List of compositions by György Ligeti

György Ligeti (1984)

This is a list of compositions by György Ligeti.

Orchestral

Concertos

• Cello Concerto, for Siegfried Palm (1966)
• Double Concerto, for flute, oboe and orchestra (1972)
• Piano Concerto (1985–88)
• Violin Concerto (1989–93)
• Hamburg Concerto, for horn and chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns (1998–99, revised 2002)

Works for string orchestra

• Ramifications (1968–69), for string orchestra or 12 solo strings

Works for chamber orchestra

• Fragment (1961)
• Chamber Concerto, for 13 instrumentalists (1969–70)

Works for full orchestra

• Concert românesc (1951)
• Apparitions (1958–59)
• Atmosphères (1961)
• Lontano (1967)
• Melodien (1971)
• San Francisco Polyphony (1973–74)

Chamber/Instrumental

Works for string quartet

• Andante and Allegretto, for string quartet (1950)
• String Quartet No. 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes (1953–54)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1968)

Works for string duet

• Baladă şi joc (Ballad and Dance), for two violins (1950)
• Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg, for violin and cello (1982)

Sonatas for a solo instrument

• Sonata for Solo Cello (1948/1953)
• Sonata for Solo Viola (1991–94)

Works for wind quintet

• Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953)
• Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)

Others

• Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1982)

Keyboard

Works for solo piano

• Four Early Piano Pieces: Basso Ostinato (1941)
• Due capricci (1947)
• Invention (1948)
• Musica ricercata (1951–53)
• Chromatische Phantasie (1956)
• Trois Bagatelles, for David Tudor (1961)
• Études pour piano, Book 1, six etudes (1985)
• Études pour piano, Book 2, eight etudes (1988–94)
• L'arrache-coeur (1994)
• Études pour piano, Book 3, four etudes (1995–2001)

Works for piano four-hands

• Induló (March) (1942)
• Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Étude) (1943)
• Allegro (1943)
• Három lakodalmi tánc (Three Wedding Dances) (1950)
• Sonatina (1950)

Works for two pianos

• Three Pieces for Two Pianos (1976)

Works for harpsichord

• Continuum (1968)
• Passacaglia ungherese (1978)
• Hungarian Rock (Chaconne) (1978)

Works for organ

• Ricercare – Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi (1953)
• Volumina (1961–62, revised 1966)
• Two Studies for Organ:
  • Harmonies (1967)
  • Coulée (1969)

Adaptations for player piano

• From Études pour piano, Book 2:
  • No. VII: Galamb borong (1988) (adapted for two Player Pianos)
  • No. IX: Vertige (1990)
  • No. X: Der Zauberlehrling (1994)
  • No. XI: En suspens (1994)
  • No. XIII: L'escalier du diable (1993)
  • No. XIVa: Coloana fără sfârşit (original version for Player Piano) (1993)
• Continuum (1970) (adapted for two Player Pianos)

Adaptations for barrel organ

• Capriccio nº 1 & nº 2 (1947)
• Invention (1948)
• Continuum (1970)
• Hungarian Rock (Chaconne) (1978)

Vocal

Works for chorus

• Idegen földön (Far from home) (1945–46)
• Betlehemi királyok (King of Bethlehem) (1946)
• Húsvét (Easter) (1946)
• Magos Kősziklának (From the high rocks) (1946)
• Magány (Solitude) (1946)
• Bujdosó (The fugitive) (1946)
• Két kánon
  • Ha folyóvíz volnék (1947)
  • Pletykázó asszonyok (1952)
• Lakodalmas (Wedding dance) (1950)
• Hortobágy (1951)
• Haj, ifjuság! (Hey, youth!) (1951)
• Kállai kettős (1952)
• Inaktelki nóták (Tunes from Inaktelk) (1953)
• Pápainé (Widow Pápai) (1953)
• Mátraszentimrei dalok (Songs from Mátraszentimre) (1955)
• Éjszaka – Reggel (Night, morning) (1955)
• Lux Aeterna (1966)
• Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin (1982)
• Magyar Etüdök, for 16 voices after Sandor Weöres (1983)
• Nonsense madrigals, for 6 male voices (1988–93), partly on poems by Lewis Carroll. The Alphabet was written for The King's Singers.

Songs

• Három Weöres-dal (Three Weöres Songs), voice and piano (1946–47)
• Négy lakodalmi tánc (Four Wedding Dances, adaptions of Hungarian folk songs), three voices or female choir (SMezA) and piano (1950)
• Öt Arany-dal (Five Arany Songs), voice and piano (1952)
• Der Sommer, voice and piano (1989)
• Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles) (2000)

Works for instrumentalists and singers

• Aventures (1962)
• Nouvelles Aventures (1962–65)
• Requiem, for soprano and mezzo-soprano solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1963–65)
• Clocks and Clouds, for 12 female voices and orchestra (1973)

Opera

• Le Grand Macabre (1975–77, second version 1996)

Electronic

• Glissandi (1957)
• Artikulation (1958)
• Pièce électronique no. 3 (1957–58, not realized until 1996)

Miscellaneous

• Poème Symphonique, for 100 metronomes (1962)

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György Ligeti Orchestral works Ramifications Atmosphères Concertante Piano Concerto Violin Concerto Hamburg Concerto Chamber/Instrumental String Quartet No. 1 String Quartet No. 2 Baladă şi joc Sonata for Solo Cello Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano Piano music Due capricci Invention Musica ricercata Chromatische Phantasie Three Bagatelles Études Vocal/Choral Magány Bujdosó Pletykázó asszonyok Lakodalmas Haj, ifjuság! Kállai kettős Pápainé Mátraszentimrei dalok Éjszaka – Reggel Lux Aeterna Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin Magyar Etüdök Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel Opera Le Grand Macabre Other compositions Artikulation (tape) Continuum (harpsichord) Poème symphonique (100 metronomes) Related articles List of compositions by György Ligeti Micropolyphony Portal:Classical music