György Ligeti / Karlheinz Stockhausen / Pierre Boulez

Karlheinz Stockhausen/György Ligeti

Archive 2009
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kreuzspiel
Kontra-Punkte
Fünf weitere Sternzeichen
, French creation
György Ligeti
Concerto de chambre
Aventures et Nouvelles Aventures

Claron McFadden, soprano
Hilary Summers, contralto
Georg Nigl, baritone
Ensemble intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez, direction 
Coproduction Salle Pleyel ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Adami
Concert recorded by France Musique

Pierre Boulez, a committed advocate of both Stockhausen and Ligeti, saw the fascination in Ligeti’s phonetic writing in 1962 with Aventures;  he recognized the challenge Stockhausen made to the linear lay-out of a score with Kreuzspeil and Kontra-Punkte, and will now conduct Stockhausen’s final opus [Five More Star Signs].