COMPOSERS: Ligeti
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: String Quartets Nos 1-2; Lux Aeterna ; Ramifications; Choruses; Bagatelles
PERFORMER: Artemis Quartet; Barry Tuckwell Wind Quartet; Groupe Vocal de France etc
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 627 9052
Ligeti’s First Quartet sounds like a sequel to Bartók’s Sixth, and the early folksong-choruses and wind quintet Bagatelles reinforce awareness of the Hungarian foundations on which works like Lux Aeterna were founded. Calum MacDonald