'"Captivating. One of the unique aspects of Ligeti's music is his ability to project dense, chromatic webs of sound with an almost Mozartian clarity; this disconcerting sensation is masterfully reproduced in this performance of Ligeti's Requiem by conductor Michael Gielen. The finale--calamitous, but strangely withdrawn--represents the composer at his most dramatic. And yes, this is the music Stanley Kubrick used to accompany the discovery of the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also on this disc are two other essential works, 'Aventures' and 'Nouvelles Aventures', highly comic, highly theatrical, justly celebrated choral works." --Joshua Cody'
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Tracklist
1 Requiem 26:41
Choir ? Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus Master ? Wolfgang Schubert
Conductor [Orchestra] ? Michael Gielen
Mezzo-soprano Vocals ? Barbro Ericson
Orchestra ? Sinfonie-Orchester Des Hessischen Rundfunks Frankfurt
Soprano Vocals ? Liliana Poli
2 Aventures 10:47
Alto Vocals ? Marie-Therese Cahn
Baritone Vocals ? William Pearson
Conductor ? Bruno Maderna
Ensemble ? Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt
Soprano Vocals ? Gertie Charlent
3 Nouvelles Aventures 11:45
Alto Vocals ? Marie-Therese Cahn
Baritone Vocals ? William Pearson
Conductor ? Bruno Maderna
Ensemble ? Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt
Soprano Vocals ? Gertie Charlent
Recorded At ? Hessischer Rundfunk
Recorded At ? Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt
Credits
Composed By ? Gyorgy Ligeti
Design [Cover] ? H.-J. Kropp
Liner Notes ? Gyorgy Ligeti, Harald Kaufmann
Liner Notes [English Translation] ? Sarah E. Soulsby
Liner Notes [French Translation] ? Pierre Michel
Painting [Cover Painting] ? Hieronymus Bosch
Notes
'Requiem, fur Sopran, Mezzosopran, zwei gemischte Chore und Orchester' composed 1963-65. Recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt, November 1968.
'Aventures' & 'Nouvelles Aventures, fur 3 Sanger und 7 Instrumentalisten', composed respectively in 1962 & 1962-65. Recorded at Studio des Internationalen Musikinstituts Darmstadt, 1966.
1 : originally released in 1969 on LP (WER 60045)
2 & 3 : originally released in 1967 on LP (WER 60022)
Housed in jewel case with 16 page booklet containing German, English and French liner notes.
