György Kurtág - Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir (2017)

Four Cappriccios op. 9 	
1-1 	I: Musée de Cluny: La Dame à la Licorne 	1:38
1-2 	II. Tour Saint Jacques 	2:34
1-3 	III. Nyelvlecke (Language Lesson) 	1:48
1-4 	IV. Ars Poetica 	2:36
Four Songs To Poems By János Pilinszky Op.11 	
1-5 	Alkohol 	2:58
1-6 	In Memoriam F.M. Dosztojevszkij 	1:24
1-7 	Hölderlin 	0:42
1-8 	Verés 	2:56
1-9 	Grabstein Für Stephan Op. 15c 	9:14
Messages Of The Late Miss R. Troussova 	
1-10 	I Loneliness In A Space Of … 	1:50
1-11 	I Loneliness The day has fallen ... 	2:32
1-12 	II A Little Erotic Heat 	1:44
1-13 	II A Little Erotic Two interlaced bodies 	3:17
1-14 	II A Little Erotic Why Should I Not Squeal Like A Pig 	0:41
1-15 	II A Little Erotic Chastushka 	1:15
1-16 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief You Took My Heart 	1:36
1-17 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief Great Misery 	1:18
1-18 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief Great Pebbles 	0:55
1-19 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief A Slender Needle 	0:49
1-20 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief I Know My Loved One 	0:54
1-21 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief Autumn Flowers Fading 	1:35
1-22 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief In You I See My Salvation 	0:33
1-23 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief Your Disappearances 	1:03
1-24 	III Bitter Experience – Delight and Grief Without You 	0:22
1-25 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief Love Me 	0:43
1-26 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief Payment 	0:40
1-27 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief A Plaything 	0:57
1-28 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief Why Did You Utter... 	0:33
1-29 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief In The Cloudburst 	0:43
1-30 	III Bitter Experience – Delight And Grief For Everything 	1:16
...quasi Una Fantasia, Op. 27 No. 1 	
2-1 	Introduzione. Largo 	1:51
2-2 	Presto Minaccioso E Lamentoso (Wie Ein Traumeswirren) Molto Agitato,Sempre Pppp 	1:32
2-3 	Recitativo. Grave, Disperato 	1:50
2-4 	Aria – Adagio Molto. Lontano, Calmo, Appenia Sentito 	3:43
Op. 27 No. 2 Double Concerto 	
2-5 	I Poco Allegretto / II L’istesso Tempo / III Presto Agitato 	10:53
2-6 	IV Adagio - Largo 	7:09
2-7 	Samuel Beckett: What Is The Word Op. 30b 	16:21
Songs Of Despair And Sorrow, Op. 18 	
3-1 	So Weary, So Wretched 	3:24
3-2 	Night, An Empty Street, A Lamp, A Drug-store 	6:13
3-3 	Blue Evening 	1:38
3-4 	Where Can I Go To In This January? 	2:33
3-5 	Crucifixion 	2:50
3-6 	It's Time 	2:45
Songs To Poems By Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41 	
3-7 	Pushkin 	1:30
3-8 	To Alexsandr Block 	2:49
3-9 	Dirge - Alexsandr Block's Funeral 	3:34
3-10 	Voronezh 	3:32
3-11 	Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46 	17:14
Brefs Messages. Op. 47 	
3-12 	Fanfare 	1:11
3-13 	Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham 	1:11
3-14 	Ligatura Y 	3:31
3-15 	Bornemisza Péter: Az Hit 	1:45

Natalia Zagorinskaja   Soprano
Harry van der Kamp   Bass
Elliott Simpson   Guitar
Tamara Stefanovich   Piano
Jean-Guihen Queyras   Violoncello
Gerrie de Vries   Mezzosoprano
Csaba Király   Pianino, Spoken Word 
Netherlands Radio Choir
Asko-Schönberg Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw – conductor

This fine, triple-CD collection of music by Hungarian composer György Kurtág is titled with uncharacteristic imprecision by ECM: it is a collection not of works for ensemble and choir, but of ensemble, vocal, and choral works. As such, it covers a good many of the milestones of this composer's output, which hovered for many years between western Europe and the East Bloc scene, covering developments from the sparse text-setting of the earlier major song sets to the newer accessibility that were explored by other composers, but maintaining a distinctive voice all the while. The performances were painstakingly rehearsed, sometimes under the supervision of Kurtág himself. The set could easily serve as a basic Kurtág entry in a library of contemporary music, but in places it's much more than that. Get your hands on the best piece of sound equipment you can, and sample one of the pieces on CD 2 bearing the notation that the instruments should be "dispersed in space," perhaps Samuel Beckett: What Is the Word, Op. 30b (CD 2, track 7). Beyond the novelty of hearing Beckett in Hungarian, and the usefulness of addressing the importance of the minimalist Irish playwright in Kurtág's own thinking, you get ECM's engineering at its most awesome, as nearly as possible reproducing the sense of space that a physical performance would have had. An ambitious release that lives up to its aims; highly recommended. ---James Manheim, AllMusic Review

Recorded in Amsterdam’s Musikgebouw and Haarlem’s Philharmonie between March 2013 and July 2016, this 3-CD Set is a milestone in the documentation of Hungarian composer György Kurtág’s s work and also a labour of love. It brings together all of Kurtàg’s works for ensemble and for ensemble and choir. The insightful and precise performances bear witness to extensive preparation by the dedicated Asko/Schoenberg Ensemble. Conductor Reinbert de Leeuw speaks of “learning Kurtág’s oeuvre step by step, and performing these pieces repeatedly over a period of twenty years.” De Leeuw consulted extensively with György and Márta Kurtág before and after each session: “There were moments when I was overwhelmed at first hearing”, says the famously-demanding Kurtág, “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.” Works heard here are presented in chronological order of composition, beginning with the Four Capriccios (1959-1970, rev. 1993) and continuing with Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky (1975), Grabstein für Stephan (1978-79, rev. 1989), Messages of the late Miss R. Troussova (1976-80), …quasi una fantasia… (1987-88), Op. 27 No. 2 Double Concerto (1989-90), Samuel Beckett: What is the Word (1991), Songs of Despair and Sorrow (1980-1994), Songs to Poems by Anna Akhmatova (1997-2008), Colindă-Baladă (2010), and Brefs Messages (2011). Extensive CD booklet includes all song texts with translations, an interview with Reinbert de Leeuw, liner notes by Wolfgang Sandner and Paul Griffith, and a statement by György Kurtág. ---ecmrecords.com

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