℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released April 28, 2017
Duration 2h 30m 31s
Record Label ECM New Series
Genre Classical
 

György Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir

Asko|Schönberg, Netherlands Radio Choir, Reinbert de Leeuw

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Four Capriccios, Op. 9  
1.1
Paris I: Musée de Cluny: La Dame à la Licorne
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:36
1.2
Paris II: Tour Saint-Jacques
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:35
1.3
Nyelvlecke
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:49
1.4
Ars Poetica
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:39
Four Songs To Poems By János Pilinszky  
1.5
Alkohol
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:56
Four Songs To Poems By János Pilinszky, Op. 11  
1.6
In Memoriam F.M. Dosztojevszkij
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:24
1.7
Hölderlin
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:42
1.8
Verés
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:58
1.9
Grabstein für Stephan, Op. 15c
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
9:18
Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / I. Loneliness  
1.10
In A Space Of ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:46
1.11
The Day Has Fallen
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:32
Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / II. A Little Erotic  
1.12
Heat
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:45
1.13
Two Interlaced Bodies ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
3:17
1.14
Why Should I Not Squeal Like A Pig
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:41
1.15
Chastushka
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:15
Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / III. Bitter Experience - Delight And Grief  
1.16
You Took My Heart
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:36
1.17
Great Misery
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:19
1.18
Pebbles
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:56
1.19
A Slender Needle
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:49
1.20
I Know My Loved One ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:54
1.21
Autumn Flowers Fading ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:35
1.22
In You I Seek My Salvation ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:34
1.23
Your Disappearances ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:04
1.24
Without You
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:23
1.25
Love Me ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:43
1.26
Retaliation
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:40
1.27
A Plaything
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:58
1.28
Why Did You Utter ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:33
1.29
In The Cloudburst ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
0:44
1.30
For Everything ... (Epilogue)
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:17
...quasi una fantasia..., Op. 27/1  
1.31
Introduzione
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:51
1.32
Presto minaccioso e lamentoso (Wie ein Traumeswirren)
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:32
1.33
Recitativo. Grave, disperato
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:50
1.34
Aria - Adagio molto
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
3:46
Double Concerto, Op. 27/2  
1.35
I. Poco allegretto - II. L'istesso tempo (quasi più mosso) - III. Presto agitato
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
10:50
1.36
IV. Adagio - Largo
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
7:09
1.37
Samuel Beckett: What Is The Word, Op. 30b
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
16:22
Songs Of Despair And Sorrow, Op. 18  
1.38
So Weary, So Wretched ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
3:25
1.39
Night, An Empty Street, A Lamp, A Drug-Store
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
6:13
1.40
Blue Evening
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:38
1.41
Where Can I Go To In This January?
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:34
1.42
Crucifixion
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:50
1.43
It's Time
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:48
Songs To Poems By Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41  
1.44
Pushkin
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:30
1.45
To Aleksandr Blok
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
2:50
1.46
Dirge
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
3:34
1.47
Voronezh
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
3:36
1.48
Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
17:16
Brefs Messages, Op. 47  
1.49
Fanfare
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:11
1.50
Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:11
1.51
Ligatura Y
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
3:32
1.52
Bornemisza Péter: Az Hit ...
György Kurtág; Asko|Schönberg; Netherlands Radio Choir; Reinbert de Leeuw
1:45
Digital Booklet
Grammy Award nomination – Best Classical Compendium, 2017 Featuring the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble, the Netherlands Radio Choir, and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw, this release is part of a landmark project to record the works of Hungarian composer György Kurtág. A student of Messiaen and Milhaud and a contemporary of Ligeti, Kurtág’s vocal works are intricate, effecting, and sometimes unnerving, and are beautifully rendered in this recording made at the Musikgebouw in Amsterdam and the Philharmonie in Haarlem between 2013 and 2016. "There were moments when I was overwhelmed at first hearing… and we could embrace the result immediately. But sometimes we were critical. The fact that Reinbert always listened to our remarks and re-recorded fragments or even whole pieces makes this publication authentic." - György Kurtág, composer
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM New Series Studio Masters
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Album average
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1
Paris I: Musée de Cluny: La Dame à la Licorne
-3.36-29.15-23.015
2
Paris II: Tour Saint-Jacques
-2.48-27.90-22.616
3
Nyelvlecke
-0.16-22.02-16.814
4
Ars Poetica
-1.81-26.70-20.414
5
Alkohol
-1.74-32.25-25.117
6
In Memoriam F.M. Dosztojevszkij
-4.65-33.18-27.317
7
Hölderlin
-4.13-27.83-20.913
8
Verés
-3.07-29.60-23.917
9
Grabstein für Stephan, Op. 15c
-0.16-27.08-19.017
10
In A Space Of ...
-2.50-28.08-21.315
11
The Day Has Fallen
-2.43-26.85-21.815
12
Heat
-2.48-27.93-22.816
13
Two Interlaced Bodies ...
-4.00-27.46-23.416
14
Why Should I Not Squeal Like A Pig
-2.74-23.18-16.611
15
Chastushka
-2.52-22.62-18.913
16
You Took My Heart
-10.74-36.15-30.815
17
Great Misery
-3.67-29.06-20.212
18
Pebbles
-2.51-28.80-23.214
19
A Slender Needle
-2.42-27.73-19.615
20
I Know My Loved One ...
-10.10-31.72-26.712
21
Autumn Flowers Fading ...
-19.24-41.11-37.712
22
In You I Seek My Salvation ...
-2.47-23.55-16.88
23
Your Disappearances ...
-4.77-30.01-24.716
24
Without You
-2.50-28.17-19.85
25
Love Me ...
-6.97-31.83-26.114
26
Retaliation
-2.49-26.25-20.314
27
A Plaything
-2.52-24.89-19.111
28
Why Did You Utter ...
-2.50-22.02-16.19
29
In The Cloudburst ...
-2.46-22.38-18.113
30
For Everything ... (Epilogue)
-2.54-29.88-25.818
31
Introduzione
-26.65-50.04-48.312
32
Presto minaccioso e lamentoso (Wie ein Traumeswirren)
-11.93-31.80-28.712
33
Recitativo. Grave, disperato
-0.20-20.45-16.814
34
Aria - Adagio molto
-20.63-43.21-40.411
35
I. Poco allegretto - II. L'istesso tempo (quasi più mosso) - III. Presto agitato
-2.09-27.27-21.016
36
IV. Adagio - Largo
-2.16-32.63-27.519
37
Samuel Beckett: What Is The Word, Op. 30b
0.00-27.82-19.318
38
So Weary, So Wretched ...
-0.93-24.81-19.314
39
Night, An Empty Street, A Lamp, A Drug-Store
-3.76-33.00-28.016
40
Blue Evening
-1.88-25.83-20.414
41
Where Can I Go To In This January?
-0.63-24.53-17.214
42
Crucifixion
-3.01-27.21-21.014
43
It's Time
-3.12-30.44-22.516
44
Pushkin
-11.95-35.86-30.213
45
To Aleksandr Blok
-11.17-36.83-32.116
46
Dirge
-6.62-35.93-29.818
47
Voronezh
-3.49-25.52-18.114
48
Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46
-0.16-27.80-22.619
49
Fanfare
-5.22-27.49-22.613
50
Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham
-16.72-31.51-28.29
51
Ligatura Y
-8.86-35.74-31.514
52
Bornemisza Péter: Az Hit ...
-3.02-29.51-23.414

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