An irresistible elemental power emanates from the eleven pieces of the Musica Ricercata composed between 1951 and 1953. The early piano work by the famous Hungarian György Ligeti arose from experiments with minimalist structures of rhythm and sound "in order to build a New Music from nothing, so to speak", according to Ligeti himself. The effect that he achieves with just a few tones is inspiring. In the first piece, he uses one tone to which is added another tone at the end. In the second piece...

• I Sostenuto · Misurato · Prestissimo
• II Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
• III Allegro con spirito
• IV Tempo di valse (poco vivace · “à l’orgue de Barbarie”)
• V Rubato. Lamentoso
• VI Allegro molto capriccioso
• VII Cantabile, molto legato
• VIII Vivace. Energico
• IX (Béla Bartók in memoriam) Adagio. Mesto · Allegro maestoso
• X Vivace. Capriccioso
• XI (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) Andante misurato e tranquillo