THESE SIX CHARACTER PIECES COME FROM LIGETI'S FAMOUS PIANO CYCLE 'MUSICA RICERCATA'. NOW WILD, NOW CHEERFUL, NOW CONTEMPLATIVE, NOW EXCITED - EACH OF THESE MINIATURES IS AN UNMISTAKABLE GEM.THE MINIMALIST BAGATELLES ALREADY EXIST IN POPULAR ARRANGEMENTS I. ALLEGRO CON SPIRITO - II. RUBATO. LAMENTOSO - III. ALLEGRO GRAZIOSO - IV. PRESTO RUVIDO - V. (BÉLA BARTÓK IN MEMORIAM) ADAGIO. MESTO - VI. MOLTO VIVACE. CAPRICCIOSO