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Ligeti György

Composer
Place of Birth
Dicsőszentmárton [Tîrnaveni, RO]
Date of Birth
1923
Web
http://www.gyoergy-ligeti.de
 
1923 May 28. Dicsőszentmárton [Diciosânmartin, Târnăveni - Romania]- 2006 June 12. Wien

György Ligeti was born in Dicsőszentmárton (today Tîrnaveni) on 28 May 1923 as son of Hungarian-Jewish parents. He studied at the Klausenburg conservatory with Ferenc Farkas from 1941 to 1943, later (1945-49) at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with Ferenc Farkas, Sándor Veress, Pál Járdányi and Lajos Bárdos. Very soon he developed the micropolyphony which later was to become one of the most significant features of his music. In his early pieces such as the a-cappella choral work "Éjszaka - Reggel" and his first successful work in the West, "Apparitions", this style is already extremely distinctive.

In December 1956, after the Hungarian revolution, he left his home country for artistic and political reasons. During his work as a free-lancer at the West German Radio electronic studios in Cologne (1957-58) he thoroughly studied the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel and Pierre Boulez which found its musical expression in his work "Artikulation" (1958). "Artikulation" as well as the work "Atmosphčres" for large orchestra (created in 1961) brought György Ligeti immediate recognition in the western musical scene. Long international teaching activities finally led him to the Hamburg Musikhochschule as a professor of composition (1973 to 1989).

Realising an idea that had been preoccupying his mind for quite some time, Ligeti created a first full-length stage work "Le Grand Macabre" (1974-77) after a fable by Michel de Ghelderode. Ligeti´s complex polyrhythmic compositional technique forms the basis of the works written in the 1980s and 1990s (for example the "Etudes pour piano" which he began to compose in 1985, the "Concerto for piano and orchestra" created between 1985 and 1988, the "Concerto for violin and orchestra" from 1990-92 and the "Sonata for viola solo" from 1991-94).

Numerous prices, awards and distinctions are proofs of the high esteem accorded to the work of György Ligeti and to him as a teacher and mentor of a whole generation of composers. Apart from his membership of the Hamburg Free Academy of Arts and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, other prizes and distinctions to be mentioned vicariously are for example: member of the Order ´Pour le mérite´ of Science and Art in 1974; appointment as ´Commandeur dans l´Ordre National des Arts et Lettres´, Paris 1988; ´Prix de composition musicale de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco´ received in 1988 as well; the Music Award of the Balzan Foundation and the Praemium Imperiale in 1991; Ernst-von-Siemens Music Award in 1993; UNESCO-IMC (International Music Council)-Music Prize, both awarded to him in 1996. In 1997 the Rumanian Academy conferred him the Honorary Membership; the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris appointed him as "Associé étranger" (Associated Foreign Member) in 1998. On 9 October 2000 György Ligeti was awarded the Sibelius Prize of the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation in Helsinki, and in 2001 the Kyoto-Prize for Arts and Science for the body of his work.
For his crossborder activity, the Polar Musik Prize was awarded to Ligeti by Carl XVI Gustaf, the King of Sweden.

