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Johann Sebastian Bach – Kurtág György:
Actus tragicus (BWV 106)
O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (BWV 1085)
Izabella Simon – piano
Dénes Várjon – piano
György Kurtág:
Circumdederunt... in memoriam Rita Wagner
Socrates’ Farewell
Az hit
Steven Isserlis – cello
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in C major for cello and piano, Op. 102, No. 1
Steven Isserlis – cello
Dénes Várjon – piano
György Kurtág:
Souvenir de Balatonboglar
Schatten
In Memoriam György Kroó
Steven Isserlis – cello
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano, Op. 70
Steven Isserlis – cello
Dénes Várjon – piano
*****
György Kurtág: Games (selection)
Book 9:
Quiet dialogue – to Árpád Göncz – with much love, respect and friendship
… jubilate …
Hommage à Georg Kröll 70
Hommage à Jehuda Elkana 70
Second strictly personal letter to András Szőllősy for his 85th birthday
To András Wilheim
Kedves Kett(d)ö
Rituale – Kálmán Strém in memoriam
Book 10:
… and yet another letter to Péter Eötvös…
Petrovics Emil in memoriam
Dialogue – Varga Balint 70
A window on the corridor … 1st October, 1946 – Damjanich st. 18.
… just so …
A Sketch Leaf [rough – raw] – to Tünde Szitha
Book 11:
Ligatura dolce – amara – amara dolce – to Marta
… für Heinz …
… wie soll ich … to Marta for the 1st of october
Passio sine nomine
… le chien … to Gyuri for his 66th from his father
Marta’s ligature
Pierre-Laurent Aimard – piano
- Steven Isserlis – cello
- Izabella Simon – piano
- Dénes Várjon – piano
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard – piano
In June 2025, BBC Music Magazine selected Pierre-Laurent Aimard's album as its Recording of the Month. The album features selections from György Kurtág's cycle Játékok (Games), including the then-unreleased 11th volume. According to a critic in The Guardian, “Játékok is one of the most significant works of the past half-century, and Aimard is the perfect guide to it.” On the occasion of György Kurtág's 90th birthday, English cellist Steven Isserlis said: “György Kurtág is music itself. He slowly, irresistibly flows from the depths of his being, bursting to the surface with an exceptional, all-encompassing intensity. I have never met a musician in my life for whom every single note was so important; whether it is his own work or a piece by one of the great composers he admires, for him every single note carries a whole world of meanings, events and intense emotions.” Pianist Dénes Várjon made a similar statement: “With Kurtág, even a single note is about the whole. In fact, if you study with him for many years, it becomes clear that there is much more to that particular note. A chain of connections emerges from a single note, leading to important insights into the composer’s entire oeuvre.”
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