Title: Gyorgy & Marta Kurtag Play Kurtag Artist: Kurtag, Gyorgy / Kurtag, Marta Label: Budapest Music Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5998309302336 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2016-06-03 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DIGIPACK PACKAGING
In February 2016, the city of Budapest celebrated György Kurtág's 90th birthday with a grand eight-day festival honoring the composer. The music selected for this disc - all previously unreleased recordings - has been chosen from studio recordings in the archive of Hungarian Radio, as well as recordings that the Kurtágs have made at concerts. The bulk of the program is centered on pieces from Játékok, or "Games," a huge and ongoing collection for students. However, since the late 1970s these pieces have been seen as much more than study pieces; rather, they are emblematic of important stages in Kurtág's work as a composer.
Tracks: 1.1 György Kurtág: 28 Pieces from the Játékok (Games) Piano Series 1.2 György Kurtág: Suite for Four Hands 1.3 Con Slancio 1.4 Hommage À András Mihály 1.5 Shadow-Play IV. Hommage À György Somlyó 1.6 Labyrinthine in D Major 1.7 Silence. Hommage À Szervánszky 1.8 Hommage À Petrovics 1.9 Hommage À Domenico Scarlatti 1.10 Harmonica. Hommage À LÁSZLÓ Borsody 1.11 Obstinate in A-Flat 1.12 Tumble-Bunny 1.13 Shadow-Play III 1.14 Hommage À Kabalevsky 1.15 Hommage À Márta Kurtág 1.16 Palm Stroke I 1.17 Palm Stroke II 1.18 The Mind Will Have It's Freedom 1.19 Play with Infinity 1.20 Scherzo 1.21 Flowers We Are II 1.22 Bluebell 1.23 Thistle 1.24 Stubbunny 1.25 Micro-Rondo 1.26 12 Microludes, No. 10 1.27 12 Microludes, No. 11 1.28 Portrait II 1.29 I. Vivace - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.30 II. Andantino - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.31 III. Tempo Di Minuetto - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.32 IV. Con Fuoco - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.33 Hand in Hand. Hommage À Sárközy - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.34 Dot and Spot. Hommage À LÁSZLÓ Sáry - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.35 Hommage À Verdi - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.36 Hommage À Mihály Halmágyi - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.37 Wandering in the Past - a Ligatura for Ligeti - Gyorgy Kurtag 1.38 Antiphon in F-Sharp minor - Gyorgy Kurtag 1.39 Dirge II - Gyorgy Kurtag 1.40 Dirge - Gyorgy Kurtag/Marta Kurtag 1.41 Fugitive Thoughts About the Alberti Bass - for András Szollosy 1.42 Stubbunny II 1.43 Flowers We Are (For Miyako) - Gyorgy Kurtag
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