György Kurtág, a renowned Hungarian composer, presents a profound and introspective journey through his "Works for Soprano" album, released on February 1, 2015, under the Hungaroton label. This classical piano and soprano masterpiece spans 50 minutes, offering a rich tapestry of musical expression that delves into the depths of human emotion and experience.
The album is a collection of Kurtág's compositions, showcasing his unique ability to blend poignant lyrics with intricate musical arrangements. The tracks are divided into several opuses, each exploring different themes and moods. The "József Attila-töredékek" (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20, features 20 pieces that set the poems of the celebrated Hungarian poet Attila József to music. These fragments offer a glimpse into the poet's inner world, with Kurtág's compositions amplifying the raw and vulnerable nature of the verses.
"Eszká emlékzaj" (S.K. Remembrance Noise), Op. 12, continues the exploration of human experience, with pieces that evoke a sense of remembrance and introspection. The op. 12 includes settings of texts by Samuel Beckett and other literary figures, demonstrating Kurtág's ability to translate complex emotions into musical form.
"Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy" (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17, is a deeply personal collection dedicated to the memory of R.V. Troussova. This op. 17 is divided into three sections: "Magany" (Loneliness), "Egy kis erotika" (A Little Erotic), and "Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat" (Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief). Each section offers a different perspective on the human condition, from the solitude of loneliness to the ecstasy and pain of love.
The album concludes with "Stsenï iz romana" (Scenes from a Novel), Op. 19, which includes two pieces that paint vivid musical scenes, inviting the listener to immerse themselves in the narrative.
Throughout the album, Kurtág's compositions are characterized by their delicate balance of simplicity and complexity, with intricate piano accompaniments complementing the soprano's expressive vocals. The album is a testament to Kurtág's mastery of his craft and his ability to evoke deep emotional responses from his audience. Whether you are a longtime fan of classical music or a newcomer to the genre, "Works for Soprano" offers a captivating and unforgettable listening experience.
Tracks
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 1, Kasasodik a viz [the water thickens]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 2, Sokan voltak es korulvettek [Many came and pressed around me]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 3, Hetert - Magamat kerdem [for seven - I ask myself]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 4, Az ido [Time]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 5, Kolto szerelme szalmalang [the poet's love Is blazing straw]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 6, En amulok [Amazed am I]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 7, Szolj hat, mit tegyek en [Tell me, what should I do]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 8, A nyarfak kozt ezust habokkal [the sweet breeze purls along]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 9, Vadasz szemunkre lanyok terde les [Girls' knees stalk our predatory eyes]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 10, Tizenot eve irok koltemenyt [for 15 years I've been writing verse]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 11, Oly lagy az este, mint egy szolloszem [the evening Is as soft as a grape]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 12, Es amulok [Amazed am I]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 13, Segitsetek, hogy meg ne oljem [Help me, all of you, not to kill her]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 14, Nincs kozom senkihez [I'm a stranger and alone]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 15, Lesz lagy hus s melle ifju karalabe [There'll be tender meat with young kohlrabi]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 16, Nem! Nem! Kellene kialtoznom [No! No! I ought to cry]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 17, A kerten hallatlan semmir idezve [the heat looms above the garden]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 18, Irgalom, edesanyam, mama [Mercy, mother, mama]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 19, Kasasodik a viz [the water thickens]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
József Attila-töredékek (Attila József Fragments), Op. 20: No. 20, Enek, hajolj ki ajkamon [Song, lean out of my lips]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery
Eszká emlékzaj (S.K. Remembrance Noise), Op. 12: No. 1, A damaszkuszi ut [Road to Damascus]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Andras Keller
Eszká emlékzaj (S.K. Remembrance Noise), Op. 12: No. 5, Hogy ki ne jojjunk a gyakorlatbo! [so That We Never Get out of Practice]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Andras Keller
Eszká emlékzaj (S.K. Remembrance Noise), Op. 12: No. 6, A puszta letige szomorusaga [the Sadness of the Bare Copula]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Andras Keller
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: I. Magany [Loneliness]: No. 1, A hatszor negy meternyi terben [In a space]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: I. Magany [Loneliness]: No. 2, Egy nap zuhant le [the day has fallen]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: II. Egy kis erotika [a Little Erotic]: No. 1, Laz [Heat]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: II. Egy kis erotika [a Little Erotic]: No. 2, Osszefonodo ket test [2 Interlaces bodies]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: II. Egy kis erotika [a Little Erotic]: No. 3, Miert ne visitanek, mint a diszno [Why should I not sequal]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: II. Egy kis erotika [a Little Erotic]: No. 4, Csasztuska [Tschastoushka]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 1, Odavetted [You took my heart]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 2, Nagy nyomorusag [Great Misery]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 3, Kavicsok [Pebbles]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 4, Karcsu tuvel [a slender needle]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 5, Tudom, nem kellek [I know]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 6, Oszi viragok hervadasa [Autumn flowers fading]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 7, Benned a megvaltast kerestem [In you I seek]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 8, Eltuneseid [Your disappearances]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 9, Nelkuled en [Without you]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 10, Szeress [Love me]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 11, Elszamolas [Account]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 12, Jatekszer [a plaything]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 13, Oly szornyu szavakat [Why did you utter]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 14, Falank tekintetek [In the cloudbrust]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Poslaniya pokoynoy R.V. Trusovoy (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17: III. Keseru tapasztalas-Orom es banat [Bitter Experience-Delight and Grief]: No. 15, Mindenert9 for everything]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián
Stsenï iz romana, Op. 19: No. 1, Gyere (Come) [Scenes from a Novel]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Andras Keller, Ferenc Csontos, Márta Fábián
Stsenï iz romana, Op. 19: No. 2, Talalkozatol valasig (from meeting to parting) [Scenes from a Novel]György Kurtág, Adrienne Csengery, Andras Keller, Ferenc Csontos, Márta Fábián
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