Gramophone Magazine
August 2025
Editor's Choice

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger

Ligeti: Violin Concerto
Kurtág: Aus der Ferne III
Ligeti: Romanian Concerto
Kurtág: Aus der Ferne V
Ligeti: Piano Concerto

The poetics of space and the art of time, high-precision mechanism, rhythmic exhilaration . . . Ligeti’s music defies criteria and codes. This recording provides an opportunity to assess the evolution of the musical language of one of the twentieth century’s greatest composers, from the early Concert Românesc to the later concertos for piano and violin, performed here by two fabulous virtuosi.

"No memorable performance of such a startling score should be deemed effortless, but this one has the riveting atmosphere of a manic yet fiercely constrained improvisation...the result is a stunning drama." - Gramophone Magazine, August 2025