[TR24][OF] Cathy Krier - Ligeti: Études/Etudes pour Piano - 2021 (Classical • Piano)

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Analyzed: Cathy Krier / Ligeti: Études pour Piano
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR14      -2.87 dB   -20.22 dB      2:44 01-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 1, Désordre
DR14      -5.05 dB   -26.15 dB      3:07 02-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 2, Cordes à vide
DR16      -4.33 dB   -25.31 dB      2:14 03-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 3, Touches bloquées
DR13      -2.06 dB   -20.21 dB      3:23 04-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 4, Fanfares
DR14      -3.09 dB   -26.03 dB      3:28 05-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 5, Arc-en-ciel
DR14      -1.69 dB   -21.81 dB      5:34 06-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book I: No. 6, Automne à Vasovie
DR12      -3.32 dB   -21.73 dB      2:38 07-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 7, Galamb Boroong
DR14      -2.95 dB   -22.89 dB      2:49 08-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 8, Fém
DR12      -2.62 dB   -19.69 dB      3:22 09-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 9, Vertige
DR13      -1.30 dB   -22.83 dB      2:28 10-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 10, Der Zauberlehrling
DR14      -9.90 dB   -29.10 dB      1:59 11-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 11, En Suspens
DR13      -3.19 dB   -21.33 dB      3:11 12-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 12, Entrelcs
DR13      -1.51 dB   -19.17 dB      5:53 13-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 13, L'Escalier du diable
DR12      -1.19 dB   -16.97 dB      2:11 14-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book II: No. 14, Coloana infinită
DR12      -7.18 dB   -25.82 dB      4:13 15-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 15, White on White
DR12      -4.80 dB   -25.78 dB      4:02 16-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 16, Pour Irina
DR11      -6.15 dB   -20.93 dB      2:48 17-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 17, À bout de souffle
DR11      -3.92 dB   -21.47 dB      1:48 18-Ligeti: Études pour Piano, Book III: No. 18, Canon
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Number of tracks:  18
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate:        88200 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1876 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Cathy Krier performs the 18 Etudes for piano by Ligeti, pieces which are counted amongst the most difficult piano works to perform.
"After a period of less involvement with keyboard instruments since the 1950s, the first book of Etudes pour piano confirmed the composer's return to writing for the piano. Before turning to the piano, however, he first devoted himself to the harpsichord (Continuum, Hungarian Rock, Passacaglia Ungherese). The Trois pieces pour deux pianos composed in 1976 stand as a central work in the composer's oeuvre and compositional development. The importance of rhythm is omnipresent and the interest in this parameter would increase in the early 1980s with the discovery of the polyrhythms of the Aka Pygmies and the vast complexity of Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano, as revealed by his Etudes.
Gyorgy Ligeti composed his eighteen Etudes pour piano over a period of more than seventeen years. His first book of six Etudes was published in 1985. From the outset, the composer planned to compose a second volume, also comprising six Etudes. The reference to the piano tradition and the collections of six and twelve etudes by Chopin, Liszt or Debussy is obvious. The second book, composed between 1988 and 1994, finally contained eight etudes. His third and last book includes four more Etudes composed between 1995 and 2001" (Excerpt of the booklet liner notes written by the artist)
Elected ECHO Rising-Star for the 2015/2016 season, Luxembourg pianist Cathy Krier has enjoyed great success in the most prestigious concert halls in Europe. Her programmes, combining classical and modern periods and featuring works by Rameau, Schubert, Ravel and Berg, as well as a piece specially written for her by the German composer Wolfgang Rihm, were highly praised.