What are yours? There's probably a thread for this already but oh well here's another one deal with it
Chamber Concerto
'Etudes' for piano (all the books!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Violin Concerto
Cello Concerto
Atmosphères
Lontano
Requiem
Le Grand Macabre
String Quartet no. 1
Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
Ok for those voting for the etudes, are there any in particular which you like the most? :)
I will have to think about which etudes I like the most.......but off the top of my head I think 13 is my favourite
Damn, this is difficult! Let's see...(in no particular order):
Clocks & Clouds
Violin Concerto
Requiem
Lontano
San Francisco Polyphony
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 29, 2016, 06:26:03 PM
Damn, this is difficult! Let's see...(in no particular order):
Clocks & Clouds
Violin Concerto
Requiem
Lontano
San Francisco Polyphony
Really nice list! Certainly a lot from his middle period. Would Ligeti from the 60s and 70s be the Ligeti you tend to gravitate towards?
Quote from: jessop on December 29, 2016, 08:37:57 PM
Really nice list! Certainly a lot from his middle period. Would Ligeti from the 60s and 70s be the Ligeti you tend to gravitate towards?
Thanks, but I'm not too familiar with Ligeti's different periods.
Melodien, the
Piano Concerto, and
Atmosphères could have made it into my 'Top 5' as well.
Melodien
San Francisco Polyphony
Hamburg Concerto
Violin Concerto
Chamber Concerto
Lux aeterna
Requiem
Piano Concerto
String Quartet No. 2
Volumina
Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel
don't ask me to put them in order though. Melodien & SFP are my favourites overall.
Quote from: jessop on December 29, 2016, 03:17:25 PM
What are yours? There's probably a thread for this already but oh well here's another one deal with it
Chamber Concerto
'Etudes' for piano (all the books!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Violin Concerto
Cello Concerto
Atmosphères
Lontano
Requiem
Le Grand Macabre
String Quartet no. 1
Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
WHY the Piano Concerto is not in your list? Explain now. >:(
Quote from: aleazk on December 30, 2016, 12:56:46 PM
WHY the Piano Concerto is not in your list? Explain now. >:(
HAHA I have heard it so many times I have kinda grown bored of it :laugh:
It IS good, as is everything he wrote (except for Régi magyar társas táncok) but I like some of the other concertos more ;D
Etudes
Musica Ricercata
Violin Concerto
Le Grand Macabre
String Quartet No. 2
...but I couldn't leave out:
Piano Concerto
String Quartet No. 1
Chamber Concerto
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Lontano
I feel that I must also mention his Three Pieces for Two Pianos. Fun to listen to, and stylistically important as it forms a clear bridge from his middle period of composition and his late period.
easy: Requiem.
My initial, somewhat lazy answer:
Artikulation
Atmospheres
Etudes
Hamburg Concerto
Horn Trio
Le Grand Macabre
Lontano
Piano Concerto
Requiem
Volumina
Both SQs (2)
Piano Etudes (the best of them)
Melodien
Very easily reaching 5.
Humor, forensic rigor, overall musical excellence, genius.
With a composer like Ligeti (who is really one of the very best of the the post-war era, and of the 20th century itself) .. it's easy to keep listing stuff ..
Piano Concerto
Etudes
Horn Trio
Grand Macabre - though not so much for its music but the total concept. A high point of Alan Gilbert's tenure with the NY Phil was a semi-staged concert version where the whole experience just blew me away.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on January 18, 2017, 05:53:40 AM
Piano Concerto
Etudes
Horn Trio
Grand Macabre - though not so much for its music but the total concept. A high point of Alan Gilbert's tenure with the NY Phil was a semi-staged concert version where the whole experience just blew me away.
I agree with you on Le Grand Macabre. I have always felt that the music alone, without the drama, dialogue, design etc. really needs the added theatrical elements for it to work........
Besides the Études, my personal favorites are the late 60s/early 70s orchestral works:
Lotano
Melodien
Clocks & Clouds
San Francisco Polyphony
Double Concerto
I usually put them together in a playlist and listen to them all at once, treating them as one long orchestral work.
I'm so new to Ligeti's music I don't have a clue what my favorites are. Ligeti is experienced rather than remembered which makes comparing difficult.
The only 2 i like are Lontano and Atmospheres.
Quote from: 71 dB on July 01, 2017, 10:46:49 AM
I'm so new to Ligeti's music I don't have a clue what my favorites are. Ligeti is experienced rather than remembered which makes comparing difficult.
What do you mean by remembered? I find I can hear many works by Ligeti in my head by remembering how they go, but I don't know if that's what you mean.
Since Greg (Monkey Greg) has jumped on the GMG saddle again and seems to be enthused by Ligeti's music, it's time I update my list:
(In no particular order)
Études
Lontano
Lux Aeterna
Six Bagatelles
Clocks and Clouds
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 05, 2020, 07:19:53 PM
Since Greg (Monkey Greg) has jumped on the GMG saddle again and seems to be enthused by Ligeti's music, it's time I update my list:
(In no particular order)
Études
Lontano
Lux Aeterna
Six Bagatelles
Clocks and Clouds
Ah cool. Didn't know about this thread. I'll wait until my SONY Masterworks set arrives and give those a spin before I make any lists, there a still a good number of works I haven't heard.
