Dostupnosť:
na sklade / dostupné okamžite
Katalógové číslo:
PTC5187061
Interpreti:
Quator Diotima
Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes'
Work length 21:04
Quator Diotima
I. Allegro grazioso
Ii. Vivace, capriccioso
Iii. Adagio, mesto
Iv. Presto
V. Prestissimo
Vi. Andante tranquillo
Vii. Tempo di Valse, moderato, con eleganza, un poco capriccioso
Viii. Subito prestissimo
Ix. Allegretto, un poco giovale
X. Poco più mosso
Xi. Prestissimo
Xii. Ad libitum, senza misura
Ligeti: Andante and Allegretto
Work length 13:11
Quator Diotima
I. Andante cantabile
Ii. Allegretto poco capriccioso
Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2
Work length 19:29
Quator Diotima
I. Allegro nervoso
Ii. Sostenuto, molto calmo
Iii. Come un meccanismo di precisione
Iv. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
V. Allegro con delicatezza
Quatuor Diotima makes its Pentatone debut with a recording of Györgi Ligeti’s string quartets. While the second quartet from 1968 is an avant-garde classic, the first from 1953-54, “Metamorphoses nocturnes”, is often nicknamed Bartók’s seventh quartet, pointing out the continuity between these two Hungarian master composers. Despite moments of nostalgia, it already possesses the ferocious, adventurous nature of the later quartet. In-between these two iconoclast works, the Andante and Allegretto from 1950 offers an intimate moment of repose. The members of Diotima long postponed recording Ligeti’s string quartets, intimidated by their significance in music history and the demands they place on the players, but now the time has come to pursue this fascinating project and share it with the world. The quartet is fascinated by the cinematic qualities of Ligeti’s music and its use in films, including Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey. The album cover pays homage to that iconic movie. Quatuor Diotima is one the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world today, and has worked in close collaboration with several of the greatest composers of the late twentieth century. Reflected in the mirror of today’s music, the quartet projects a new light onto the masterpieces of the 19th and 20th centuries.