GYORGY LIGETI..."CONTINUUM"

gyorgy ligeti, along with kryzstof penderecki, owes a great debt to stanley kubrick, a debt so large that almost no one could indemnify. avant-garde classical composers could be likened to the minority of a minority, and the extent of renown available to these pugilistic, divisive artists seems limited to john cage or stockhausen, though wider knowledge of the latter could be debatable. tony conrad, steve reich, harry partch, edgard varese, rzewski, etc...none of them have really had the mass exposure that has been granted to both ligeti and penderecki, and though perhaps their names fail to resound, it is indubitable that their music has been heard in a larger context (penderecki especially, as his music has been unanimously usurped by the horror film community). ligeti's work is largely textural, and his compositions gravitate towards mood pieces and a kind of sustained, atmospheric experience.

this collection has - apparently - the only available version of "glissandi," an early work utilizing tape. it also features "atmospheres," which was used in kubrick's "2001 space odyssey."



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