Utwory na płycie:

• No. 10 Der Zauberlehrling
• No. 11 En Suspens
• No. 12 Entrelacs
• No. 13 L’escalier du diable
• No. 14 Coloana infinite
• No. 15 White on White
• No. 16 Pour Irina
• No. 17 Á bout de souffle
• No. 18 Canon
• No. 1 Désordre
• No. 2 Cordes à vide
• No. 3 Touches bloquées
• No. 4 Fanfares
• No. 5 Arc-en-ciel
• No. 6 Automne à Varsovie
• No. 7 Galamb Borong
• No. 8 Fém
• No. 9 Vertige

Book 1:
No. 1, Désordre
No. 2, Cordes a vide
No. 3, Touches bloquées
No. 4, Fanfares
No. 5, Arc-en-ciel
No. 6, Automne a Varsovie

Book 2:
No. 7, Galamb Borong
No. 8, Fém
No. 9, Vertige
No. 10, Der Zauberlehrling
No. 11, En Suspens
No. 12, Entrelacs
No. 13, L’escalier du diable
No. 14, “Columna infinita“

Book 3:
No. 15, White on White
No. 16, Pour Irina
No. 17, A bout de souffle
No. 18, Canon

After a period of less involvement with keyboard instruments since the 1950s, the first book of Études 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 Études.

György Ligeti composed his eighteen Études pour piano over a period of more than seventeen years. His first book of six Études was published in 1985. From the outset, the composer planned to compose a second volume, also comprising six Études. The reference to the piano tradition and the collections of six and twelve études by Chopin, Liszt or Debussy is obvious. The second book, composed between 1988 and 1994, finally contained eight études. His third and last book includes four more Études composed between 1995 and 2001…

(Excerpt of the booklet liner notes written by the artist)

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Recording: VI & X/XI 2020, Chamber Music all of Philharmonie Luxembourg. Piano: Steinway & Sons D.