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Ligeti: Mechanical Music

Gyorgy Ligeti (Performer), Pierre Charial (Performer), Jürgen Hocker (Performer), Format: Audio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews
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Continuum
by Pierre Charial
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Hungarian Rock
by Pierre Charial
4:52
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Capriccio No.1
by Pierre Charial
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Invention
by Pierre Charial
1:22
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Capriccio No.2
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Pohme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes
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Musica Ricercata: Musica Ricercata: I. Sostenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
by Pierre Charial
2:12
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Musica Ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: III. Allegro con spirito
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: IV. Tempo de Valse (poco vivace - ` l'orgue de Barbarie)
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: Musica Ricercata: V. Rubato. Lamentoso
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: VI. Allegro molto capriccioso
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: Musica Ricercata: VII. Cantabile, molto legato
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: Musica Ricercata: VIII. Vivace. Energico
by Pierre Charial
0:54
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Musica Ricercata: IX. (Bila Bartsk in memoriam) Adago. Mesto - Allegro maestoso
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: Musica Ricercata: X. Vivace. Capriccioso
by Pierre Charial
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Musica Ricercata: Musica Ricercata: XI. (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo
by Pierre Charial
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Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: X. Der Zauberlehrling: Prestissimo, staccatissimo, leggierissimo
by Jürgen Hocker
2:13
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Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: IX. Vertige: Prestissimo sempre molto legato, sehr gleichma_ig
by Jürgen Hocker
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Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: XI. En suspens: Andante con moto, "avec l'iligance du swing"
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1:16
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Itudes Pour Piano, Adapted For Player Piano: XIII. L'Escalier Du Diable: Presto Legato Ma Leggiero
by Jürgen Hocker
3:40
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Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: XIVa. Coloana fara sfbrsit: Presto possibile, tempestoso con fuoco
by Jürgen Hocker
1:04
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Itudes pour piano, adapted for Player Piano: VII. Galamb borong: Vivacissimo luminoso, legato possibile
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Continuum
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Product Details

  • Performer: Gyorgy Ligeti, Pierre Charial, Jürgen Hocker, Françoise Terrioux
  • Audio CD (May 20, 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Run Time: 75 minutes
  • ASIN: B0000029P2
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsshare Ligeti's fascination with mechanical things.
By Lord Chimp on January 29, 2004
Format: Audio CD
First off, I should inform you that Sony's Ligeti Edition series is being deleted so if you're interested in this stuff, you should pick up the ones you want as soon as you can. Ligeti Edition 5 is a good one. No, it's AWESOME. If you have any interest in "mechanical music," this should be essential.
Poeme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes was the main thing I wanted to hear on this collection. The piece starts with 100 metronomes ticking in a dense, ordered mass of monotone ticks. As the piece progresses, as some of the metronomes finish winding down, distinct rhythmic arrangements begin to emerge, swaying and wavy and disorienting. (You can also play a good trick on someone: play this piece in their car and they'll think the vehicle is about to explode or something.) Finally, one metronome is left ticking alone, then silence. The concept seemed utterly fascinating so I knew it was something I had to check out. Fortunately, it is more than just an idea that sounds good on paper - it is a very enthralling piece of music. In the liner notes, Ligeti discusses the thermodynamic category of maximal entropy, which factored into his considerations in composing this piece. That's interesting, because in his work on "dissipative structures," Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine theorized that a given system might reach a "bifurcation point," at which its simpler processes can no longer provide for order. At this point, Prigogine tells us, the system can either go into a total, entropic collapse, or evolve into a higher form of order. The second law of thermodynamics (on which our understanding of entropy is based) may not be as relevant as Prigogine's insights. Rather than coming to maximal entropy upon the finale of the single metronome, we can think of it as a new beginning.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsDon't believe the gripe
By A Customer on June 6, 2001
Format: Audio CD
It's unfortunate that the previous reviewer has sadly misjudged this marvelous collection, which is a rich and complex selection of mechanized pieces for player piano and barrel organ that truly shows Ligeti's creativity in all its glory--sometimes berserk, sometimes poignant, but always compelling. Or almost always. It's true that the metronome piece is tiresome, but remember: it's only one piece! To dismiss an entire record of some of the 20th century's most interesting and inventive music on the basis of a single wearisome experiment is absurd. In fact, I resisted purchasing this record for many months because I feared it would be as troublesome as some of Nancarrow's thornier compositions for player piano. But in actuality, this music is much more enjoyable--though not "easy" necessarily--than Ligeti's critics would have you believe. For those fans of Volume 3 in this set, the Piano Etudes, this selection is oddly comparable in its striking aural effect and surprising drama, albeit different in structure and in instrumentation. So don't worry about the metronome and instead take a chance on the composer's wondrous mechanical mastery. For most fans of modern music, it shouldn't be a difficult leap.
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3.0 out of 5 starsHalf inconsequential, half surprisingly strong in relation to Ligeti's total output
By Christopher Culver TOP 1000 REVIEWER on June 18, 2009
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I suspect for many Ligeti fans, the appeal of this disc is connected to how much you like Ligeti's prankster side and his piano etudes. The former element is present in the Poeme Symphonique for 100 Metronomes, a 20-minute work which is nothing more and nothing less than 100 metronomes set off at the same time. The liner notes, written by Ligeti himself, are quite informative on how this piece came to me. It was hatched during his brief flirtation with the Fluxus movement and the circumstances of its premiere were comical. The work itself is interesting on an occasional listen (as in once every several years). There is some value in the claim that this work is not just a gag, but rather expresses through its myriad inpenetrable lines the thick textures and complex rhythms that interested Ligeti throughout his career.

