Ligeti: Lux aeterna (2008)

This CD should have strong appeal to listeners who like Ligeti's Lux aeterna, the work made famous by Stanley Kubrick's use of it in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the centerpiece of this album. While the other pieces included, by Ligeti and Dutch composer Robert Heppener, don't sound just like the Lux aeterna, they inhabit similar soundworlds and reflect a similar aesthetic vision. Daniel Reuss leads the remarkably disciplined vocal ensemble Cappella Amsterdam through the woozy atmospherics of Lux aeterna with assurance and ... Read More

This CD should have strong appeal to listeners who like Ligeti's Lux aeterna, the work made famous by Stanley Kubrick's use of it in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the centerpiece of this album. While the other pieces included, by Ligeti and Dutch composer Robert Heppener, don't sound just like the Lux aeterna, they inhabit similar soundworlds and reflect a similar aesthetic vision. Daniel Reuss leads the remarkably disciplined vocal ensemble Cappella Amsterdam through the woozy atmospherics of Lux aeterna with assurance and sensitivity to the work's subtly shifting textures and sonorities. The effect of the piece may be one of mystical improvisation -- a kind of slow-moving celestial glossolalia -- but it's notated with excruciating precision, and its vocal demands place it beyond the capacity of all but a handful of the world's most accomplished choirs. Cappella Amsterdam is a fairly small group, with 26 members, and its performance has a pristine clarity. There are listeners who may prefer a larger... Read Less

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