Ligeti’s interest in sonorities and instrumental timbres is well known. François-Xavier Roth and the musicians of Les Siècles, themselves true alchemists of sounds and colours, recorded shimmering interpretations of these three works in 2016, displaying unprecedented clarity and naturalness, and also tremendous humour. They have been superbly remastered for this reissue.
Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953)
· I. Allegro con spirito
· II. Rubato. Lamentoso
· III. Allegro grazioso
· IV. Presto ruvido
· V. (Béla Bartók in memoriam) - Adagio. Mesto
· VI. Molto vivace. CapricciosoKammerkonzert (1970)
· I. Corrente (Fließend), pour Maedi Wood
· II. Calmo, sostenuto, pour Traude Cerha
· III. Movimento preciso e meccanico, pour Friedrich Cerha
· IV. Presto, pour Walter SchmiedingTen Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)
· I. Molto sostenuto e calmo
· II. Prestissimo minaccioso e burlesco
· III. Lento
· IV. Prestissimo leggiero e virtuoso
· V. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero
· VI. Lo stesso : Presto staccatissimo e leggiero
· VII. Vivo, energico
· VIII. Allegro con delicatezza
· IX. Sostenuto, stridente
· X. Presto bizzarro
