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The Metamorphosis Ligeti referred to in the title of this PentaTone Classics release could refer to the subtitle of Ligeti's String Quartet No. 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"). It could also suggest how much Ligeti's style changed in the 15 years between the String Quartet No. 1 and String Quartet No. 2; the first quartet was begun in 1953 and still, with its Hungarian folk influences, still fit barely within the dictates of Hungarian socialist realism, while the second is an extreme modernist work. However, the two works are not so far apart as a casual listen might indicate, and the edgy performances of the Quatuor Diotima emphasize the continuity. The String Quartet No. 1 consists of a dozen short movements, as brief as 55 seconds, that, in their economy, suggest that something other than semi-traditional melodic material is happening here, and the Quatuor Diotima gives sharp, clipped performances that bring out the modernity of the work. The quartet is sometimes called "Bartók's seventh quartet," but the Quatuor Diotima stresses the departures from Bartók. The same is true even in the Andante and Allegretto for string quartet of 1950, a more folk-oriented work. The String Quartet No. 1 has its quota of technical challenges, but it is simple compared with the Second Quartet, a work that requires hair-trigger concentration from the players and the ability to make extremely quiet sounds at the top of the instruments' registers. The Quatuor Diotima's performance in the various insectlike sounds in the work is nonpareil. A truly excellent Ligeti recording that penetrates deeply into the composer's essence.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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String Quartet No. 1, "Métamorphoses nocturnes" (György Ligeti)
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
String Quartet No. 2 (György Ligeti)
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Györgi Ligeti, Composer - Quatuor Diotima, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
Album review
The Metamorphosis Ligeti referred to in the title of this PentaTone Classics release could refer to the subtitle of Ligeti's String Quartet No. 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"). It could also suggest how much Ligeti's style changed in the 15 years between the String Quartet No. 1 and String Quartet No. 2; the first quartet was begun in 1953 and still, with its Hungarian folk influences, still fit barely within the dictates of Hungarian socialist realism, while the second is an extreme modernist work. However, the two works are not so far apart as a casual listen might indicate, and the edgy performances of the Quatuor Diotima emphasize the continuity. The String Quartet No. 1 consists of a dozen short movements, as brief as 55 seconds, that, in their economy, suggest that something other than semi-traditional melodic material is happening here, and the Quatuor Diotima gives sharp, clipped performances that bring out the modernity of the work. The quartet is sometimes called "Bartók's seventh quartet," but the Quatuor Diotima stresses the departures from Bartók. The same is true even in the Andante and Allegretto for string quartet of 1950, a more folk-oriented work. The String Quartet No. 1 has its quota of technical challenges, but it is simple compared with the Second Quartet, a work that requires hair-trigger concentration from the players and the ability to make extremely quiet sounds at the top of the instruments' registers. The Quatuor Diotima's performance in the various insectlike sounds in the work is nonpareil. A truly excellent Ligeti recording that penetrates deeply into the composer's essence.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Quatuor Diotima
- Composer: György Ligeti
- Label: PENTATONE
- Genre: Classical
2023 Pentatone Music B.V. 2023 Assocation Les Diotima in exclusive license to Pentatone Music B.V.
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