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Études pour piano - Deuxième livre / Studies for piano - Second book

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Études pour piano - Deuxième livre / Zongoraetűdök - II. füzet
Foreign language / English title
Études pour piano - Deuxième livre / Studies for piano - Second book
Dedication
Étude 7: dediée à Ulbrich Eckhardt
Étude 8: dediée à Volker Banfield
Étude 9: dediée à Mauricio Kagel
Étude 10: dediée à Pierre-Laurant Aimard
Étude 11: dediée à György Kurtág
Étude 12: dediée à Pierre-Laurant Aimard
Year of composition
1994
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
22 min
Movements, parts
Étude 7: Galamb Borong (Gloomy Dove) (1988/89)
Étude 8: Fém (Metal) (1989)
Étude 9: Vertige (1990)
Étude 10: Der Zauberlehrling (1994)
Étude 11: En suspens (1994)
Étude 12: Entrelacs (1993)
Étude 13: L´escalier du diable (1993)
Étude 14: Coloana infinita (1993); (Anhang)
Étude 14a: Coloana fara sfarsit (for mechainc piano) (1993)
Commissioned by
Étude 7-8: Berliner Festwochen
Étude 9: City of Gütersloh
Étude 10-11: Commande du Festival «Musica», Salzburg
Étude 12: Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
Premiere information
Étude 7-8: 23 September 1989, Berliner Festwochen; Volker Banfield (pf.)
Étude 9: 5 May 1990, Gütersloh, Germany; Volker Banfield (pf.)
Étude 10: 6 October 1994, Festival Musica, Strasbourg, France; Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.)
Étude 11: 7 November 1994, Festival d´Automne, Paris; Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.)
Étude 12, 14: 18 November 1993, Münster, Germany; Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pf.);
Étude 13: 23 May 1993, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Germany; Volker Banfield (pf.)
Étude 14: 14 October 1994; Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany; Jürgen Hocker (mech. pf.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, ED 8654
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1 min. sample
1 Étude 7: Galamb Borong
2 Étude 9: Vertige
3 Étude 11: En suspens
4 Étude 12: Entrelacs
5 Étude 13: L´escalier du diable
Remarks, other info
Year of composition: 1988-1994
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records
BMC HMIC
Teldec
György Ligeti Edition 3 - Works for Piano Sony
Sony
Megadisc
BIS Records
Naxos
Dynamic
BIS Records
Teldec
L'empreinte Digitale
Stradivarius
Col Legno
Wergo
Naxos
Odradek Records