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György Ligeti

Real Name:
György Sándor Ligeti
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Austrian composer, born 28th May 1923 in Tîrnăveni (Romania), died 12th June 2006 in Vienna.
Studied composition in Cluj (Romania) and in Budapest (Hungary). From 1957 to 1959 he worked in Cologne at the Studio for Electronic Music of the WDR (West German Radio). He settled in Vienna in 1959 and became an Austrian citizen in 1967.
His style is characterized by a very dense polyphony (micropolyphony) and static forms (as in Lux aeterna, for choir, 1968, or in Requiem, 1963-65), and by a complex polyrhythmic technique (Etudes for piano, 1985).
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Releases:
Phantasie Für Orgel Mit Obbligati / Sonorités / Volumina • Étude Nr.1 ("Harmonies") (LP, Album)   Deutsche Grammophon 1968
Aventures / Nouvelles Aventures / Phrase À Trois (10")   Fratelli Fabbri Editori 1969
Transición II / Studio N. 1 / Intavolatura (10")   Fratelli Fabbri Editori 1969
Artikulation (7")   WERGO 1970
II. Streichquartett / String Quartet / III.Streichquartett (LP)   Deutsche Grammophon 1970
2nd String Quartet / Lux Aeterna / Volumina / Etüde No. 1 (LP)   Deutsche Grammophon 1973
Doppelkonzert / San Francisco Polyphony / 2 Etüden / Glissandi (LP)   Wergo 1976
Doppelkonzert Für Flöte Und Oboe / Kammerkonzert Für 13 Instrumentalisten / Melodien (LP)   Decca 1976
Drei Stücke Für Zwei Klaviere • Perspektiven • Monologe (LP)   Deutsche Grammophon 1980
Requiem / Aventures / Nouvelles Aventures (CD)   WERGO 1985
The Planets / Lux Aeterna (CD, RM)   Deutsche Grammophon 1987
Continuum / Zehn Stücke Für Bläserquintett / Artikulation / Glissandi / Etüden Für Orgel / Volumina (CD)   WERGO 1988
Kammerkonzert / Ramifications / Lux Aeterna / Atmosphères (CD)   WERGO 1988
Le Grand Macabre (2xCD, Album, Car)   WERGO 1991
Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto, Chamber Concerto (CD)   Sony Classical 1994
Classikon 100: Musik Des 20. Jahrhunderts II (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1994
György Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets And Duets (CD, Album)   Sony Classical 1996
György Ligeti Edition 2: A Capella Choral Works (CD, Album)   Sony Classical 1996
György Ligeti Edition 3: Works For Piano: Études & Musica Ricercata (CD)   Sony Classical, Sony Classical 1996
Ten Pieces For Wind Quintet / Six Bagatelles (CD, Album)   cpo 1996
György Ligeti Edition 5: Mechanical Music (CD, Album)   Sony Classical 1997
György Ligeti Edition 6: Keyboard Works (Album) (2 versions)   Sony Classical 1997
Piano Works (CD, Album)   Dynamic (4) 2001
The Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto / Mysteries Of The Macabre (Album) (2 versions)   Teldec Classics ... 2001
Aventures (CD, RE, RM, Dig)   Deutsche Grammophon 2002
The Ligeti Project II: Lontano / Atmosphères / Apparitions / San Francisco Polyphony / Concert Românesc (CD, Album)   Teldec Classics 2002
The Ligeti Project III: Cello Concerto / Clocks And Clouds / Violin Concerto / Síppal, Dobbal, Nádihegedüvel (CD)   Teldec Classics 2002
Etudes Books I And II (1-14a) (CD, Album)   Naxos 2003
The Ligeti Project IV: Hamburg Concerto / Double Concerto / Ramifications / Requiem (CD)   Teldec Classics 2003
The Ligeti Project V: Baladǎ Şi Joc / Cello Sonata / Artikulation / Aventures, Nouvelles Aventures / Musica Ricercata / Big Turtle Fanfare / Régi Magyar Társas Táncok (CD)   Teldec Classics 2004
The Ligeti Project (Box + 5xCD)   Warner Classics & Jazz 2006
Atmospheres / Continuum (7")   WERGO  
Atmosphères / Volumina / Aventures / Konzert Für Violoncello (LP)   Hör Zu Black Label  
Aventures - Nouvelles Aventures / Volumina / Etude No. 1 "Harmonies" (LP)   Candide  
Ligeti: Aventures (LP, 2nd)   Candide  
Lux Aeterna / Volumina / String Quartet No.2 / Etude No.1 (LP)   Deutsche Grammophon  
Appears On:
Leonard Bernstein Conducts Music Of Our Time By Larry Austin, Morton Feldman, György Ligeti (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1965
2001 - A Space Odyssey (Album, Comp) (7 versions) Requiem For Soprano, M... MGM Records ... 1968
Europäische Chormusik Aus Fünf Jahrhunderten (Box + 4xLP) Morgen, Nacht His Master's Voice 1971
Heinrich Strobel "Verehrter Meister, Lieber Freund..." (5xLP + Box, Boo) Lontano Für Großes O... Deutsche Grammophon 1978
Organo Con Forza (2xCD, Album) Etude No. 1, Harmonies Phono Suecia 1987
Factory Classical Label (CD, Promo, Smplr) Study No. 6 Factory 1989
Mysteries Of The Macabre (CD)   Philips Classics 1989
Plunderphonic (CD) Tune Not On Label 1989
