In addition, the interactive score for musica ricercata no. The hungarian composer gyorgy ligeti composed a cycle of 18 etudes for solo piano between. I bought this set wanting to hear another pianists take on ligeti s etudes. Etude in memoriam gyorgy ligeti derecskei, andras imslp. Copyright stiftung klavierfestival ruhr stiftung klavierfestival ruhr.
Works for piano etudes, musica ricercata pierrelaurent aimard music. Gyorgy ligeti lescalier du diable download sheet music at notafina in pdf format. Ligeti, gyorgy etudes pour piano all downloads buying sheet music and downloads from. May 21, 2018 one of the pieces in the radio program is a piano etude written by gyorgy ligeti in the late twentieth century. L escalier du diable the devils staircase, i have the feeling of climbing and of eschers endless staircases that ligeti loved so much. Test du diable descalier stanley sxwtdft521 chariot. These works are so difficult only a handful of pianists have ever played more than one or two of them, and to the best of my knowledge, fredrik ullen is the only pianist to record all three books. Work title, etude pour piano in memoriam gyorgy ligeti. Apr 27, 2019 share your thoughts with other customers. Iits name l escalier du diable the devils staircase is very appropriate.
The etude is named lescalier du diable, or the devils staircase, and its repeated ascents of the keyboard have a striking resonance with the neverending ascent of the shepard tone. The notes leap through and over one another as if conjured up by a magician. At more than five minutes in duration, this is the longest. In the early days, pianists felt obliged to obey ligetis injunction to go always to extremes of loudness, speed or sheer frenzy. Lescalier du diable the devils staircase, i have the feeling of climbing and of eschers endless staircases that ligeti loved so much.
Lescalier du diable dan sullivan je ne suis pas une donneuse. I agree about sorabjiwith a few exceptions i dont understand his music. Je voudrais suivre le double fi l indique par mon titre. Bienvenue sur le classement des meilleurs diable pour escalier davril 2020. How can you say that you dont get prokofieff and prefer tchaikovsky and grieg grieg is such a laughably second rate composer that i wonder that anyone ever bothers playing his music.
Ligeti suffered from the endemic antisemitism of that era, and retreated into a dream world. Ve lo avevamo gia proposto nelle versioni su youtube di libetta poi ritirata e anderson. Lescalier du diable broche e e richardson achat livre. Toop, ligeti had originally listed this etude as no. Coloana fara sfarsit original version for player piano 1993 continuum 1970 adapted for two player pianos adaptations for barrel organ. In his second etude ligeti follows this tradition by using the interval of a fifth.
However, nothing goes quite as smoothly as it seems, and here and there the music snags. Lescalier du diable est aussi lattracteur des trois contractions affines f, g, h definies par. Lescalier du diable, e e richardson, le navire en pleine ville. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Elle ne me repond pas, serre les dents et me regarde dans les yeux. A history of classical music in 50 short pieces gallery.