György Ligeti died in Vienna on June 12, 2006.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
Bartók, Kodály, Ligeti: Hungarian Songs Warner
Sztravinszkij, Igor: Basel Concerto
Sosztakovics, Dmitrij Dmitrijevics: Kamaraszimfónia, Op. 110a
Bartók Béla: Divertimento BB 118
Ligeti György: Ramifications
(Stravinsky, Igor: Basel Concerto
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a
Bartók Béla: Divertimento BB 118
Ligeti: Ramifications) 		Cypres 5606
1985 Ligeti György: Requiem; Aventures; Nouvelles Aventures Wergo WER 60045-50 Own
1987 Ligeti György: Musica Ricercata; Capriccio Nr. 1 - Invention - Capriccio Nr. 2; Monument - Selbstportrait - Bewegung Wergo WER 60131-50 Own
1987 Ligeti György: Etudes pour piano - Premier livre; Messiaen, Olivier: 5 pieces de Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus Wergo WER 60134-50 Own
1987 Holst, Gustav: The Planets; Ligeti György: Lux aeterna Deutsche Grammophon 419475
1988 WERGO Collection I - Musik unserer Zeit / Music of our Time Wergo WER 602000
1988 Highlights from "Alternatives" Art & Electronics 68000
1989 Festival Alternativa, Moscow, October, 1989 Col Legno AU 31840 5 CDs
1989 Passeport Pour Le XX Siècle Disques Montaigne 780518
1990 Ligeti György: Kammerkonzert; Ramifications; Quartet for Strings no. 2; Lux aeterna Deutsche Grammophon 423244 Own
1990 Britten, Reger, Crumb, Ligeti - Suites & Sonatas for Solo Cello Deutsche Grammophon 431813
1990 Ligeti György: Lontano; Atmosphčres; Nono: Liebeslied; Boulez: Notations (I-IV); Rihm: Départ Deutsche Grammophon 429 260-2
1990 Benjamin, George: At First Light; Gentile: In un Silenzio Ordinato; Saariaho: Lichtbogen; Ligeti György: Chamber Concerto UMMUS UMM 102
1990 Bousseau, Pierre: Au Grand Orgue de la Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Havre Adda 581240
1990 Ligeti György: Etudes pour piano - Premier livre; Trio; Donatoni, Franco: Tema; Cadeau Erato ECD 75555
1990 Voices: A Compilation of the World's Greatest Choirs Mesa R2 79026
1991 Ligeti György: Cello Concerto; Krzysztof Penderecki: Sonata for cello & orchestra; Anton Webern: Little Pieces (3) for cello & piano, Op. 11; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for solo cello, Op. 25/3; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata, for solo cello Wergo WER 60362
1991 Carter, Elliott: Quintet; Donatoni, Franco: Blow; Kurtág, György: Quintetto; Ligeti, György: Zehn Stücke Stradivarius 33304
1991 Ligeti György: Művek zongorára és csembalóra
(Ligeti, György: Works for Piano & Cembalo) 		Col Legno 31815 Own
1991 Ligeti György: Le Grand Macabre Wergo WER 61702 Own
2 CDs / Preis der dt. Schallplattenkritik
1991 20 ans de musique contemporaine a Metz Col Legno AU 31830 5 CDs
1992 Quintette Moragues: Ligeti, Villa-Lobos, Barber, Hindemith, Stockhausen Valois 4639
1992 20th Century Wind Quintets Sony 48052
1992 György Ligeti / Aribert Reimann / Isang Yun / Morton Feldman ADK 8505
1992 A Lady Shaves Her Legs Erasmus WVH 072
1992 Piano Artissimo - Piano Music of Our Century Wergo WER 6223-2
1993 Horn Trios by Brahms & Ligeti Bridge 9012
1993 Ligeti György: Kammerkonzert, Ramifications, Lux aeterna, Atmospheres Wergo WER 60162 Own
1993 Of Eternal Light Catalyst 61822
1993 Ligeti György: Hungarian rock; Passacaglia ungherese ; Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano "Hommage à Brahms"; Pieces for 2 Pianos: no 1, 2, 3; Continuum for Harpsichord Wergo WER 60100 Own
1993 Ligeti György: Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester; Double Concerto; San Francisco Polyphony; Lontano Wergo WER 60163 Own
1993 Ligeti / Barber / Mathias / Carlson Crystal 750
1993 Lindberg, Christian - 10-Year Jubilee BIS Records BIS-CD-638
1993 Ligeti György: Continuum; Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett; Artikulation; Glissandi; Etüden für Orgel; Volumina
(Ligeti, György: Continuum; Pieces (10) for Wind Quintet; Artikulation; Glissandi; Study for Organ no 1 "Harmonies"; Volumina) 		Wergo WER 60161 Own
1994 Ligeti György: Zongoraverseny; Csellóverseny; Kammerkonzert
(Ligeti, György: Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto; Chamber Concerto) 		Sony SK 58945 Own
1994 Ligeti / Kurtág / Orbán / Szerványszky BIS Records BIS-CD-662 Own
1994 Atelier schola cantorum 6 Cadenza CAD 800 896
1994 Boulez Conducts Ligeti - Concertos For Cello, Violin, Piano Deutsche Grammophon 439808 Own
Prizes:
1994 Prix Caecilia, Bruxelles
1995 Cannes Classical Awards
1995 Edison
1995 Gramophone Award
This selection received a Grammy nomination for "Best Classical
Conteporary Composition."
1994 Ligeti György: Continuum; Double Concerto; Musica ricercata; String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"; San Francisco Polyphony BIS Records BIS-53 Own
1994 Danzi, Franz: Quintett B-Dur op. 56/1; Ligeti, György: Sechs Bagatellen; Schmid, Heinrich Kaspar: Bläserquintett B-Dur op. 28; Seiber Mátyás: Permutazioni à Cinque Ambitus amb 97877
1994 From Vienna - Arditti String Quartet Disques Montaigne 782027
1995 Journey to the Stars: A Sci-Fi Fantasy Adventure Philips 446403
1995 Ligeti / Sculthorpe / Hindemith / Sessions / Meijering Channel Classics 7495 Own
1995 Ligeti György: Művek zongorára és csembalóra
(Ligeti, György: Works for Piano & Cembalo) 		ITM 950024 Own
1995 Dvořák, Antonín: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra - Csajkovszkij / Arensky / Davidov
(Dvořák, Antonín: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra - Tchaikovsky / Arensky / Davidov) 		Channel Classics 8695
1995 Pieter Wispelwey Styles Channel Classics 395
1995 Boulez at 70 Gramophone 01
1995 Il Quintetto Bibiena: Flamen Ermitage ERM 418-2
1995 Ionisation: Music of Varčse, Penderecki, Ligeti Vox Box 5142
1995 Ligeti György: Streichquartett Nr. 1; Streichquartett Nr. 2
(Ligeti, György: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2) 		Wergo WER 60079-50 Own
1995 Donaueschinger Musiktage 1994 Col Legno WWE 31882 3 CDs / World Premiere Recordings
1996 Ligeti György - The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 BIS Records BIS-783 Own
1996 Donaueschinger Musiktage 75 Jahre, CD 7 Col Legno 31906
1996 Ligeti György: Six Bagatelles; Nielsen, Carl: Wind Quintet, FS 100, Op. 43; Hindemith, Paul: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24/2 Arcobaleno 94002
1996 2001: Űrodüsszeia
(2001: A Space Odyssey) 		Rhino 72562
1996 Håkan Hardenberger: Emotion Philips 446065
1996 Donaueschinger Musiktage 75 Jahre, CD 9 Col Legno 31908
1996 Great European Organs No. 40 Priory PRCD485
1996 Darmstadt 1946 –1996: 50 Years of New Music Col Legno WWE 31893 4 CDs
1996 Westminster Choir at Spoleto Festival U.S.A. Gothic G49078
1997 Zemlinsky / Danzi / Ligeti / Mozart / Damase ORF ORF 114
1997 Jory Vinikour: Chaconne Consonance 0007
1997 Wind Quintets of the 20th Century Koch Discover 920395
1997 György Ligeti Edition 3 - Zongoraművek
(György Ligeti Edition 3 - Works for Piano) 		Sony 62308 Own
1997 György Ligeti Edition 2 - A cappella kórusművek
(György Ligeti Edition 2 - A Cappella Choral Works) 		Sony 62305 Own
1997 WERGO Collection II - Musik unserer Zeit / Music of our Time Wergo WER 66002
1997 György Ligeti Edition 4 - Vokális művek
(György Ligeti Edition 4 - Vocal Works) 		Sony 62311 Own
1997 Extraterrestrial Classics BMG 68696
1997 György Ligeti Edition 1 - Vonósnégyesek és duettek
(György Ligeti Edition 1 - String Quartets and Duets) 		Sony 62306 Own
1997 Ligeti György: Sechs Bagatellen; Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett; Janácek, Leos: Mládí, JW 7/10; Concertino for piano, 2 violins, viola, clarinet, horn, & bassoon, JW 7/11 Harmonia Mundi HMN 911624
1997 György Ligeti Edition 5 - Mechanical Music Sony 62310 Own
1997 György Ligeti Edition 6 - Művek billentyűs hangszerekre
(György Ligeti Edition 6 - Keyboard Works) 		Sony 62307 Own
1997 Organ music by Schöberg, Frescobaldi and Ligeti BIS Records BIS-CD-509
