classical music: Pierre-Laurent Aimard     classical music:     Pierre-Laurent Aimard      Messiaen: Turangalîla - Symphonie / Nagano, Aimard, Kim Olivier Messiaen, Kent Nagano, ... Teldec, 2001 Nagano Sets the New Standard! There are simply few words that can describe the absolute magnificence of this recording. Nagano assembles this vast mosaic in the most masterful way I can imagine. It is at once breathtaking and orgiastic! The Berlin Philharmonic is playing at their highest ...             Bach: Art of Fugue Bach, Pierre-Laurent Aimard Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 Satisfactory... . This new release of Bach's Art of Fugue is good; adequate; satisfactory. I do hope people will enjoy it, and that it may be a good introduction to esoteric art. Bach's recherché Art of Fugue is cerebral, purely abstract art which can really only be fully ...             Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 29, for 2 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano / Verklärte ... Ensemble InterContemporain, Arnold Schoenberg, ... Sony, 1993 5-Stars Just for being in Print... . With the dearth of Schoenberg recordings, gotta give this CD 5-stars simply for being in print. Boulez and the Ensemble Intercontemporain are great. The disc has the Verklärte Nacht curse--that is, nearly every Schoenberg CD has Verklärte Nacht on it! However, ...             Bach: Die Kunst der Fugue Johann Sebastian Bach, Tatiana Nikolayeva Hyperion UK, 1993 Best of the best I own about a dozen performances of The Art of Fugue (ranging from solo piano and organ over string quartet to Hermann Scherchen's orchestral arrangement). This is hands down my favorite (Scherchen's a distant second). Glenn Gould's might have been equally good if he ...             The Ligeti Project Omar Ebrahim, David Geringas, ... Warner Classics, 2008 Highly recommended box-set This box should probably be your first choice if you want to get acquainted with the works of Ligeti. The recordings in this box are overseen by Ligeti himself, and they were supposed to be definitive recordings that after his death could show conductors how his music ...             Olivier Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus Olivier Messiaen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard Teldec, 2000 Indescribably Beautiful My concert-going days go back to hearing Artur Schnabel in 1947, and when I say that a recital I heard a year ago by Pierre-Laurent Aimard in which he played five of the 'Vingts Regards' is among the greatest musical experiences I've ever had, it is against that ...             György Ligeti Edition 4: Vocal Works (Madrigals, Mysteries, Aventures, Songs) - The King's Singers / ... Gyorgy Ligeti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ... Sony, 1997 where's the dead weight? This is an amazing disc, one of the best in Sony's monumental Ligeti Edition series. On Sony's Ligeti Edition 4, the _Nonsense Madrigals_ were premiered. These six pieces for six voices, composed in the late-80s/early-90s, are some of the composer's finest ...             Complete Webern Anton von Webern, Clemens Hagen, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2000 5 Star music. Some very good performances, some are aimless. Webern's music demonstrates a level of craft, in which few composers ever contend. The more that I listen to the works of Webern, the more I hear that each note must be just as it is. There is nothing wasted in this music. The expression is never vague, always intense. ...             György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano (Etudes, Musica Ricercata) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard Gyorgy Ligeti, Pierre-Laurent Aimard Sony, 1997 Perfect Ligeti. The own György Ligeti was asked about who was the pianist more complete in his piano works; he talked about Pierre-Laurent Aimard, whose a close relation with the XXth Century music is very well known (Boulez, Messiaen, Berg, Schönberg, Carter...) all around the world. ...             Hommage a Messiaen: 8 Preludes; Selection from: Quatre Etudes de rythme Olivier Messiaen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 Super performances With the centenary of his birth approaching in December 2008, there has been a lot of work by Messiaen performed recently. I know it makes me an apostate to say this, but I remain reserved about the greatness of this composer, finding some of his Catholic mysticism ...             György Ligeti Edition 6: Keyboard Works (Piano, Harpsichord, Organ) - Irina Kataeva / Pierre-Laurent Aimard / ... Gyorgy Ligeti, Elisabeth Chojnacka, ... Sony, 1997 brilliant music just listen to the five pieces for piano four hands, and you will know what i'm talking about. I'm going to try and get all this editions of ligeti.             The Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto / Mysteries of the Macabre - Schönberg ... Gyorgy Ligeti, ASKO Ensemble, ... Teldec, 2001 A Brilliant Recording of Some of Ligeti's Finest Works The music of György Ligeti is enjoying much performance success these days as works by the master are appearing more often on the season repertoires of the major orchestra. This superb recording, the first in the excellent survey series of Ligeti's music, opens the ...             Boulez performs Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, Sept Haikai, etc. Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, ... Dg Imports, 1997 Boulez and Messiaen - A Winning Combination Pierre Boulez is not only one of the leading conductors of the last quarter of 20th century, but he is also a noted composer himself. As such, Boulez understands the importance of showcasing and recording the work of fellow contemporary composers. He has recently made ...             Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 Ludwig van Beethoven, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, ... Teldec, 2003 A captivating collaboration I certainly had high expectations for this set of Beethoven piano concertos, even before I had actually purchased the discs. I've always admired Harnoncourt's monumental Beethoven symphony cycle from the early 1990's with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, so I knew what ...             György Ligeti: Concertos for Cello / Violin / Piano - Pierre Boulez / Ensemble InterContemporain György Ligeti, Pierre Boulez, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1994 Worth the extreme effort When I first bought this I thought of Ligeti as a distinguished atonal, postmodern composer, but have since discovered that he is much more unique than that description suggests. He is beyond tonality and atonality, and beyond postmodernism. In his own words: "the ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music enfant-jésus, harpsichord, intercontemporain, philharmonia, pierre-laurent, turangalîla      geepe.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Tampopo