リゲティ: 弦楽四重奏曲全集

リゲティ生誕100年記念アルバム。弦楽四重奏のための全作品を収録しています。
「アンダンテとアレグレット」は初期の作品で、まるでチャイコフスキーを思わせるような抒情的な作風が魅力。アレグレットでは少しだけ民謡風の旋律も顔を見せます。第1番の「夜の変容」は12の部分からなり、バルトーク風の旋律も顔をのぞかせるダイナミックな抑揚に富んだ作品。ラサール弦楽四重奏団のために書かれた第2番は古典的な4楽章形式を採っていますが、数々の特殊奏法が用いられるなど第1番よりも先進的なアイデアが盛り込まれています。
「クリーヴランド・カルテット賞」など数多くの受賞経験のあるヴェローナ四重奏団の演奏でお聴きください。
ナクソス・ジャパン

The string quartets of Gyorgy Ligeti have been recorded several times, but they pose severe challenges for performers. The two quartets are quite different in character and require a real pivot; the String Quartet No. 1 ("Metamorphoses nocturnes") of 1954 inhabits the world of Bartoks quartets, extending it a bit, while with the String Quartet No. 2 of 1968, one is in the sonically experimentalist world of the music used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some players put an aggressive edge on Ligetis music, but the Verona Quartet lets the avant-garde content speak for itself, and in so doing, it produces performances that emphasize Ligetis links to the Hungarian tradition. Sample the String Quartet No. 2, which, for all its extreme sounds, has a five-movement structure that Bartok often used. Another draw is the presence of a rarely played Andante & Allegretto for string quartet from Ligetis student years; this, too, emphasizes the continuity of Ligetis works in this medium. Italys Dynamic label records the quartet in an auditorium at Goshen College in the U.S. state of Indiana, perhaps because the group has served a residency at Oberlin College in neighboring Ohio. Whatever the case, it is an ideal venue that smudges none of the detailed effects in the String Quartet No. 2. Well worth hearing for Ligeti fans, this performance seems more laid-back than those supervised by the composer himself, but composers, it has been demonstrated over and over again, arent always right about their own works. ~ James Manheim