In 1973, Kurtág began an ongoing project of writing volumes of imaginative and experimental miniatures inspired by children’s innocent approach to piano playing – hence the title: Játékok (Games).The set of selected pieces performed here begins with “Hommage à Schubert,” a serene piece that befittingly bridges Schubert’s G-flat impromptu and other works by Kurtág.Next, “Fanfare,” is an energetic piece in the style of his compatriot Bartók.In “Play with Infinity,” the pianist practically plays every single note on the keyboard in a hushed descending chromatic scale accompanied by interruptive splashes of colors.This atmospheric vignette is followed by the bright sounds of “Capriccioso-luminoso”, and the set concludes with the dark piece “Kondor Rock,” composed in the manner of the aging Liszt.Wayne Weng
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György Kurtág
Kondor Rock (In the Manner of the Aging Liszt), from Játékok Play
Recorded on 07/30/2014, uploaded on 12/10/2014
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Selections from Játékok (4’) Kurtág
In 1973, Kurtág began an ongoing project of writing volumes of imaginative and experimental miniatures inspired by children’s innocent approach to piano playing – hence the title: Játékok (Games). The set of selected pieces performed here begins with “Hommage à Schubert,” a serene piece that befittingly bridges Schubert’s G-flat impromptu and other works by Kurtág. Next, “Fanfare,” is an energetic piece in the style of his compatriot Bartók. In “Play with Infinity,” the pianist practically plays every single note on the keyboard in a hushed descending chromatic scale accompanied by interruptive splashes of colors. This atmospheric vignette is followed by the bright sounds of “Capriccioso-luminoso”, and the set concludes with the dark piece “Kondor Rock,” composed in the manner of the aging Liszt. Wayne Weng
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Performances by same musician(s)
Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 4
Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 in G-flat Major, D. 899
Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1 in c minor, D. 899
Hommage à Schubert, from Játékok
Fanfares, from Játékok
Capriccioso-luminoso, from Játékok
Play with Infinity, from Játékok
Après une Lecture de Dante
Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 1
Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 2
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