G. Ligeti - Passacaglia Ungherese Harpsichord Mario Trilha

György Sándor Ligeti (May 28, 1923 -- June 12, 2006)
Passacaglia Ungherese for Harpsichord (1978)
Dedicated to Eva und Ove Nordwall.
The Harpsichord was tuned in mean-tone temperament according Ligeti's instructions:
"The piece is to be played preferably on an instrument which is tuned in mean-tone temperament. The eight intevals (major thirds and minor sixths) on which the music is based are then heard in just intonation".
Harpsichord Mário Marques Trilha
Recorded at Aveiro's Museum Portugal
December 2007

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[FernandRaynaud]

An enormous advantage of 20th century music is that you can't go wrong -- impossible to tell what is a mistake and what is deliberate cacophony. If Any 18th century composer heard this he would shake his head and recommend a bleeding. Any 19th century composer would shake his head and do it.

[XVIIIMusica]

These misunderstand about the music for your own time its not new, and seems to be occurred very often. Just to give a couple of examples: Rameau was described by Rosseau as cacophony and not music at all. Bachs polyphony was considered by the French encyclopaedists as German barbaric music, and one can keep going on through music history: Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Liszt, and Stravinsky. Therefore in all periods the new music was quite a shock for many listeners.

[chriswales19]

Bravo ! I myself just tackled this piece, and found it a wonderfully rewarding piece of music, this is a great recording, excellent !

[XVIIIMusica]

Thank you for your kindness!

In my opinion is one the greatest harpsichord's pieces from the XX century.

[padaneis]

Great contrapuntal piece. And what a texture!

[VictorMLudwig]

please get someone else to do the filming next time :D

[SSOzzy]

Ligeti has his way with the harpsichord

[pdclift]

@FernandRaynaud Also, you ought to research pythagorean tuning. Then you would understand a little better what is happening musically and perhaps be less dismissive.

[fcouperin]

A competent player in a well sounding harpsichord, but the piece is really an abomination. Common practice harmony is just one dialect of music, sure, but we ought to be permitted to have our preferences. I wouldn't play this even to my worst enemy ; ), but to each his own, anyway. Speaking of novelty, to call someone a genious is so passé...

[gonrolgonrol]

Very interesting piece :)

[Steinbach1984]

This ain't the Ligeti we know! But I don't care, it sounds pleasing, especially after the sound clouds of the continuum...

[LeMarxNouveau]

Comment faire du neuf avec du vieux? Demander à Ligeti. Et vive le clavecin!!!

[mercoid]

This is beautiful.

[ghostwriter11]

The 18th century had Bach. The 20th had Ligeti. Pure genius.