György Ligeti - Atmospheres

Conductor, Sir Simon Rattle
Orquesta Filarmónica de Berlín

[desireemcnicol]

I came to hear this because it was suggested that this piece as well as Beethovens 5th was shown to destroy 20% of cancer cells at a University in Rio. Its thought that frequency and rythm may play a role in its impact.

[a.s.vanhoose]

I’ve never seen anyone brush something with such seriousness

[michelleg]

I only came here because research says this piece has destroyed cancer cells, isn't that neat? I love hearing stuff like that.

[FeonaLeeJones]

Ligeti used micropolyphony to compose a lot of his works. He would create these dense webs of chromatic notes that would move at different speeds/spacings. He would impose certain "rules" like use only minor seconds for a length of time before moving to a whole step. This allowed his work to unfold in a more organic manner and pretty much write itself.

[jerrybuckley]

I can only imagine, the performers must have been exhausted. How much restraint and patience must be required to perform such a composition as this???

[normavalladolid]

Sentí una angustia inmensa al escuchar estos tonos!😮

[gordwilkes]

My father played viola for 50 years with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (same last name as mine, look him up) and played 15 years with Bramwell Tovey as principal viola) 20th century music was his thing... Ligeti ... Without Schoenberg, without Webern, we'd have no Ligeti... That is my belief. Ligeti let his imagination run wild after (maybe or maybe not) doing some simple mathematics and creating his own twelve tone matrix and coming up with this... I mean, I'm floored... This is exceptional and THIS IS music. But what the hell do I know? LOL... Love you all my dear YouTube friends of Ligeti. (Step up the bless and give the guy who posted this a like!)

[zoilacastillo]

Nunca e escuchado una obra musical tan llena de sonidos tan intensos es un torbellino una cascada de notas, y estoy segura de que esto si te puede estar sanando estremecio, cada parte sensible de mi ser, esto es para escuchar y sanar !! Me encantó

[actfray]

Two ads popped up in the middle of this brilliance. Sacrilege!

[frankstonrat]

Always remembered this in Kubrick's '2001'. Inspired choice for the soundtrack.

[susanwallace]

Amazing- my dog’s breathing changed drastically listening to this! Healing tones, for certain.

[prometheanevent]

This is one of those pieces one can’t recommend to their non-musical friends. What initially may sound like random noise is in fact a brilliant - still - revolutionary piece of music with all the structural integrity of a Beethoven symphony. Absolute masterpiece.

[mikhailadamov]

I always imagine the swells in the music as chambers in a huge cave system through which I am going on a boat. Some have bats, winds, bridges, canals, pits, etc. I greatly recommend imagining something like that to enhance the experience

[krisw]

I think this is really very difficult to play for an orchestra - it demands a very different technique and still they have to manage to sing together. I just found out about this and 2001: A space odysee - I was convinced that the music in the movie is made in a studio with special sound effects and a keyboard or something - never imagined THIS is actually played by an orchestra like Mozart or Mahler, wow! And Liget is a tiny bit Romanian (at least born and raised) so I'm proud of this.

[Jae-dw]

Wish I heard this before. It gave me chills multiple times. I love electronic music and this does the same thing to me.

[rrfirefly]

It is the most amazing to see these ethereal sounds coming from a group of musicians in formal attire playing classical instruments. // As you read the string of comments you will get a good idea of what a provocation Ligeti's composition has been. I think back to the first time I heard it. It did not assuage my soul. In fact it was specifically chosen by Kubrick to accompany some of the most disturbing images in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey."

[anma]

This masterpiece kills cancer cells I heard…

[juhis_oksanen]

Wow, this is stunning! Ligeti descovering the space of musical possibilities here.

[Scruffynton]

The dread this entails sends shivers down my spine every time I listen to it. This isn’t just a piece of music, it’s an event unfolding

[notimetoi]

that brushing in the last part is pure ASMR.