Ligeti: Volumina (1)

[MrAquilaReale7]

oltremodo Flashante



[rjr1967]

Ligeti's music is the opposite of Vasarely's paintings. With Ligeti you hear things that aren't actually written on the page, and it's gone in a flash. But with Vasarely, you look at it for ages and think "there must be SOMETHING there"

[aqdrobert]

Open two Youtube windows. Play this and "Artikulation" at the same time for an amazing mashup.

[Gil666theBeast]

@aqdrobert

haha, yay, did it and it's great! I recommend it to all of you :D

[hembetan]

@aqdrobert You're absolutely right, buddy!

People, TAKE HEED!

[IwanttoliveinParis]

@aqdrobert I played "Artikulation" and Stockhausen's "Kontakte" at the same time.....trippy.

[Ghoopty]

The beginning was so frightening that I tore my headphones off and exclaimed, "GODDAMMIT!"

[Timetraveller2208]

@Ghoopty Hahahaha.... It made me jump like hell too - same reason

[julywapo]

CIELOS!!! :o :D que mierdaa seria la música de siglo XXI sin Ligeti

[sunhoney1uk]

Love the Victor Vasareley backdrop...my fave artist!

[nellupellu]

No dislikes! :)

[Steinwaytoday]

@nellupellu awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :(

[ILoveAmp]

If you don't like this I bet you like Justin Bieber!

[julywapo]

@ILoveAmp lol lol looooooooool xD

[aqdrobert]

Some rock musicians light their guitars on fire with a match and lighter fluid. Ligeti sets a pipe organ on fire by PLAYING it!

[compositorraro]

Ligeti es fabuloso. Me encanta

Gracias por compartirlo

[Vierne7037]

Quite amazing! Must have a go at this myself some time ;)

[emanosakau]

I heard that the organ's electric circuit emitted smoke !

[kiasmus]

Most innovative composer of the second half of the XXth century. The richness and originality of his imagination remains unparalleled.

[MUSICOSO58]

Es una experiencia mística oir esta pieza

[twooffour]

Is this the only recording of Volumina by Szathmáry?

[NBurgmann]

No, there is at least one other, by swedish organist Hans-Ola Ericsson. You´ll find it in BIS´ catalogue

[kleinershredder]

on which organ szathmary played the piece?

[sebastian181812]

In the first version of the piece the organ had broken!

Then he revised

[Organistcomposer21]

@sebastian181812 Yes, apparently the blower caught fire!

[Steinbach1984]

@sebastian181812 I twice left an organ with damage to its mechanics, that is, keys that began to disfunction. That made me very prudent with organs; I won't even consider playing this piece, as much as I like avant-garde music...

[chaoshead77]

@sebastian181812 Is it true?

[Angultimmarik]

Amazing. When you hear it the first time, you don't think it's an organ. Incredible what Ligeti did.

[eoghdes18]

That's because you're supposed to disconnect the blower and put in a vacuum cleaner instead...

[klavierpunk]

I think that's the first etude you're talking about.

[eoghdes18]

You're right. I got my Ligeti mixed up. This is the one that nearly set the organ on fire at its premier. Which is why I'm still not allowed to play it anywhere. :(

[anthonyaranda]

@Angultimmarik lol, as soon as it began I thought, "OH, Ligeti did an organ piece." Great music, though!

[jdbrown371]

When you learn it maybe you could upload a video. It's always nice to see how these sounds are reproduced in practice.

[eoghdes18]

I'd need to find somewhere willing to let me put a vacuum cleaner where the blower of the organ should be first... :s

[joeofarrell64]

@eoghdes18 That's for Étude No. 1 - "Harmonies". A (slightly) less disruptive alternative is to remove the weights from the air reservoir

Trust me, "Volumina" needs full strength blowers!

[eoghdes18]

Amazing piece. I've ordered the music on sheetmusicplus!

Gonna play it as soon as I can!

[acm89056as]

Wow

[geheimnisvolle]

wow...! excelent beggining.!