Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir

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Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir

Netherlands Radio Choir (chorus), Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Elliott Simpson (guitar), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Csaba Király (pianino, spoken word)

Asko | Schoenberg Ensemble,...

The interpretations are of a consistently elevated standard. Messages of the Late Miss R Troussova, a signature Kurtág score, sets a marker: soprano Natalia Zagorinskaya gives a riveting performance... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 23rd Jun 2017
Catalogue No: 4812883
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

August 2017

Editor's Choice
Grammy Awards

60th Awards (2017)

Nominee - Classical Compendium

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Kurtág: Four Capriccios, Op. 9

Work length8:34

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Natalia Zagorinskaja (soprano), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Paris I: Musée de Cluny: La Dame à la Licorne

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Paris II: Tour Saint-Jacques

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Nyelvlecke

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Ars Poetica

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Kurtág: Four Songs To Poems By János Pilinszky

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Harry van der Kamp (bass (vocal)), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Alkohol

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Kurtág: Four Songs to poems by János Pilinszky, Op. 11

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Harry van der Kamp (bass (vocal)), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

In Memoriam F.M. Dosztojevszkij

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Hölderlin

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Verés

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Kurtág: Grabstein für Stephan Op. 15c

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Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Kurtág: Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / I. Loneliness

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Natalia Zagorinskaja (soprano), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

In A Space Of ...

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The Day Has Fallen

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Kurtág: Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / II. A Little Erotic

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Natalia Zagorinskaja (soprano), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Heat

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Two Interlaced Bodies ...

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Why Should I Not Squeal Like A Pig

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Chastushka

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Kurtág: Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / III. Bitter Experience - Delight And Grief

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Natalia Zagorinskaja (soprano), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

You Took My Heart

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Great Misery

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Pebbles

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A Slender Needle

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I Know My Loved One ...

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Autumn Flowers Fading ...

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In You I Seek My Salvation ...

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Your Disappearances ...

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Without You

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Love Me ...

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Retaliation

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A Plaything

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Why Did You Utter ...

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In The Cloudburst ...

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For Everything ... (Epilogue)

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Kurtág: ...quasi una fantasia..., Op. 27 / 1

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Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Introduzione

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Presto minaccioso e lamentoso (Wie ein Traumeswirren)

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Recitativo. Grave, disperato

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Aria - Adagio molto

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Kurtág: Double Concerto, Op. 27 / 2

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Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

I. Poco allegretto - II. L'istesso tempo (quasi più mosso) - III. Presto agitato

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IV. Adagio - Largo

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Kurtág: Samuel Beckett: What Is The Word, Op. 30b

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Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Kurtág: Songs of Despair and Sorrow, Op 18

Work length19:23

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Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2014-07-04
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Haarlem

So Weary, So Wretched ...

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Night, An Empty Street, A Lamp, A Drug-Store

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Blue Evening

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Where Can I Go To In This January?

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Crucifixion

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It's Time

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Kurtág: Songs To Poems By Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41

Work length11:25

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Natalia Zagorinskaja (soprano), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Pushkin

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To Aleksandr Blok

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Dirge

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Voronezh

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Kurtág: Colindă-Baladă, Op. 46

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Yves Saelens (tenor), Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Kurtág: Brefs Messages, Op. 47

Work length7:38

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Asko/Schönberg (chamber orchestra)
Reinbert de Leeuw
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam

Fanfare

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Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham

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Ligatura Y

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Bornemisza Péter: Az Hit ...

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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 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), Colinda-Balada (2010), and Brefs Messages (2011).

The extensive CD booklet includes all song texts with translations, an interview with Reinbert de Leeuw, liner notes by Wolfgang Sandner and Paul Griffiths, and a statement by György Kurtág.

Artists

Asko | Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw

Reviews

August 2017

The interpretations are of a consistently elevated standard. Messages of the Late Miss R Troussova, a signature Kurtág score, sets a marker: soprano Natalia Zagorinskaya gives a riveting performance of this expressionist female Winterreise, harnessing Kurtág’s shriek-gesang just sufficiently to stop it tipping into caterwauling.

August 2017

The more spare Kurtág’s textures, the more this recording excels – and drops the jaw...The playing here is exquisite...The composer’s freedom from the necessity to transition is as musically cleansing as it is communicatively direct, full of tantalising imagery...A proper treasure trove.

25th June 2017

Spareness, that supercharged concision, is ever the Kurtag note — and, as caught by these outstanding musicians, resonates powerfully here.

22nd June 2017

This magnificent, Netherlands-sourced set brings together some of Kurtág’s greatest achievements and is performed with devotional precision and commitment by the ensemble Asko | Schönberg...Kurtág’s exquisitely precise music, wasting nothing, demands that attention.

Classical Music July 2017

For De Leeuw, this was clearly a labour of love and, working closely with the composer, he delivers razor-sharp performances that draw the listener inexorably in. Playing is uniformly electric, pianist Tamara Stefanovich and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras especially shining…an unmissable set

Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir

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