Download, Kurtág (composer)
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RecommendedMusic for cello & piano
Steven Isserlis (cello), with Thomas Adès (piano)
Match [Ades's playing] with the mellow sound and manner of Steven Isserlis's cello, and you have something very special. Their choice of repertory here - devised as an extended upbeat to Ades's... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Plaisirs illuminés
Veress - Ginastera - Coll
Camerata Bern (chamber ensemble), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Thomas Kaufmann, Marko Milenkovic, Sonja Starke, Suyeon Kang, Sol Gabetta (cello), Käthi Steuri
Two threads run through this adventurous disc – the spirit of Béla Bartók and the Camerata Bern’s prowess – but the force of personality at the centre of it all comes from the violinist Patricia... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
RecommendedNetherlands Radio Choir (chorus), Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Elliott Simpson (guitar), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Csaba Király (pianino, spoken word)
Asko | Schoenberg Ensemble,...
The interpretations are of a consistently elevated standard. Messages of the Late Miss R Troussova, a signature Kurtág score, sets a marker: soprano Natalia Zagorinskaya gives a riveting performance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Special offer. György Kurtág: Kafka-Fragmente
RecommendedAnna Prohaska (soprano), Isabelle Faust (violin)
Across the whole cycle their intuitive rapport never falters and, feeding off each other, the sparks they generate meld the fragments into something greater than the sum of their parts...Kurtág... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th August 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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Throughout, the playing is thoughtful and full of poetry, recorded in intimate sound. There’s an elusive quality to this multifaceted programme, for sure, but on balance it repays attentive... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Chamayou certainly possesses the scintillating technique and broad palette of tonal colour required for Messiaen’s extraordinary music. As is clear from the thunderous explosions under the bells... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Piano
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The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág
RecommendedSusan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)
...one of the finest examples of Kurtág’s vocal music I have encountered. Narucki’s probing intelligence is matched by a remarkable vocal talent, and the result is a triumph. All the assisting... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Special offer. Zwiegespräche: Holliger & Kurtág
Heinz Holliger (oboe/cor anglais/piano), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (cor anglais/oboe), Ernesto Molinari (bass clarinet/ contrabass clarinet), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Philippe Jaccottet (speaker)
A lot of concentration is required to take in this programme of spartan, potent oboe works by Holliger and Kurtág. But there are real musical rewards, and it’s beautifully produced. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist (Holliger)
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Each piece is beautifully crafted but collectively may be too much of a good thing, even in such a superb rendition. A disc for specialists, perhaps, but a special one. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Zimmermann’s playing is profoundly thoughtful, leading to flawlessly structured readings...Perhaps most remarkable is Zimmermann’s breathtakingly skilful performance of the Sarabandes in which... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Viola)
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