Why haven't I heard this before? This is a major 20th Century cello composition. Yes, it's derivative of Bartok, but it stands on its own. I love Ligeti AND Bartok. The first movement brought me to tears!
Interesting and comparatively accessible work by the composer, renowned and revered for his avant-grade composition. Tonal language like this is common in early works of such composers, and sometimes a style they return to in the autumn of their careers.
Actually several of his works are rather approachable in my opinion, such as his Musica Ricercata (used in Kubrik's Eyes Wide Shut), and his Requiem (in Kubrik's 2001).
The only one who might cry to this piece is the poor cellist playing it. I'm no cellist myself so correct me if I'm wrong but some of these techniques seem really carpal-tunnel inducing.
hey arash! thanks for the video making. You already have quite some clicks, thats great! Would you mind marking my new Ligeti recording in this video or in the description?
Did anybody already notice a resemblance between the theme of this sonata and the singing part in Bowie's Warszawa? I know Bowie took it from a polish choir but the resemblance is quite evident. sula vie dileeejoooo maliooo
I really don't know why i was laughing on glissando part with my friend, the first time when I heard this on some art festival, long time ago. For some reason that was very funny to us. We where children. :) Nice memory. :3
Apart from like the rest of the piece that’s gonna take me years to learn, how do you play that last chord? Do you like play a G on the C string then go back to first position and play the rest of it?
![György Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello [w/ score]](/img/logo.svg){kind=logo}
