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Ligeti and Bartok, out there at the edge of the known universe

Ligeti and Bartok, out there at the edge of the known universe

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

It’s 30 years since I heard Gyorgy Ligeti explain why he was allowing his first string quartet to be performed after four decades lying in a drawer. The quartet, composed in 1954, was too close to its sources. “It’s Bartók’s seventh,” said Ligeti, “but I’ve now realised that’s not such a bad thing.”

Titled Metamorphoses Nocturnes, the quartet has buzzing insects, whispering grasses and many things that go bump in the night….

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And here.

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