The best entrance anyone has made to the Barbican stage in many a long year. Barbara Hannigan/ Sir Simon Rattle, Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre, recorded January 2015. Watch the full performance on DVD: https://lsolive.lso.co.uk/collections/new-releases/products/stravinsky-the-rite-of-spring | London Symphony Orchestra

György Ligeti composed his Sonata for Solo Cello between 1948 and 1953, well before many of his best-known works (Atmosphères, Lux Aeterna, and his Études for Piano). In this early piece, shaped in part by Eastern European folk traditions, his distinctive voice is already taking shape, foreshadowing the profound mark he would leave on contemporary classical music. This 2017 CMS performance from Alice Tully Hall features cellist Dmitri Atapine. #ligeti #classicalmusic #experimentalmusic #cello #a

Lucerne Festival 2012: György Ligeti's 'Atmosphères' | Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker