Ligeti's Études demand a new kind of virtuosity, focusing on 'brain-splitting' complexity where the performer's two hands maintain discrete and independent patterns.
Composition History
Ligeti's Études, composed during the 1980s and 1990s, have become modern classics, celebrated for their musical ingenuity and originality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ligeti's musical inspirations were vast and encyclopaedic, including African polyphony, Balinese gamelan, jazz, Eastern European folk traditions, and the Western canon.
Performer Biography
Danny Driver, the pianist on this recording, is a British pianist known for his sophistication and musical depth, with a broad repertoire spanning three centuries.
Composer Biography
György Ligeti, a Hungarian Jew, grew up as an outsider during the politically turbulent 1920s and 1930s, experiencing the brutality of the Nazis and Communists.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, in October 2019, using a Steinway & Sons piano.
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