Utwory na płycie:

• György Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 1 - I. Poco agitato
• György Kurtág: Aus der Ferne V
• György Kurtág: Hommage a Jacob Obrecht
• György Kurtág: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 44 - No. 1. Invocatio (Un fragment)
• György Kurtág: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 44 - No. 2. Footfalls
• György Kurtág: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 44 - No. 3. Capriccio
• György Kurtág: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 44 - No. 4. In memoriam Gyoergy Sebeok
• György Kurtág: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 44 - No. 5. Rappel des oiseaux… (Etude pour les harmoniques)
• György Kurtág: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 44 - No. 6. Les adieux (in Janaceks manier)
• György Kurtág: Arioso - - Hommage a Walter Levin 85
• György Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 1 - II. Con moto
• György Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 1 - III. Vivacissimo - Lento
• György Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 1 - IV. Con spirito
• György Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 1 - V. Molto ostinato
• György Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 1 - VI. Adagio
• György Kurtág: Hommage a Mihaly Andras, 12 Microludes for String Quartet; Op. 13
• György Kurtág: Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervanszky, Op. 28
• György Kurtág: Aus der Ferne III

The 90-year old Hungarian composer György Kurtág has recently devoted his efforts almost exclusively to composing chamber music. The Molinari Quartet presents the composer’s complete string quartets on this new recording. Strongly influenced by the Vienna school (Webern and Schoenberg), and by Pierre Boulez’s Domaine musical concerts, Kurtág wrote his first string quartet in 1959, and with it launched his career as a composer. It was followed by a series of works referencing composers, performers, and friends he admired. Olga Ranzenhofer, first violinist with the Molinari Quartet says, “Kurtág’s music is always very personal, immediately recognizable, and stamped with characteristic depth and expression.”