1998 Messiaen, Olivier: Regards sur l'enfant Jésus (XI, XIII, XV); Vine, Carl: Sonata for piano; Respighi, Ottorino: Preludes on Gregorian melodies, P. 131: No. 1; Pezzi for piano, P, 44: Notturno; Ligeti György: Musica ricercata (I, III, VII) Pro Piano 224517
1998 Ligeti György: The Complete Piano Music Vol. 2 BIS Records BIS-983 Own
1998 Musik für Stimmen Ars Musici 1229
1998 Donaueschinger Musiktage 1997 Col Legno 20026 3 CDs / World Premiere Recordings
1998 György Ligeti Edition 7 - Kamaraművek
(György Ligeti Edition 7 - Chamber Music) 		Sony 62309 Own
1998 Kurtág György: Hommage á R. Sch. Op.15d; Florentz Jean-Louis: L'Ange du Tamaris, Op. 12; Ligeti György: Trio for horn, violin & piano ("Hommage à Brahms"); Pesson Gerard: Récréations françaises: bagatelles Arion 68414
1999 Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik im 20. Jahrhundert
(Rückblick Moderne - 20th Century Orchestral Musik) 		Col Legno 200041 8 CDs
1999 Dutilleux / Rappaz / Ligeti: Streichquartette Musikszene Schweiz 6158
1999 Illumina Collegium 125
1999 Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Live - The Radio Recordings N.M. Classics 97014
1999 Magyar szerzők művei gordonkára
(Hungarian Cello Music) 		Hungaroton HCD 31835
1999 Ligeti György: Le Grand Macabre Sony 62312 Own
1999 Ligeti - Schubert - Ligeti - An experimental recital Col Legno 20102 Own
1999 Solo Cello Nimbus Records NI 5616
1999 Borealis Live MSR Classics MS031899
1999 Bernstein Century - Music of our Time Sony 61845
2000 Ligeti György: Etudes L'empreinte Digitale ED 13125 Own
2000 Marlboro Music Festival - 50th Anniversary Album Bridge 9108
2000 Ligeti / Seiber / Veress / Kurtág / Denissow - Aulos Wind Quintet, Vol. 9 Koch-Schwann 367372 Own
2000 Dutilleux / Henze / Crumb / Ligeti / Bacri Harmonia Mundi HMN911699
2000 Gloria Cheng: Piano Dance - A 20th Century Portrait Telarc 80549
2000 Bach, J.S. und das 20. Jahrhundert Cadenza CAD 800913
2000 Ligeti György: Művek zongorára és csembalóra
(Ligeti, György: Works for Piano & Cembalo) 		Col Legno WWE 20501 Own
2000 D'un siècle à l'autre / From One Century to the Next Disques Montaigne 782096
2000 Works for Solo Viola - Ligeti / Kurtág / Dillon / Dusapin / Sciarrino / Berio Disques Montaigne 782082
2000 Ligeti György: I. ("Métamorphoses nocturnes") és II. vonósnégyes
(Ligeti, György: Streichquartette No. 1 und 2 / String Quartets No 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes") & 2) 		Ars Musici AM 12762 Own
2000 Avantegarde Favourites of the 20th Century Classico 312
2000 Ligeti / Kurtág / Veress - Wind Quintets CPO 999315 Own
2000 Ligeti György: Hegedűverseny; Per Norgĺrd: Helle Nacht; The Secret Melody
(Ligeti, György: Concerto for Violin; Per Norgĺrd: Helle Nacht; The Secret Melody) 		Chandos CHAN 9830
2001 Lux aeterna ... for 10-16 voices Carus-Verlag 83208
2001 Joanna MacGregor: Play Sound Circus 15007
2001 His Master's Noise - The Institute Of Sonology BV Haast 06/0701 2 CDs
2001 Ligeti / Banda Linda Megadisc 7821 Own
2001 Ligeti György: Études pour piano - deuxième livre; Musica Ricercata; Capriccios nos. 1 & 2; Invention Dynamic CDS 358 Own
2001 Nuits - weiß wie Lilien vocal music from the 20th century BIS Records BIS-CD-1090
2001 The Devil's Dictionary CBC MVCD 1142
2001 Ligeti / Prokofjev / Roslavers / Takemitsu Harmonia Mundi HMN 911756 Own
2001 Voices 1900/2000 - a choral journey through the twentieth century Delos 3270
2001 Mysterious Morning Alpha 10
2001 The Ligeti Project I Teldec 8573-83953-2 Own
2 CDs
