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Aimard.

I only know/own his and desire no other performances. His Ives? Meh. His Ligeti and Messiaen? YES PLEASE!

 

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Any Ligeti fanatic that doesn't own BOTH COMPLETE Ligeti Editions and The Ligeti Project is completely insane! Insane! Aimard? He's on there don'tcha' know?

 

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I have both... and DG's Clear and Cloudy (great, if not the best out there, Abbado performances of Atmospheres and Lontano).

Yeah, should have included that too!

I always find myself drawn to the Teldec discs, mainly based on sonics I guess. It's like Varese - there is no clear master of his music, but rather distinctive glances. And yes, the Atmospheres with Abbado has me scratching my head as in how is this guy this diverse?