Quatuor Diotima -Metamorphosis Ligeti -Pentatone CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Streichquartett Nr. 1 "M?tamorphoses nocturnes" (1953/54)

01. "1. Allegro grazioso"

02. "2. Vivace, capriccioso"

03. "3. Adagio, mesto"

04. "4. Presto"

05. "5. Prestissimo"

06. "6. Andante tranquillo"

07. "7. Tempo di valse, moderato, con eleganza, un poco capriccioso"

08. "8. Subito prestissimo"

09. "9. Allegretto, un poco giovale"

10. "10. Poco pi? mosso"

11. "11. Prestissimo"

12. "12. Ad libitum, senza misura"
Andante und Allegro (für Streichquartett) (1950)

13. "1. Andante cantabile"

14. "2. Allegretto poco capriccioso"
Streichquartett Nr. 2 (1967/68)

15. "1. Allegro nervoso"

16. "2. Sostenuto, molto calmo"

17. "3. Come un meccanismo di precisione"

18. "4. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso"

19. "5. Allegro con delicatezza"

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Ligeti: Metamorphosis by Various Artists, released 3 March 2023. This version of Ligeti: Metamorphosis comes as a 1xCD. -

Quatuor Diotima makes it's Pentatone debut with a recording of Györgi Ligeti's string quartets. While the second quartet from 1968 is an avantgarde 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 it's 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.

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PTC5187061

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