Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir

Album by György Kurtág & Reinbert de Leeuw & Asko|Schönberg & Groot Omroepkoor

Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir is a three-disc compilation of Hungarian composer György Kurtág's compositions for ensemble and choir, released in 2017. The collection showcases Kurtág's distinctive modernist style, characterized by concise, expressive pieces that blend intricate instrumental textures with vocal elements, reflecting his deep engagement with contemporary musical expression.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Párizs I - Musée de Cluny: La Dame à la Licorne
    1:36
  2. 2.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Párizs II-Tour Saint-Jacques
    2:34
  3. 3.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Nyelvlecke (Language lesson)
    1:48
  4. 4.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Ars poetica
    2:39
  5. 5.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: Alkohol
    2:56
  6. 6.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: In Memoriam F. M. Dosztojevszkij
    1:24
  7. 7.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: Hölderlin
    0:42
  8. 8.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: Verés
    2:57
  9. 9.
    Grabstein für Stephan, op. 15c
    9:17
  10. 10.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: I. Loneliness: In a space of...
    1:46
  11. 11.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: I. Loneliness: The day has fallen
    2:32
  12. 12.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Heat
    1:44
  13. 13.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Two interlaced bodies...
    3:17
  14. 14.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Why should I not squeal like a pig
    0:41
  15. 15.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Chastushka
    1:15
  16. 16.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: You took my heart
    1:36
  17. 17.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Great misery
    1:18
  18. 18.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Pebbles
    0:55
  19. 19.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: A slender needle
    0:49
  20. 20.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: I know, my loved one...
    0:54
  21. 21.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Autumn flowers fading...
    1:35
  22. 22.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: In you I seek my salvation...
    0:33
  23. 23.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Your disappearances...
    1:03
  24. 24.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Without you
    0:22
  25. 25.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Love me...
    0:43
  26. 26.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Retaliation
    0:40
  27. 27.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: A plaything
    0:57
  28. 28.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Why did you utter...
    0:33
  29. 29.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: In the cloudburst...
    0:43
  30. 30.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: For everything... (Epilogue)
    1:16

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Introduzione. Largo
    1:51
  2. 3.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Presto minaccioso e lamentoso (Wie ein Traumeswirren). Molto agitato, sempre pppp
    1:32
  3. 4.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Recitativo. Grave, disperato
    1:50
  4. 5.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Aria - Adagio motto. Lontano, calmo, appena sentito
    3:46
  5. 6.
    Op. 27 no. 2 (Double Concerto): Poco allegretto L'istesso tempo (quasi più mosso) Presto agitate
    10:50
  6. 7.
    Op. 27 no. 2 (Double Concerto): Adagio - Largo
    7:09
  7. 8.
    Samuel Beckett: What is the Word, op. 30b
    16:21

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: M. Lermontov: So weary, so wretched
    3:24
  2. 4.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: A. Blok: Night, an empty street, a lamp, a drug-store
    6:13
  3. 5.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: S. Esenin: Blue evening
    1:38
  4. 6.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: 0. Mandelstam: Where can I go to in this January?
    2:33
  5. 7.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: A. Akhmatova: Crucifixion
    2:50
  6. 8.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: M. Tsvetayeva: It's time
    2:48
  7. 9.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: Pushkin
    1:30
  8. 10.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: To Aleksandr Blok
    2:49
  9. 11.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: Dirge - Alexander Blok's funeral
    3:34
  10. 12.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: Voronezh - To O. M[andelstam]
    3:35
  11. 13.
    Colindă-Baladă, op. 46
    17:15
  12. 14.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Fanfare
    1:11
  13. 15.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham
    1:11
  14. 16.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Ligature Y
    3:31
  15. 17.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Bornemisza Péter: Az hit...
    1:44

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