2002 Musik der Zeit 1951-2001 Wolke Verlag ISBN 3-923997-98-1 2 CDs
2002 Bartók Béla: 44 Duos for Two Violins
Ligeti György: Ballade und Tanz
Kurtág György: Ligatura - Message to Frances-Marie Op. 31b (The Answered Unanswered Question) 		ECM Records ECM 1729
2002 The Ligeti Project III Teldec 8573-87631-2 Own
2002 Wyler, Fabienne: XII Préludes pour piano; Ligeti György: Capriccio 1 - Invention - Capriccio 2 Gall 1080
2002 Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Carnegie Hall Teldec 0927-43088-2
2002 Brahms, Ligeti: Trios for Violin, Horn & Piano Chandos CHAN 9964
2002 Ligeti / Reich: African Rhythms Teldec 8573-86584-2 Own
Excerpts
2002 Music of Our Time - 40 Wears (Special Edition) Wergo WER 6921
2002 The Ligeti Project II Teldec 8573-88261-2 Own
2002 Opus Number Zoo: Twentieth Century Wind Quintets Deux-Elles 1025
2002 Ligeti György: Aventures
(Ligeti, György: Aventures) 		Deutsche Grammophon 471608 Own
2003 Ligeti György: Etudes, Books 1 and 2 Naxos 8.555777 Own
2003 Hindemith, Paul: Kleine Kammermusik; Ligeti György: Sechs Bagatellen; Nielsen, Carl: Quintett Nimbus Records NI 5728
2003 Ligeti György: Métamorphoses nocturnes (I. vonósnégyes), II. vonósnégyes, Ramifications, Szólószonáta csellóra, Melodien
(Ligeti, György: Métamorphoses nocturnes (Quartet for Strings no. 1), Quartet for Strings no. 2, Ramifications, Sonata for Cello solo, Melodien) 		Deutsche Grammophon 474 327-2 Own
2003 Barbara Maria Willi: Deconstruction Musicaphon 56863
2003 Viola Space - Japan 10th Anniversary BIS Records BIS-CD-1379/80 2 CDs
2003 The Ligeti Project IV Teldec 8573-88263-2 Own
2003 Vertige Stradivarius STR 33652
2003 Eric Ericson Conducts 500 Years Of European Choral Music Clarion 901
2004 The Ligeti Project V Teldec 8573-88262-2 Own
2004 Chung, Piano, Ligeti - Works for piano, two pianos and piano four hands Dynamic CDS 434 Own
2004 Musica Ricercata Verso 2006
2004 Transcendental Etudes - Ferenc Liszt and György Ligeti BMC Records BMC CD 095 Own
2004 Piano Four Hands - Two Pianos in the XX Century Dynamic 439
2004 Music Colors - Hungarian Contemporary Music (1989-2004) BMC HMIC BMC PCD 015 Not for sale - only for promotion
2005 a la Carte - szólódarabok gordonkára
(a la Carte - Solo Works for Cello) 		Hungaroton HCD 32288
2005 Grand Melba 301088
2005 Die Revolution der Klange - Musik im 20. Jahrhundert Arthaus Musik 102072
2005 Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century Arthaus Musik 102073 DVD
2005 Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Vol. 6 TNC 1515
2005 Nancarrow, Conlon: String Quartets No. 3; Ligeti György: String Quartet No. 2; Dutilleux, Henri: Ainsi la nuit Wigmore Hall 3
2005 La langue maternelle - Mother Tongue - Bartók, Ligeti, Kurtág, Eötvös L'empreinte Digitale ED 13211
2005 Ligeti / Gamelan Megadisc 7820 Own
2005 Goulash! Oxignale 2007
2005 Des musiques pour le Présent - Musical Creation since 1945
(Music of Today - Musical Creation since 1945) 		Harmonia Mundi HMX2908182
2005 The Twentieth-Century Cello Deutsche Grammophon 477 550-6
2005 Ligeti György: I. ("Métamorphoses nocturnes") és II. vonósnégyes
(Ligeti, György: Streichquartette I und II / String Quartets No 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes") & 2) 		Virgin Classics 3369342 Own
2005 Carnival In Vienna Preiser Records 90641
2006 Passion Clarion 923
2006 Günter Wand - Edition; Vol. 9 Hänssler Classic PH05042
