György Kurtág
Signs, Games, And Messages
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This is the first complete recording of the 24 Signs, Games and Messages by Hungarian composer György Kurtág. Signs, Games and Messages is a collection of very personal miniatures which Kurtág began writing almost 50 years ago, and which he continues to add to through the present day. Many have been written, dedicated or inspired by a particular person; they pass, sometimes impertinent, sad, serene, cheerful, joyful, thoughtful, or melancholic.
This CD is completed by the first recordings of four other pieces for viola solo, composed in the Nineties between Budapest and Berlin.
Violist Maurizio Barbetti is a perfect interpreter of these works. Winner of Darmstadt Preis and International Award Interpretation Iannis Xenakis in Paris, he performed as a soloist in major halls in the world. Important composers have written for him, among them Paul Mèfano, Ennio Morricone, Luis de Pablo e Horatiu Radulescu. Barbetti has recorded for the Col Legno and Stradivarius labels.
Barbetti is joined by baritone Gianpiero Ruggeri, who sings on “Samuel Backett: le nain”.
Maurizio Barbetti, viola
Gianpiero Ruggeri, baritone (track 17)
Liner notes by composer Nicola Sani.
| Signs, Games and Messages (1961-2005) | |||
| 1 | Signs I | 1:06 | |
| 2 | Signs II | 0:32 | |
| 3 | Hommage A John Cage | 1:41 | |
| 4 | Perpetuum Mobile A | 0:56 | |
| 5 | Perpetuum Mobile B | 1:10 | |
| 6 | Perpetuum Mobile C | 1:03 | |
| 7 | Klagendes Lied | 1:56 | |
| 8 | Zank-Kromatisch | 1:03 | |
| 9 | Flapping-Slapping | 0:38 | |
| 10 | Im Volkston | 1:04 | |
| 11 | J.H.-Song | 1:20 | |
| 12 | The Carenza Jig | 0:59 | |
| 13 | ... To The Exhibition Of Sári Gerlóczy | 0:34 | |
| 14 | In Memoriam Aczél György | 1:18 | |
| 15 | Thomas Blum In Memoriam | 2:14 | |
| 16 | Doloroso | 1:42 | |
| 17 | Samuel Beckett: Le Nain - Hommage A Roland Moser | 1:26 | |
| 18 | Letter To Vera Ligeti | 2:29 | |
| 19 | For Imre Földes At 60 | 1:19 | |
| 20 | Silent Lines To László Dobszay | 2:31 | |
| 21 | In Nomine - All'ongherese | 4:39 | |
| 22 | ... In Memoriam Anneliese Nissen-Zsigmondy | 2:01 | |
| 23 | ... Eine Blume Für Tabea ... | 1:11 | |
| 24 | György Kroó In Memoriam | 4:56 | |
| 4 Works For Viola Solo | |||
| 25 | Szorongòs Es Vigasztalòs H. J.-nek | 2:40 | |
| 26 | Illés Arpadné Emlékére | 4:00 | |
| 27 | Mesto, Lacrimoso | 1:59 | |
| 28 | Misterioso - Altero | 1:11 | |
- György Kurtág
- Composed By
- Maurizio Barbetti
- Viola
