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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. 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.
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Four Capriccios, Op. 9 (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Istvan Balint, Author - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Istvan Balint, Author - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Istvan Balint, Author - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Istvan Balint, Author - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Four Songs To Poems By János Pilinszky (György Kurtág)
Harry van der Kamp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - János Pilinszky, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Four Songs To Poems By János Pilinszky, Op. 11 (György Kurtág)
Harry van der Kamp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - János Pilinszky, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Harry van der Kamp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - János Pilinszky, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Harry van der Kamp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - János Pilinszky, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / I. Loneliness (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / II. A Little Erotic (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Messages Of The Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17 / III. Bitter Experience - Delight And Grief (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Rimma Dalos, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
...quasi una fantasia..., Op. 27/1 (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Tamara Stefanovich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Tamara Stefanovich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Tamara Stefanovich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Tamara Stefanovich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Double Concerto, Op. 27/2 (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Tamara Stefanovich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Tamara Stefanovich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, ComposerLyricist - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gerrie de Vries, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Songs Of Despair And Sorrow, Op. 18 (György Kurtág)
Netherlands Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mikhail Jurjewitsch Lermontov, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Netherlands Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Alexander Blok, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Netherlands Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sergey Esenin, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Netherlands Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Osip Mandelstam, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Netherlands Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Anna Akhmatova, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Netherlands Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marina Tsvetaeva, Author - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Songs To Poems By Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41 (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Anna Akhmatova, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Anna Akhmatova, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Anna Akhmatova, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Anna Akhmatova, Author - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Zagorinskaja, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Netherlands Radio Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Yves Saelens, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gyorgy Kurtag, ComposerLyricist - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Brefs Messages, Op. 47 (György Kurtág)
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Bastiaan Kuijt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Asko/Schönberg, Chamber Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido Tichelman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
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. 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.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 52 track(s)
- Total length: 02:30:31
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Asko/Schönberg Netherlands Radio Choir Reinbert de Leeuw
- Composer: György Kurtág
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2017 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2017 ECM Records GmbH
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