2006 Ligeti György - The Complete Piano Music BIS Records BIS-CD-783/983 Own
Includes World Première Recordings
2006 Ligeti György: Clear or Cloudy Deutsche Grammophon 477 644-3 Own
4 CDs
2006 The Eleventh Finger Koch 7670
2006 Ligeti György: Special Edition 2006 Wergo WER 69252 Own
3 CDs
2006 Pianorama - Cinematic Music played by Roland Pöntinen BIS Records BIS-CD-1326
2006 An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Fourth A-Chronology, 1937-2005 Sub Rosa 250 2 CDs
2006 Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters Warp 144 2 CDs
2007 Dirty Little Secret Endeavour Classics 1019
2008 Bartók Béla: Instrumental Music - Songs and Dances of Life Solo Musica SM113
2010 Ligeti and Kurtág at Carnegie Hall BMC Records BMC CD 162 Own
2011 Nonsense Ensamble Vocal de Solistas Nonsense Own
2011 Ligeti György: Requiem, Apparitions, San Francisco Polyphony BMC Records BMC CD 166 Own
2012 Bartók / Eötvös / Ligeti naive V 5285 2 CDs
2012 Études pour piano Wergo WER 67632 Own
2013 Mariann Marczi: Splinters - 20th Century Hungarian Works for Piano Odradek Records ODRCD307
2013 Violin and Cello Music - Kodály, Seiber, Rózsa, Székely, Ligeti, Bartók SWR Classic CD93.301
2015 Tamás Pálfalvi: Agitato - Trumpet Works from Vivaldi to Dubrovay Berlin Classics 0300682BC
2016 Idil Biret 20th Century Piano Edition Naxos 8.501504 15 CDs
2016 Sir Simon Rattle Conducts and Explores Music of the 20th Century Arthaus Musik 109222 3 Blu-ray Disc
2016 Sir Simon Rattle Conducts and Explores Music of the 20th Century Arthaus Musik 109237 5 DVDs
2020 Ildikó Szabó: Heritage Hungaroton HCD 32813 Includes World Première Recordings
2023 Kodály & Ligeti - Sonatas for Cello Solo, Ligeti - Sonata for Viola Solo BMC Records BMCCD302
 
Title Type Year
2 Preludes and Intermezzo from "Le Grand Macabre" Other 1977
6 Bagatellen für Bläserquintett / 6 Bagatells for Wind Quintet Chamber Music 1953
8 Little Marches Instrumental solo 1948
The Seamstresses Female choir 1942
Adagio molto semplice Chamber Music 1940
Ady-Choir (Song of the Street) Mixed choir 1945
Widmung / Dedication Vocal music 1945
Allegro Chamber Music 1943
Allegro moderato Instrumental solo 1943
Andante und Allegretto Chamber Music 1950
Apparitions Symphony orchestra 1959
Arietta Chamber Music 1943
Artikulation Electroacoustic music 1958
Atmosphères Symphony orchestra 1961
Aventures Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1962
Die Frau und der Soldat / The Woman and the Soldier Mixed choir 1951
Balada si joc / Ballad and Dance Chamber Music 1950
Balada si joc / Ballad and Dance Orchestral work 1950
Ballad Instrumental solo 1947
Kings of Betlehem Children's choir 1946
Die Könige in Bethlehem / Kings in Bethlehem Choir a cappella 1946
Bicinia Biciae Vocal music 1945
Flüchtling / Fugitive Mixed choir 1946
Buriatic-Mongolian Harvest Song Mixed choir 1945
From Cradle to Grave Solo voice(s) with ensemble 1948
Capriccio Nr. 1 - Invention - Capriccio Nr. 2 Instrumental solo 1948
Choral Choral music 1941
Chorlied nach Goethe Mixed choir 1942
Clocks and Clouds Choir and orchestra 1973
Concert Românesc Symphony orchestra 1951
Continuum Instrumental solo 1968
Sonata for Cello Solo / Sonate für Violoncello solo Instrumental solo 1953
Der Sommer / The Summer Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1989
The Dawn´s Already Rising Mixed choir 1945
Die große Schildkröten-Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer / The Big Turtle-Fanfare from the South China Sea Instrumental solo 1982