Great lists here!
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on May 05, 2020, 08:54:31 PM
Ah cool. Didn't know about this thread. I'll wait until my SONY Masterworks set arrives and give those a spin before I make any lists, there a still a good number of works I haven't heard.
Great lists here!
Looking forward to your list, Greg. 8)
Atmospheres
Double Concerto
Chamber Concerto
Lontano
String Quartet No. 2
1. Volumina
2. San Francisco Polyphony
3. Le Grand Macabre
4. Etudes
5. Requiem
I thought I already had contributed on this thread. Time to remedy that:
Violin Concerto
Piano Concerto
Lontano
San Francisco Polyphony
Horn Trio
I had to leave out Atmosphères, Requiem, Clocks and Clouds and the String Quartets.
Don't know that many, but these are all amazing:
Atmosphères
Chamber Concerto
Violin Concerto
String Quartet No.2
Requiem
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 07, 2021, 11:28:58 AM
I thought I already had contributed on this thread. Time to remedy that:
Violin Concerto
Piano Concerto
Lontano
San Francisco Polyphony
Horn Trio
I had to leave out Atmosphères, Requiem, Clocks and Clouds and the String Quartets.
Quote from: vers la flamme on July 07, 2021, 02:08:57 PM
Don't know that many, but these are all amazing:
Atmosphères
Chamber Concerto
Violin Concerto
String Quartet No.2
Requiem
Great lists! I do think
Atmosphères is one of the greatest works by anyone, that deserves to stand alongside other groundbreaking scores like say, Beethoven's
Eroica, or Stravinsky's
Rite.
My choices:
Atmosphères
Lux AeternaViolin Concerto
Piano Etudes, Book I
String Quartet No. 2
--Bruce
Quote from: Brewski on July 07, 2021, 02:19:54 PM
Great lists! I do think Atmosphères is one of the greatest works by anyone, that deserves to stand alongside other groundbreaking scores like say, Beethoven's Eroica, or Stravinsky's Rite.
My choices:
Atmosphères
Lux Aeterna
Violin Concerto
Piano Etudes, Book I
String Quartet No. 2
--Bruce
I'll have to relisten to
Atmosphères on the strength of your advocacy.
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 07, 2021, 11:28:58 AM
I thought I already had contributed on this thread. Time to remedy that:
Violin Concerto
Piano Concerto
Lontano
San Francisco Polyphony
Horn Trio
I had to leave out Atmosphères, Requiem, Clocks and Clouds and the String Quartets.
No love for any of the piano works, Cesar? :-\
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 07, 2021, 07:34:47 PM
No love for any of the piano works, Cesar? :-\
I've only heard almost all of his orchestral and chamber works, but the stuff for piano is still unknown to me. What works do you recommend?
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 07, 2021, 08:06:53 PM
I've only heard almost all of his orchestral and chamber works, but the stuff for piano is still unknown to me. What works do you recommend?
The
Etudes! It is masterful and full of twists and surprises. I think you'll enjoy this work.
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 07, 2021, 08:07:51 PM
The Etudes! It is masterful and full of twists and surprises. I think you'll enjoy this work.
Thank you, John. I'll make sure to give them a listen when I can.
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 07, 2021, 08:15:16 PM
Thank you, John. I'll make sure to give them a listen when I can.
8) I know you're a streaming guy, but if you can find a way to hear the Danny Driver performance on Hyperion, then that would be my recommendation.
I haven't listened to the whole of my collection that many times but as I enjoy the 1960s works as much as anything:
Atmosphères
Lontano
Requiem
Lux Aeterna
Ramifications
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 07, 2021, 08:18:25 PM
8) I know you're a streaming guy, but if you can find a way to hear the Danny Driver performance on Hyperion, then that would be my recommendation.
Thanks again. I'll keep it in mind. Yes, I sometimes use streaming services to listen to works that are hard to find elsewhere.
Here's one of my favorites of the Études, No. 13, "The Devil's Staircase," beautifully filmed with Pierre-Laurent Aimard. It might be one of the most difficult, but none of them appears to be exactly easy. 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLam2O3gtY
--Bruce
Quote from: Brewski on July 08, 2021, 05:35:53 PM
Here's one of my favorites of the Études, No. 13, "The Devil's Staircase," beautifully filmed with Pierre-Laurent Aimard. It might be one of the most difficult, but none of them appears to be exactly easy. 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLam2O3gtY
--Bruce
That looks very hard indeed, and a little creepy like those hands are crawling about with minds of their own. ???
Quote from: Brewski on July 08, 2021, 05:35:53 PM
Here's one of my favorites of the Études, No. 13, "The Devil's Staircase," beautifully filmed with Pierre-Laurent Aimard. It might be one of the most difficult, but none of them appears to be exactly easy. 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLam2O3gtY
--Bruce
What impressive piece and playing! Thanks for sharing it. These études seem like my cup of tea.