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The Edge of Silence
GYÖRGY KURTÁG
1.
Scene from a Novel Op.19
19:32
15 songs to poems by Rimma Dalos for soprano, violin, double bass & cimbalom
I. Pridi
II. Ot vstrechi do rasstavanija
III. Mol'ba
IV. Pozvol' mne
V. Shchitalochka
VI. Son
VII. Rondo
VIII. Nagota
IX. Val's dlya sharmanki
X. Skazka
XI. Snova
XII. Beskonechnyi ryad voskresenij
XIII. Vizit
XIV. Byl'
XV. Epilog
2.
Three Old Inscriptions Op.25
6:01
Trois Inscriptions anciennes for voice & piano
I. Wijrag thudjad
II. Székelymángorló 1792
III. Grabkreuz auf dem Friedhof von Mecseknádasd
3.
S.K. Remembrance Noise Op.12
6:36
7 songs to poems by Dezso Tandori for soprano & violin
I. A damaszkuszi út
II. Kant-emlékzaj
III. Két sor a Tekercs -bol
IV. Kavafisz-haiku
V. Hogy ki ne jöjjünk a gyakorlatból
VI. A puszta létige szomorúsága
VII. Les Adieux
4.
Attila József Fragments Op.20
12:28
for soprano solo
I. Kásodik a víz, kialakúl a jég
II. Sokan voltak és körülvettek
III. Hétért - magamat kérdem
IV. Az ido
V. Költo szerelme szalmaláng
VI. Én ámulok
VII. Szólj hát, mit tegyek én, hogy szeress
VIII. A nyárfák közt ezüst habokkal
IX. Vadász szemünkre lányok térde les
X. Tizenöt éve írok költeményt
XI. Oly lágy az este, mint egy szölloszem
XII. Én ámulok
XIII. Segítsetek, hogy meg ne öljem
XIV. Nincs közöm senkihez
XV. Lesz lágy hús s mellé ifjú karalábé
XVI. Nem! nem! kellene kiáltoznom
XVII. A kerten, hallatlan semmit idézve
XVIII. Irgalom, édesanyám, mama
XIX. Kásásodik a víz, kialakúl a jég
XX. Ének, hajolj ki ajkamon
5.
Seven Songs, Op.22
9:15
to poems by Amy Károlyi and a haiku by Kobayashi Issa for voice & cimbalom
I. Lassan, lassudan
II. Egyensúly
III. Hol végzodik...?
IV. Ajtón lakattal...
V. Labirintus
VI. Ami megmaradt...
VII. Ars Poetica
6.
Requiem for the Beloved Op.26
5:09
for soprano & piano
I. O, bozhe moj, kak tikho vdrug...
II. Zhestokij romans
III. Moju silu...
IV. Proshchaj, moj dorogoj...
7.
A Twilight in Winter Recollected Op.8
6:00
4 fragments on poems by Pál Gulyás for soprano, violin & cimbalom
I. Az órák most hozzák alakját...
II. Vártalak
III. Mennyi út van
IV. Isten veled!
Total time: 65:01
Solo:Susan Narucki soprano
Solo:Donald Berman piano (2,6)
Solo:Curtis Macomber violin (1,3,7)
Solo:Nicholas Tolle cimbalom (1,5,7)
Solo:Kathryn Schulmeister double bass (1)
22-24 February & 28-29 June 2018
Notes
Grammy Award-winning American soprano 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 Gyo¨rgy Kurta´g which dates back to 1986. Susan’s luminous tone and distinctive artistry and Kurta´g’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, Kurta´g acknowledges Susan, “who sang so warmly, purely, so ‘integer’ these songs – with thanks and love.”
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Reviews
Nominee in Best Classical Solo Album category
62nd Grammy Awards 2020
"... [Susan Narucki] give persuasive performances, 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 Avie recording for Narucki is ... spacious and smoothly balanced ..."
Arnold Whittall - Gramophone magazine - December 2019
Performance *** Recording ***
Jessica Duchen – BBC Music magazine – October 2019
Classical Album of the Week
"... Naruki's wonderfully subtle shading and control registers each twist and turn in the journeys of every one of these songs. The instrumentalists are equally acute and alert ... The whole disc provides total immersion in Kurtág's utterly distinctive world, one in which nothing is taken for granted and even the smallest detail is conferred with profound, totally compelling meaning." ****
Andrew Clements - The Guardian - 9 August 2019
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