1. Fog-canon 2. Furious Chorale 3. Hommage a Sárközy - Hand in Hand 4. Hommage a Stravinsky - Bells 5. Hommage a Sáry László - (Dot and Spot) 6. Hommage a Halmágyi Mihály 7. Hommage a Soproni (in memoriam matris carissimae) 8. Kyrie 9. Prelude and Waltz in F (or F sharp) 10. Study to ”Hölderlin” (position exercise) 11. Dirge (for two pianos) 12. Beating (for two pianos) 13. Sarabande for two pianos) 14. Hommage a Paganini ( for two pianos)
SKU: HL.50600972
ISBN 9790080147849. UPC: 888680739362. 9.0x12.0x0.138 inches. Hungarian, English, German. Gyorgy Kurtag.
The piano series entitled Games, written from 1973 onwards, was conceived originally as a piano method. Its early volumes introduced children to the basic elements in piano-playing and musical thinking, and, more importantly still, taught them to play music without inhibitions. As the years went by, the view of the series lost its didactic character. It came to be seen as a document from Kurtág's workshop, offering a key to his grander symphonic, chamber and vocal works as well. This change is exemplified in the subtitle Diary entries, personal messages added from the fifth volume onwards. The pieces in the ninth volume date from 1989-2009, except the youthful Apple blossom, written in 1947. The movements, often aphorismic in their briefness, conceal associations with various aspects of European music history. Many of them are hommage or in memoriam pieces, or subjective personal messages to friends, colleagues, beloved family members or students, and thereby to all music-loving people.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14784
English-German-Hungarian.
The piano series entitled Games, written from 1973 onwards, was conceived originally as a piano method. Its early volumes introduced children to the basic elements in piano-playing and musical thinking, and, more importantly still, taught them to play music without inhibitions. As the years went by, the view of the series lost its didactic character. It came to be seen as a document from Kurtág's workshop, offering a key to his grander symphonic, chamber and vocal works as well. This change is exemplified in the subtitle Diary entries, personal messages added from the fifth volume onwards. The pieces in the ninth volume date from 1989-2009, except the youthful Appleblossom, written in 1947. The movements, often aphorismic in their briefness, conceal associations with various aspects of European music history. Many of them are hommage or in memoriam pieces, or subjective personal messages to friends, colleagues, beloved family members or students, and thereby to all music-loving people.Tünde Szitha Der ab 1973 für Klavier entstandene Zyklus Spiele war ursprünglich als Klavierschule konzipiert, in deren ersten Bänden Kurtág den Kindern die Grundelemente des Klavierspiels und des musikalischen Denkens, und, was vielleicht noch viel wichtiger ist, des ungezwungenen Musizierens nahebrachte. Im Zuge der vergangenen Jahrzehnte verlor der Zyklus jedoch seinen didaktischen Charakter und wurde eher zu einem Dokument über die Komponistenwerkstatt Kurtágs, was uns auch einen Schlüssel zu seinen großformatigen symphonischen, Kammer- und Vokalwerken in die Hand gibt. Diese Veränderung wird dadurch angezeigt, dass der Zyklus Spiele ab dem fünften Heft den Untertitel Tagebuchnotizen,persönliche Botschaften trägt.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14069
The 7th volume of Kurtág's outstanding piano miniatures includes 34 of his personal musical notes, messages composed between 1994 and 2002. Just as in the case of the earlier volumes Kurtág dedicates most of these pieces to members of his artistic and intellectual circle of friends, although some of them are homages. 'Hommage á Berényi Ferenc 70' is originally written for cimbalom, but can be played on the piano as well. Some works are intended for an upright piano with harp pedal. (BMC CD 139).
SKU: HL.50603819
ISBN 9781705148723. UPC: 196288023814. 9.0x12.0x0.236 inches.
The piano series entitled Games, written from 1973 onwards, was conceived as a piano method. As the years went by, the series lost its didactic character, and it came to be seen as a document from Kurtág's workshop, offering a key to his grander symphonic, chamber and vocal works as well. Tenth volume is divided into two parts: In the first half, earlier, hitherto unpublished pieces line up from Suite, written in 1943, to the 1980s, providing insight into the development of Kurtág's musical language. The second half includes pieces composed between 2002 and 2011. The movements, often aphorismic in their briefness, hide associations with various aspects of European music history. Many of them are hommage or in memoriam pieces, or subjective personal messages to friends, colleagues, and beloved family members - and thereby to all music-loving people.This publication is printed on high quality, durable paper made from renewable raw materials in an environmentally friendly way.
SKU: BT.EMBZ15150
The piano series entitled Games, written from 1973 onwards, was conceived as a piano method. As the years went by, the series lost its didactic character, at it came to be seen as a document from Kurtág's workshop, offering a key to his grander symphonic, chamber and vocal works as well.Tenth volume is divided into two parts: In the first half, earlier, hitherto unpublished pieces line up from Suite, written in 1943, to the 1980s, providing insight into the development of Kurtág's musical language. The second half includes pieces composed between 2002 and 2011. The movements, often aphorismic in their briefness, hide associations with various aspects of European music history.Many of them are hommage or in memoriam pieces, or subjective personal messages to friends, colleagues, and beloved family members - and thereby to all music-loving people. This publication is printed on high quality, durable paper made from renewable raw materials in an environmentally friendly way.
SKU: HL.50601465
ISBN 9790080150740. UPC: 888680970147. 9.0x12.0x0.178 inches. Hungarian, English, German. Gyorgy Kurtag.
Signs, Games and Messages are series for solo instruments and small chamber ensembles. Each of the three notions refers to an essential factor in Kurtág’s music. Signs ties it with the composer's period of study in Paris as a young man, when he could not compose, merely put graphic signs on the paper. Games links with his nine-volume series for the piano with that title. Messages conveys the very personal content of these works, in that these short pieces are meant to be diary-entries and missives to musiciansand friends important to Kurtág. The collection – like the earlier five series for string instruments – does not form a coherent cycle. The pieces can be played individually or in various orders or mixed with from Signs, Games and Messages written for other instruments.
SKU: HL.50610135
9.0x12.0x0.188 inches.
The cycle Scenes for solo flute, written in September 1997 and dedicated to Ãdám Szokolay, occupies an extraordinary place in György Kurtág's oeuvre. The premiere of the long-withheld composition was held in 2016 on the composer's 90th birthday. Each movement in the cycle reformulates familiar gestures of Kurtág's music: it develops pensive, impetuous, ethereal or playful characters. Signs, Games and Messages are collections for solo instruments and small chamber ensembles. Each of the three words refers to an essential factor in Kurtág's music. Signs ties to the composer's study year in Paris as a young man, when he could not compose but merely put graphic signs on the paper. Games links with his nine-volume series for the piano with that title. Messages conveys the very personal content of these works, in that these short pieces are actually diary-notes and missives to musicians and friends important to Kurtág. The collection - like similar collections for string and wind instruments - does not form a coherent cycle; thepieces can be played individually, or in various orders, or together with pieces from Signs, Games and Messages written for other instruments.