5. Dresdner Tage Der Zeitgenössischen Musik '91 (2xCD, Album) Hungarian Rock Aurophon 1991
Au Grand Orgue De La Cathédrale Notre-Dame Du Harve (CD) Ricercare Per Organo Adda 1991
20th Century Wind Music: Barber • Ligeti • Berio • Françaix • Eder (CD, Album)   Sony Classical 1992
Wergo Collection: Music Of Our Century (CD)   Wergo 1993
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1994 (3xCD)   col legno 1995
Messiaen, Vine, Respighi & Ligeti (CD, Album)   ProPiano 1998
Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik Im 20. Jahrhundert (8xCD, Sli)   Col Legno 1999
Avantgarde Favourites Of The 20th Century (CD, Album)   Classico 2000
Piano Dance • A 20th Century Portrait (CD, Album) Hungarian Rock For Har... Telarc 2000
At Carnegie Hall (CD, Album)   Teldec Classics 2002
Avantgarde Favourites Of The 20th Century (CD, Sli)   TIM AG 2002
20th-Century Cello (3xCD)   Deutsche Grammophon 2005
Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters (Album) (2 versions)   Warp Records 2006
For All I Care (Album) (3 versions) Fém (Etude No. 8) EmArcy ... 2008
Time Is On My Side (2xCDr, Comp) Volumina Nur/Nicht/Nur 2008
Avantgarde Vol. 3 (6xLP + Box) II. Streichquartett: 1... Deutsche Grammophon  
Clavecin 2.000 (Harpsichord / Cembalo 2.000) (LP) Continuum Prospective 21e Siècle  
Tracks Appear On:
Neue Chormusik 1 (LP) Lux Aeterna Für 16 So... Wergo 1967
2001: A Space Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album) (7 versions) Overture: Atmospheres,... Rhino Movie Music ... 1968
Elektronmusikkens Materialer Og Æstetik (LP) Momenti, Artikulation,... Edition Wilhelm Hansen 1968
Panorama Électronique: Electronic Experimental Music (LP) Artikulation Limelight 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey - Volume Two (LP, Comp) Lontano, Volumina, Req... Polydor 1970
1973 Holland Festival (2xLP) Ramifications Radio Nederland 1973
Die Neue Musik Und Ihre Neuesten Entwicklungen (LP) Lux Aeterna Opus Musicum 1975
Heinrich Strobel "Verehrter Meister, Lieber Freund..." (5xLP + Box, Boo) Lontano Für Großes O... Deutsche Grammophon 1978
Orchestral Space (LP) Atmospheres Varèse Sarabande 1978
The Shining (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (3 versions) Lontano Warner Bros. Records 1980
Benjamin, Gentile, Saariaho, Ligeti (CD, Album) Corrente, Calmo, Suste... UMMUS 1990
Cologne - WDR: Early Electronic Music (Comp) (2 versions) Glissandi, Artikulation BV Haast Records 1990
5. Dresdner Tage Der Zeitgenössischen Musik '91 (2xCD, Album) Hungarian Rock Aurophon 1991
Au Grand Orgue De La Cathédrale Notre-Dame Du Harve (CD) Ricercare Per Organo Adda 1991
20th Century Wind Music: Barber • Ligeti • Berio • Françaix • Eder (CD, Album) I. Allegro Con Spirito... Sony Classical 1992
Music Of Our Century - Musik Unserer Zeit (CD, Comp) Le Grand Macabre: Szen... WERGO 1992
40 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage 1950-1990 (4xCD) Atmosphères Col Legno 1993
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1994 (3xCD) Étude Pour Piano No. ... col legno 1995
Contemporary Music III (CD, Album) Erste Phantasie Electrecord 1997
Wergo Collection II - Music Of Our Time - Musik Unserer Zeit (CD, Album, Smplr) Etüde Für Orgel Nr. ... WERGO, WERGO 1997
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1997 (3xCD) Pour Irina Col Legno 1998
Eyes Wide Shut (Music From The Motion Picture) (Album) (2 versions) Musica Ricercata II (M... Warner Bros. Records ... 1999
Music Of Our Time (CD, RE) Atmosphères Sony Classical 1999
Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik Im 20. Jahrhundert (8xCD, Sli) Ramifications Col Legno 1999
His Master's Noise - The Institute Of Sonology (2 versions) Pièce Electronique Nr. 3 BV Haast Records 2001
Misterious Morning (CD, Album) Allegro Con Spirito, R... Alpha Productions 2001
Experimentelles Musiktheater : Fluxus-Happening-Performance (CD) Trois Bagatelles RCA Red Seal 2004
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Fourth A-Chronology 1937-2005 (2xCD, Comp) Pièce Électronique #3 Sub Rosa 2006
Minimal Harp (CD) Musica Ricercata I., M... Decca 2008
Time Is On My Side (2xCDr, Comp) Volumina Nur/Nicht/Nur 2008
Music Of Ostrava Days Live (2xCD, Comp, Sli) Praeludium.Vivacissimo... Not On Label 2009
Acousmatrix The History Of Electronic Music (9xCD, Comp, RE + Box) Glissandi, Artikulation BV Haast Records  
Avantgarde Vol. 3 (6xLP + Box) II. Streichquartett: 1... Deutsche Grammophon  
De Vijftigers (LP) Lux Aeterna Deutsche Grammophon  
Panorama Des Musiques Expérimentales (4 versions) Artikulation Philips ...  
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