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.
First released: 23rd June 2017

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Párizs I - Musée de Cluny: La Dame à la Licorne
    1:36
  2. 2.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Introduzione. Largo
    1:51
  3. 3.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: M. Lermontov: So weary, so wretched
    3:24
  4. 4.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Párizs II-Tour Saint-Jacques
    2:34
  5. 5.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Presto minaccioso e lamentoso (Wie ein Traumeswirren). Molto agitato, sempre pppp
    1:32
  6. 6.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: A. Blok: Night, an empty street, a lamp, a drug-store
    6:13
  7. 7.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Recitativo. Grave, disperato
    1:50
  8. 8.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Nyelvlecke (Language lesson)
    1:48
  9. 9.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: S. Esenin: Blue evening
    1:38
  10. 10.
    Four Capriccios, op. 9: Ars poetica
    2:39
  11. 11.
    ... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1: Aria - Adagio motto. Lontano, calmo, appena sentito
    3:46
  12. 12.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: 0. Mandelstam: Where can I go to in this January?
    2:33
  13. 13.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: Alkohol
    2:56
  14. 14.
    Op. 27 no. 2 (Double Concerto): Poco allegretto L'istesso tempo (quasi più mosso) Presto agitate
    10:50
  15. 15.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: A. Akhmatova: Crucifixion
    2:50
  16. 16.
    Songs of Despair and Sorrow, op. 18: M. Tsvetayeva: It's time
    2:48
  17. 17.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: In Memoriam F. M. Dosztojevszkij
    1:24
  18. 18.
    Op. 27 no. 2 (Double Concerto): Adagio - Largo
    7:09
  19. 19.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: Hölderlin
    0:42
  20. 20.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: Pushkin
    1:30
  21. 21.
    Samuel Beckett: What is the Word, op. 30b
    16:21
  22. 22.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: To Aleksandr Blok
    2:49
  23. 23.
    Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky, op. 11: Verés
    2:57
  24. 24.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: Dirge - Alexander Blok's funeral
    3:34
  25. 25.
    Grabstein für Stephan, op. 15c
    9:17
  26. 26.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: I. Loneliness: In a space of...
    1:46
  27. 27.
    Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, op. 41: Voronezh - To O. M[andelstam]
    3:35
  28. 28.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: I. Loneliness: The day has fallen
    2:32
  29. 29.
    Colindă-Baladă, op. 46
    17:15
  30. 30.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Heat
    1:44
  31. 31.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Fanfare
    1:11
  32. 32.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham
    1:11
  33. 33.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Two interlaced bodies...
    3:17
  34. 34.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Ligature Y
    3:31
  35. 35.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Why should I not squeal like a pig
    0:41
  36. 36.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: II. A Little Erotic: Chastushka
    1:15
  37. 37.
    Brefs Messages, op. 47: Bornemisza Péter: Az hit...
    1:44
  38. 38.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: You took my heart
    1:36
  39. 39.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Great misery
    1:18
  40. 40.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Pebbles
    0:55
  41. 41.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: A slender needle
    0:49
  42. 42.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: I know, my loved one...
    0:54
  43. 43.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Autumn flowers fading...
    1:35
  44. 44.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: In you I seek my salvation...
    0:33
  45. 45.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Your disappearances...
    1:03
  46. 46.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Without you
    0:22
  47. 47.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Love me...
    0:43
  48. 48.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Retaliation
    0:40
  49. 49.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: A plaything
    0:57
  50. 50.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: Why did you utter...
    0:33
  51. 51.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: In the cloudburst...
    0:43
  52. 52.
    Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova, op. 17: III. Bitter Experience - Delight and Grief: For everything... (Epilogue)
    1:16

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