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Ligeti and the "2001 - A Space Odyssey" OST

  • 21-11-2008 11:26am
    #1
    cornbb
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    I got hold of this album during the week and was blown away. I've been meaning to listen to György Ligeti's work for a while and this album appears to be a perfect introduction. The Atmospheres Overture (featured during that trippy sequence near the end of the film) is freaky atonal orchestral brilliance. The opening cluster chord consists of every individual note in the chromatic scale over five octave played on strings! :eek: The choral pieces are also very cool, extremely unsettling.

    Just thought I'd mention this album as a good introduction for anyone wanting to listen to experimental orchestral works. Similar stuff might be Morton Feldman's "Coptic Light" or Iannis Xenakis's "Metastasis".

    Anyone have any opinions on this album or any similar music?


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  • #2
    Sinfonia
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    I don't think 2001 has 'Lontano' on it, so that would be worth getting, as it's sort of in a similar vein to Atmospheres with the "micropolyphony" and all that!

    For other Ligeti I'd recommend the piano études, Musica Ricercata (one of which was used in Eyes Wide Shut), Sonata for Solo Viola and Sonata for Solo Cello (of which the first movt. is just gorgeous, but it's an early work, so the freaky atonal orchestral brilliance - well put btw! - is kept to a minimum)


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