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Études pour piano - Premier livre / Studies for piano - First book

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Études pour piano - Premier livre / Zongoraetűdök - I. füzet
Foreign language / English title
Études pour piano - Premier livre / Studies for piano - First book
Dedication
Étude 1-2-3: dédiée à Pierre Boulez
Étude 4: dédiée à Volker Banfield
Étude 5: dédiée à Louise Sibourd
Étude 6: dédiée à mes amis Polonais
Year of composition
1985
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
Étude 1: Désordre
Étude 2: Cordes à vide
Étude 3: Touches bloquées
Étude 4: Fanfares
Étude 5: Arc-en-ciel
Étude 6: Automne à Varsovie
Commissioned by
Étude 4-5: Bayerischen Vereinsbank
Premiere information
Étude 1: 15 April 1986, Bratislava, Czecho-Slovakia; Lousie Sibourd (pf.)
Étude 2-3-6: 24 September 1985, Warsaw Autumn, Warsaw, Poland; Volker Banfield (pf.)
Étude 4-5: November 1985, Hamburg, Volker Banfield (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, ED 7989 (final edition, 1997); ED 7428 (facsimile of the first version, 1985)
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Recordings
Movements 1-6: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.), Sony 62 308; Volker Banfield (pf.), Wer 60 134-50; Erika Haase (pf.) Tac Ta 53; Fredrik Ullén (pf.), KC Bis 500 783; Movement 1: Volker Banfield (pf.), Wer 6221-2 (4 CDs); Movement 2: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.), WSM 0927 43 088-2; Movement 4: Volker Banfield (pf.), Wer 6221-2 (4 CDs); Movement 6: Volker Banfield (pf.), Wer 6221-2 (4 CDs); Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.), WSM 0927 43 088-2
1 min. sample
1 Étude 1: Désordre
2 Étude 4: Fanfares
3 Étude 5: Arc-en-ciel
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records
Teldec
György Ligeti Edition 3 - Works for Piano Sony
Ligeti, György: Works for Piano & Cembalo Col Legno
BIS Records
Naxos
Dynamic
Wergo
BIS Records
Deutsche Grammophon
Ligeti, György: Works for Piano & Cembalo ITM
ADK
Erato
Megadisc
Teldec
Wergo
L'empreinte Digitale
Sound Circus
Ligeti, György: Works for Piano & Cembalo Col Legno
Endeavour Classics
Wergo
Naxos