Utwory na płycie:

• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 1 Sostenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 1 Allegretto
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 2 Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 2 Andante con moto
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 3 Allegro con spirito
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 3 A l'Allemande
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 4 Tempo di valse, poco vivace "A l'orgue de Barbarie"
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 4 Andante cantabile
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 5 Rubato, lamentoso
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 5 Risoluto
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 6 Allegro molto capriccioso
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 6 Andante - Allegretto leggiermente, leichtlich vorgetragen
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 7 Cantabile, molto legato
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 7 Allegro ma non troppo
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 8 Vivace, energico
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 8 Moderato cantabile
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 9 Adagio, mesto - Allegro maestoso (In Gedenken an Béla Bartók)
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 9 Vivace moderato
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 10 Vivace, capriccioso
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 10 Allegramente
• Musica ricercata (11 Stücke für Klavier) - Nr. 11 Andante misurato e tranquillo (Hommage an Girolamo Frescobaldi)
• Bagatellen op. 119 Nr. 1-11 - Nr. 11 Andante, ma non troppo
• Bagatellen op. 126 Nr. 1-6 - Nr. 1 Andante con moto, cantabile e compiacevole
• Bagatellen op. 126 Nr. 1-6 - Nr. 2 Allegro
• Bagatellen op. 126 Nr. 1-6 - Nr. 3 Andante, cantabile e grazioso
• Bagatellen op. 126 Nr. 1-6 - Nr. 4 Presto
• Bagatellen op. 126 Nr. 1-6 - Nr. 5 Quasi allegretto
• Bagatellen op. 126 Nr. 1-6 - Nr. 6 Presto - Andante amabile e con moto

Gyorgi Ligeti:
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Bagatelles, Op. 119
Bagatelles, Op. 126

The gate opens. The music should sound solemn and magnificent, like an overture: majestic, like Beethoven’s Eroica. That is how Hungarian composer György Ligeti begins Musica ricercata, one of his early works from the early 1950s. In exemplary fashion, the cycle blends minimalist structures with a sumptuous array of colors. Behind each note lurks the exigency that nothing should escape the pianist’s attention: he should be aware of all that takes place in the present, while remaining prepared for everything that can occur in the next moment. Such challenges await the performer in Ligeti as well as in Beethoven.

Long before he thought of coupling the works by Beethoven and Ligeti on CD, Herbert Schuch had tried out the combination in the concert hall. “I quickly get a feel whether a programme works well, or whether it’s just something I’ve conceived in my head. Of course I was aware that these cycles were never intended to be picked apart. I find it important to feel assured that I’m not undermining their essence, and that the new order also makes sense. Such a coupling would certainly not work in the case of a sonata.” (excerpt from the Booklet notes/Interview)