SKU: BT.EMBZ14512

Begun in 1999, the work, which is Kurtág s fourth string quartet, had been completed in 2005. In this suite of 6 movements Kurtág reuses music from other compositions, most often from his long-running Játékok for piano. 6 Moments musicaux was dedicated to György Kurtág junior, the first entire performance of the work took place by the Keller Quartet in February 2006 during the five-day 80th birthday celebration for Kurtág in Bordeaux.

Kurtág begann 1999 die Komposition seines vierten Streichquartetts und beendete sie 2005. In dieser Suite aus sechs Sätzen verwendet Kurtág die Musik von anderen Kompositionen, größtenteils aus seinem großzügigen Klavierserie, Játékok wieder. Die Sechs Moments musicaux wurden György Kurtág junior gewidmet, die Premiere fand im Februar 2006, im Rahmen der fünftägigen Feierlichkeiten zum 80. Geburtstag Kurtágs in Bordeaux statt, Ausführende waren die Mitglieder des Keller Quartet.

SKU: BT.EMBZ13230

English.

SKU: BT.EMBZ4435

This trio follows the classical form: the first movement is a sonata, the second is in ternary form while the third movement is a rondo. The musical texture is polyphonic at a high level of chamber music playing. All three instruments play equal parts both technically and musically. In the first movement the fanfare-like main theme corresponds to the characteristics of the instrument, after which there follows a smooth subsidiary theme. In the recapitulation the melody of the trombone is imitated by the trumpet. The second movement is a lyrical cantilena of broken melody while the third one forms a virtuoso rondo, full of drive. Moderately difficult.

SKU: BT.EMBZ8642

English-Hungarian.