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The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág

Susan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)

The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág

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...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...

The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág

Susan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)

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...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...

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”The Edge of Silence” finds American soprano and contemporary music specialist Susan Narucki firmly in her element performing iconoclastic vocal works by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag.

American soprano and Latin Grammy-nominee Susan Narucki, one of today’s most committed advocates of the music of our time, has a deep and lasting working relationship with Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag which dates back to 1986. Susan’s luminous tone and distinctive artistry and Kurtag’s idiosyncratic fusion of poetry and music come together in this quintessential recorded collection of some of the composer’s most iconoclastic vocal works. In Susan’s words, “I have spent much of my life immersed in this repertoire, and it has become essential to the way I understand music; it is the heart of my practice as a musician.” Equally appreciative, Kurtag acknowledges Susan, “who sang so warmly, purely, so ‘integer’ these songs - with thanks and love.”

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Awards and reviews

  • Grammy Awards
    62nd Awards (2019)
    Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
  • The New York Times
    Recordings of the Year 2019

January/February 2020

...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 artists are full participants and deserve praise too. Excellent recorded sound rounds out a superlative release.

December 2019

Narucki give[s] a persuasive performance, ensuring that the shrieks and swoops with which Kurtág underlines the extreme emotions involved do not get in the way of the soaring, immersive eloquence that is the music’s strongest suit.

The New York Times 12th December 2019

[The Seven Songs], a highlight in this album of Kurtag’s vocal works, pass in just over nine minutes: dark little pools of fervor, articulated by Ms. Narucki with precision and tenderness and accompanied by just the percussive cimbalom, played here with richly pianistic resonance by Nicholas Tolle.
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