Doppelkonzert / Double Concerto Concerto 1972
Drei Phantasien nach Friedrich Hölderlin Mixed choir 1982
Bagpipe Song Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1949
Duo Chamber Music 1946
Duo Chamber Music 1945
Kleine Serenade / Little Seranade String orchestra 1945
Eight Pieces from "Musica ricercata" Instrumental solo 1994
White and Black Instrumental solo 1956
Festival-Fanfare Chamber Music 1949
Fragment Chamber orchestra 1961
Fünf Stücke / Five Pieces Chamber Music 1951
Glissandi Electroacoustic music 1957
Grande Sonate Militaire Instrumental solo 1951
Grande symphonie militaire Symphony orchestra 1951
Hoj, die Jugend / Oh, Youth Mixed choir 1952
Morgendämmerung / Dawn Mixed choir 1950
Hamburgisches Konzert Concerto 1999
Sechs Volkslieder aus Inaktelke / Six Folk Songs from Inaktelke Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1953
Konzert / Concerto Concerto 1990
Hymnus Mixed choir 1941
Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg Chamber Music 1982
Hortobágy Mixed choir 1952
Hungarian Rock Instrumental solo 1978
Three Songs by Attila József Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1950
Three Choral-Songs after Attila József Mixed choir 1945
Three Songs on Poems by Sándor Weöres Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1947
Drei Hochzeitstänze / Three Wedding Dances Chamber Music 1950
Drei Tänze / Three Dances Instrumental solo 1951
Three Dances for Gypsy Orchestra Chamber orchestra 1949
Hebrew Dances Instrumental solo 1939
Ostern / Easter Choir a cappella 1946
Cantata No. 1 "Et circa boram nonam" Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra 1945
Streichquartett Nr. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes" / String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes" Chamber Music 1954
Cantata No. 2 "Venit angelus" Solo voice(s) with ensemble 1945
Streichquartett Nr. 2 / String quartet No. 2 Chamber Music 1968
In der Fremde / Far from Home Choir a cappella 1946
Youth Cantata Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1949
Lieder aus Inaktelke / Songs from Inaktelke Mixed choir 1953
Marsch / March Chamber Music 1942
Kammerkonzert Chamber orchestra 1970
Soldier´s Dance Symphony orchestra 1949
Kineret Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1941
Little Joke Instrumental solo 1943
Little Piano Trio Chamber Music 1942
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester / Cello Concerto Concerto 1966
Chromatische Phantasie / Chromatic Fantasy Instrumental solo 1956
Doppeltanz aus Kálló / Double-Dance from Kálló Mixed choir 1950
Zwei Chorlieder nach Bálint Balassa Mixed choir 1946
Zwei Kanons / Two Canons Choir a cappella 1952
Two Movements for String Quartet Chamber Music 1950
Es regnet in Középlok / It is Raining in Középlok Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1951
Trio Chamber Music 1982
Hochzeitslied / Wedding Song Mixed choir 1950
Le Grand Macabre Opera 1977
Lontano Symphony orchestra 1967
Lux Aeterna Mixed choir 1966
Am hohen Felsen / From a High Mountain Rock Mixed choir 1946
Ungarische Etüden / Hungarian Studies Mixed choir 1983
Einsamkeit / Solitude Mixed choir 1946
Maître Pathelin Music for the theater 1945
Melodien Symphony orchestra 1971
Bride, Groom Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1951
Mifiso la sodo Chamber orchestra 1948
Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung Chamber Music 1976
Musica ricercata Instrumental solo 1953
Mysteries of the Macabre - für Koloratursopran und Kammerorchester Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1977
Mysteries of the Macabre - für Koloratursopran und Klavier Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1977
Mysteries of the Macabre - für Koloratursopran und Orchester Solo voice(s) with orchestra 1977
Mysteries of the Macabre - für Solo-Trompete in C und Kammerorchester Concerto 1977
Mysteries of the Macabre - für Solo-Trompete in C und Orchester Concerto 1977
Mysteries of the Macabre - für Trompete und Klavier Chamber Music 1977
Lieder aus Mátraszentimre / Songs from Mátraszentimre Choir a cappella 1955
Great Times Mixed choir 1948
Nonsense Madrigals Vocal ensemble 1993
Nouvelles Aventures Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1965
Four Wedding Dances Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1950
Passacaglia ungherese Instrumental solo 1978
Petőfis Trinklied / Petőfi´s Drinking Song Solo voice(s) with orchestra 1950
Petőfis Trinklied / Petőfi´s Drinking Song Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1950
Pièce électronique No. 3 Electroacoustic music 1958
Poème Symphonique Other 1962
Polyphone Etüde / Polyphonic Etude Chamber Music 1943
Praeclassica Ensemble 1943
Witwe Pápai / Widow Pápai Mixed choir 1953
Ramifications String orchestra 1969
Requiem Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1965
Ricercare Instrumental solo 1953
Rhythmische Etüden / Rhythmic Studies Chamber Music 1950
Ruminäsches Koncert / Romanian Concert Symphony orchestra 1951
Romanian Folk Songs and Dances Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra 1950
Rondeau Stage work 1976
Alte ungarische Gesellschaftstänze / Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances Chamber orchestra 1949
San Francisco Polyphony Symphony orchestra 1974
Sechs Miniaturen Ensemble 1975
Sonate für Viola Solo / Sonata for Viola Solo Instrumental solo 1994
Sonatina Chamber Music 1951
Scenes and Interludes from the Opera "Le Grand Macabre" Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra 1978
Symphony (unfinished) Symphony orchestra 1940
Székler Dance Instrumental solo 1947
Mit Pfeiffen, Trommeln, Schilfgeigen / With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 2000
Spring Choir a cappella 1948
Spring Flower Music for the theater 1949
Spring Flower - Suite Solo voice(s) with ensemble 1951
Funeral at the Sea Mixed choir 1943
Péter Tornyos Music for the theater 1947
Trois bagatelles Instrumental solo 1961
Dance Symphony orchestra 1948
Winter Mixed choir 1950
Valse Instrumental solo 1946
Volumina Instrumental solo 1962
String Quartet Chamber Music 1938
Visionen / Visions Symphony orchestra 1956
Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett Chamber Music 1968
Konzert / Concerto Concerto 1988
Zwei Etüden für Orgel / Two Etudes for Organ Instrumental solo 1969
Brausend Strömt Male choir 1948
Nacht - Morgen / Night - Morning Mixed choir 1955
Études pour piano - Deuxième livre / Studies for piano - Second book Instrumental solo 1994
Études pour piano - Premier livre / Studies for piano - First book Instrumental solo 1985
Études pour piano - Troisième livre / Studies for piano - Third book Instrumental solo 2001
Fünf Lieder nach Arany / Five Songs on Poems by Arany Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) 1952