György Kurtág

Embark on a fascinating musical journey from the Late Middle Ages to the glorious High Baroque: "Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach", published by the renowned Editio Musica Budapest, brings to...

The present collection contains the composer's Bach transcriptions for piano four hands written since the publication of his volume of 'Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach'. These were originall...

This edition continues the series of György Kurtág's Bach transcriptions for piano duet which were published in 'Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach' and 'Seven Bach Chorales'. These pieces were...

Publication of György Kurtág's string chamber music is a long-awaited event: his chamber music master courses and the recording made by the Orlando Trio have aroused considerable interest in these wor...

The 7th volume of Kurtág's outstanding piano miniatures includes 34 of his personal musical notes, messages composed between 1994 and 2002. Just as in the case of the earlier volumes Kurtág dedicates...

The idea of composing 'Games' was suggested by children playing spontaneously, children for whom the piano still means a toy. They experiment with it, caress it, attack it and run their fingers over i...

Immerse yourself in the expressive world of chamber music with "Tre pezzi" for violin and piano, published by the renowned Editio Musica Budapest. This characterful three-part composition presents a c...

Immerse yourself in a captivating world of pianistic expression: "8 Klavierstücke op. 3" offers an exquisite collection of evocative character pieces for solo piano. Each of the eight movements reveal...

The idea of composing 'Games' was suggested by children playing spontaneously, children for whom the piano still means a toy. They experiment with it, caress it, attack it and run their fingers over i...

The piano series entitled Games, written from 1973 onwards, was conceived originally as a piano method. Its early volumes introduced children to the basic elements in piano-playing and musical thinkin...

Discover "Splinters", a captivating piano work published by the prestigious Editio Musica Budapest. This expressive sheet music edition invites pianists to explore delicate tonal nuances, dynamic cont...

Signs, Games and Messages are series for solo instruments and small chamber ensembles. Each of the three notions refers to an essential factor in Kurtág's music. Signs ties in with the composer's peri...

For György Kurtág, Mussorgsky's works have always been an important model. Several of his works contain pieces referring to Mussorgsky (Games III, The Small Snag), and in his opera, Fin de partie, he...

The piano series entitled Games, written from 1973 onwards, was conceived as a piano method. As the years went by, the series lost its didactic character, at it came to be seen as a document from Kurt...

Bartók's music is of paramount importance for all Hungarian composers of the last hundred years: in the works of György Kurtág we also find open or hidden references to the great predecessor at severa...

György Kurtág se ha inspirado en todas las etapas de su carrera en el estudio de obras maestras de períodos anteriores de la historia de la música. Como resultado, ha escrito numerosas transcripciones...

Empecé a componer mis piezas para piano llamadas Juegos en 1973. Hasta 1979, año de publicación de los cuatro primeros volúmenes, estas obras sólo existían como manuscritos, en hojas de papel musical....

La serie de pianos titulada Játékok/Juegos, escrita a partir de 1973, fue concebida originalmente como un método para piano. Con el paso de los años, la serie perdió su carácter didáctico, y llegó a c...