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SACD, Kurtág (composer)
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Every bar of this music carries the stamp of a master, and the performances give loving attention to Kurtag's every nuance. A CD to savour endlessly. —
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Salzburg Biennale
Festival for New Music 2009
Hsin-Huei Huang (piano), Arcángel (flamenco singer), Nicolas Hodges (piano), Piroska Molnár (alto), Miki Skuta, Nora Sukta (pianos), Florian Birsak (harpsichord), Mayumi Miyata (shō), Arabella Hirner (conches), Noriko Shiozaki (piano), Luigi Gaggero (cimbalom), Frank Stadler (violin)
stadler...
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An entertaining recital of accessible pieces by composers usually regarded as challenging, with echoes of blues and gospel. Nice to hear the bass clarinet featured priminently on some tracks. —
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Jörgen van Rijen
Jörgen van Rijen (trombone) Alla Libo (piano) members of the Viotta Ensemble of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vincent Cortvrint (piccolo) Helenus, de Rijke (guitare)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard
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Caroline Melzer and Nurit Stark yield nothing to previous performers in penetrating the depth and breadth of emotion that Kurtag conveys, and it helps that this is the best recorded version... —
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Heupel’s interpretation of [Penderecki’s Per Slava] is especially convincing, laying bare the music’s fissured surfaces while maintaining its overall formal shape…He also manages to capture... —