For fans of the piano etudes, the transcriptions here for player piano will provide an interesting standard that living pianists approach only with immense talent and practice. Etude XIVa "Coloana fara sfarsit" was written originally for player piano, with the usual Etude XIV being a simplification for mere humans. While it's generally more interesting to hear Aimard perform the Etudes, the player piano versions are entertaining listening in their own right.

The adaptations for barrel organ are completely uninteresting to this reviewer. Perhaps Ligeti was fond of the instrument because of childhood memories, but their presence taking up half the disc means that you could probably save this installment for last in collecting the Gyorgy Ligeti Edition. But snatch all the volumes up soon, because Sony has a nasty habit of letting fine recordings slip out of print.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBarrel organ and organ solo pieces
By deb2006 on April 14, 2012
Format: MP3 Music
Don't listen to the reviewers who look down on Ligeti's work for barrel organ or for organ. The organ was an essential element of Ligeti's music, and Ligeti has done much to modernize the organ in the 20th century. I would say his pieces rank among the most important pieces for organ in the last century.

The barrel organ pieces are finely crafted, and the exploit the barrel organ's possibilities. They are fun to listen to, and this is something people tend to forget when writing about Ligeti's music: Ligeti was not simply a tedious musician, but he was always are that music should foremost be fun, bring pleasure to an audience.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsstange but very intresting

This CD with Ligeti's music is in a way strange but also very interesting. It is an opening to music without instruments. Nice!

Published on June 16, 2013 by Leif Sonkin
4.0 out of 5 starsNot essential Ligeti, but still worth the budget price

Disk 5 of the eight album Ligeti Edition on Sony (LE5 henceforth) is of interest to confirmed Ligeti fans and completists, but it's probably not the best place to begin an... Read more

Published on December 7, 2009 by Michael Schell
5.0 out of 5 starsReport from the far reaches of the musical envelope.

This recording of Gyorgy Ligeti's 'Mechanical Music' gets five stars from me only because I happen to like this sort of thing, and 'good' music of this type which pushes the... Read more

Published on August 28, 2006 by B. Marold
4.0 out of 5 starsNot great music, but fun

Of Marcel Duchamp's powerful "Nude Descending a Staircase," an unfriendly (but perceptive) critic said a better title would have been "Explosion in a Shingle Factory. Read more

Published on February 15, 2006 by Casey R. Law
5.0 out of 5 starslisten to with open ears

This cd is very interesting to listen to. Wow the barrel organ is a little different but it adds another view to Ligeti's music. Read more

Published on June 3, 2003 by stephen jones
1.0 out of 5 starsMore interesting in concept than execution

The interest here lies more in the ideas behind these pieces than their actual execution. Take the symphony for 100 metronomes. Read more

Published on November 19, 2000 by Ingles
5.0 out of 5 starsmechanical listening

Ligeti's compositions are always just barely "music". These are fascinating listening inventions that display Ligeti's mastery of the precision of chaos. Read more

Published on December 18, 1998
5.0 out of 5 starssupreme!

This CD cuts territory where only a few have tread. The mechanical instruments heard on this disk shimmer and shake while the metronome piece (for 100 metronomes) is a nut... Read more

Published on October 21, 1998

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