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| 1. Le Grand Macabre: Car Horn Prelude | |||
| 2. Le Grand Macabre: Scene One - 'Dies irae' | |||
| 3. Le Grand Macabre: Scene One - 'Away, You Swagpot!' | |||
| 4. Le Grand Macabre: Scene One - 'Shut Up!' | |||
| 5. Le Grand Macabre: Scene One - 'Oh...!' - 'Amanda! Can Do No More!' | |||
| 6. Le Grand Macabre: Scene 1 - 'Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha! Hey! Give Me My Requisites' | |||
| 7. Le Grand Macabre: Scene 1 - 'Melting Snow Is Thy Breast' | |||
| 8. Le Grand Macabre: Second Car Horn Prelude | |||
| 9. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Two - 'One! Two! Three! Five!' | |||
| 10. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Two - 'Shapely And Attractive Figure' | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - Doorbell Prelude | |||
| 2. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'Arse-Licker, Arse Kisser' | |||
| 3. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'Posture Exercises!' | |||
| 4. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'Tsk...' - 'Psssst!' - 'Ha! Head Of My Secret Service!' | |||
| 5. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'Ahh!...Secret Cypher!' | |||
| 6. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'Hurray, Hurray, My Wife Is Dead' (Astradamors) (Prince Go-Go) (Chorus) | |||
| 7. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - Nekrotzar's Entrance | |||
| 8. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'Woe! Ohh!' - 'For The Day Of Wrath' | |||
| 9. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'There's No Need To Fear' | |||
| 10. Le Grand Macabre: Scene Three - 'Up!' - 'Drink!' - 'Up!' | |||
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A rich and satisfying feast of wonderful sounds, textures and rhythms.,
By Basiledes (N. Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Le Grand Macabre/Salonen (Audio CD)
This is certainly an uncompromisingly avant garde contemporary piece but it's not difficult to enjoy on the level of sound alone because Ligeti simply never lets the invention flag. The listener remains fascinated and engaged even if they are completely baffled about what it all means. Presumably it's all meant to be happening in our subconscious.
It's even beautiful at times where the female voices create areas of stasis after some of the most astounding eruptions that have ever been heard in musical drama. It's also a fine recording which will enable you to enjoy a really good hi-fi in ways you probably never dreamed of, and equally a tonic for the listener which I imagine to be something like what falling down and speaking in tongues might be for some people. It's in English although it doesn't say so anywhere on the box or in the booklet even though Ligeti discusses other language versions and translations at length referring to this version as the solution.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
New version of this masterpiece is a major musical event.,
By Karl Henzy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Le Grand Macabre/Salonen (Audio CD)
Gyorgy Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, two hours of absolutely inspired musical mayhem, is one of the five or so most important works of the century. As such, a new release of this 1977 work, in a revised version (1997) conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, and in English no less (the original was in German) is a major musical event by default. Is it better than the old German version on Wergo, conducted by Elgar Howarth? Not necessarily. My impression, for instance, is that Eirian Davies' Gepopo (on Wergo) is better than Sibylle Ehlert's (on the new Sony disc). (They're both fantastic at one of the most difficult singing pieces in the history of opera.) Other things may be better on the new version. But who wants to nit-pic? I am glad to have them both. If someone wanted to know which to buy first, though, I'd say start with the old Wergo disc while it's still available (I hope for a long time to come, but who knows?), unless the German is such an obstacle that it's better to have the English version on Sony. Either disc, though, is full of great performances of Ligeti's amazing, funny, mysterious, powerful masterpiece.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the few contemporary masterworks in opera,
By drabauer "drb" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Le Grand Macabre/Salonen (Audio CD)
I will not bother defending Le Grande Macabre for those dismayed at how it differs from earlier Ligeti; having studied the works from 1943 on, I hear a continuity that others may miss. Know only that the opera was influenced by the visual arts of Bosch, Brueghel and Saul Steinberg, the operas of Monteverdi and Verdi, the absurdist theater of Alfred Jarry, and the films of Charlie Chaplin. In other words, be forewarned!
Having not seen the recent San Francisco production I can only imagine the wild visuals, but the performers in this spanking new edition are spot on. Ligeti has considerably abridged and tightened the opera (first written in 1974-77), and has greatly refined his original vision (the composer has even gone on record preferring the English libretto to the original German.) The Wergo original is of interest primarily to completists. Let me just add that history is everywhere present in LGM; this is the closest Ligeti's come to a "collage" work, which seems completely appropriate given the darkly surreal subject matter. He would never produce something quite like this again, but let us hope against hope that he finishes the long running operaplanned on the Alice books. For more about Ligeti, I recommend the Richard Steinitz work and life (although the earlier bios by Griffiths, Toop and Burde are great as well). 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great opera of our time,
By Vladimir - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Le Grand Macabre/Salonen (Audio CD)
Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre" based on the ballade of Michel de Ghelderode is a great musical achievement of our time. This version by Salonen, sung in English, is a reference. Salonen is a young enthusiastic conductor who loves the score (he told once something about composing and opera, after conducting Ligeti's Grand Macabre) and it is an authentic gift hearing Philharmonia Orchestra under his rules. In the casting, this version counts with a shining and lovely Amanda (Laura Claycomb),a funny Mescalina (Jard van Ness) and a really dark (literally) Nekrotzar (Willard White). Only Gepopo (Sybille Ehlert) is not fully convincent. But it is delightful hearing her, in any case, singing "Stern measures". I am not agree with the stern reviews of some colleagues in this page. This Opera by Ligeti is magical, funny and delicious, as "The magic flute" of Mozart, for example. The music is powerful (the entrance of Nekrotzar, Astradamors' torture...) and filled with beauty (Gepopo's "misteries"). I love this opera and those of Penderecki, and I consider them the best works in their genre of the last 50 years. |
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