch (cello), Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin)
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher
Others may have taken the opening Vivace of Ligeti's Piano Concerto at more of a lick, but the precision here packs a punch, and there's a sheer sense of fun as the final two movements develop... — More…
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2015Editor's Choice
2 CDs
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Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111
- Jérôme Comte, Diego Tosi, Sébastien Vichard
- Recorded: 10-13, 17 June and 10-11 November 2014
- Recording Venue: Salle des Concerts, Philharmonie de Paris, Cite de la Musique, France
I. Verbunkos
II. Pihenö
III. Sebes
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110
- Gilles Durot, Samuel Favre, Dimitri Vassilakis, Sébastien Vichard
- Recorded: 10-13, 17 June and 10-11 November 2014
- Recording Venue: Salle des Concerts, Philharmonie de Paris, Cite de la Musique, France
I. Assai lento - Allegro molto
II. Lento, ma non troppo
III. Allegro non troppo
Ligeti: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher, Hidéki Nagano
- Recorded: 10-13, 17 June and 10-11 November 2014
- Recording Venue: Salle des Concerts, Philharmonie de Paris, Cite de la Musique, France
I. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso
II. Lento e deserto
III. Vivace cantabile
IV. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico
V. Presto luminoso, fluido, costante, sempre molto ritmico
Ligeti: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
- Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher, Pierre Strauch
- Recorded: 10-13, 17 June and 10-11 November 2014
- Recording Venue: Salle des Concerts, Philharmonie de Paris, Cite de la Musique, France
I. Quarter Note = 40
II. (Lo stesso tempo) Quarter Note = 40
Ligeti: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher, Jeanne-Marie Conquer
- Recorded: 10-13, 17 June and 10-11 November 2014
- Recording Venue: Salle des Concerts, Philharmonie de Paris, Cite de la Musique, France
I. Vivace luminoso
II. Aria, hoquetus, choral. Andante
III. Intermezzo. Presto
IV. Passacaglia. Lento intenso
V. Appassionato. Agitato molto