György Kurtág
György Kurtág (Hungarian: [ˈɟørɟ ˈkurtaːɡ]; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to Grove Music Online, his style draws on "Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky", and "his work is characterized by compression in scale and forces, and by a particular immediacy of expression". In 2023 he was described as "one of the last living links to the defining postwar composers of the European avant-garde".
Kurtág was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993. For decades, Kurtág and his wife Márta gave recitals on one piano of selections from his ten-volume collection Játékok and his Bach transcriptions.
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Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major - Relaxing Piano -
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Op. 12: No. 1, Arietta - Relaxing Piano -
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Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach, JS: French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: II. Courante - Relaxing Piano -
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Fauré: 8 Pièces brèves, Op. 84: No. 5, Improvisation - Relaxing Piano -
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Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book II, Op. 30: No. 6, Allegretto tranquillo, MWV U110 "Venetian Boat Song" - Relaxing Piano -
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Boulez: 12 Notations pour piano: No. 5, Doux et improvisé - Relaxing Piano -
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Nielsen: 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 3: No. 4, Mignon - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach, CPE: Solfeggietto in C Minor, Wq. 117/2 - Relaxing Piano -
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Schubert: Valses sentimentales, Op. 50, D. 779: No. 13 in A Major - Relaxing Piano -
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Smetana: Bagatelles et impromptus: No. 7, L'amour - Relaxing Piano -
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Bartók: 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 3, Andante - Relaxing Piano -
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Kodály: 7 Piano Pieces, Op. 11: No. 3, Il pleut sur la ville. Allegretto malinconico - Relaxing Piano -
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Boulez: 12 Notations pour piano: No. 7, Hiératique - Relaxing Piano -
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op. 62: No. 4, Brooklet - Relaxing Piano -
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Bartók: For Children, Sz. 42, Book I "Based On Hungarian Folk Tunes": No. 40, Swine-Herd's Dance - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach, JS: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: V. Gavotte I - Relaxing Piano -
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Boulez: 12 Notations pour piano: No. 11, Scintillant - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach, JS: Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeau - Relaxing Piano -
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Johansen: Suite No. 1, Op. 5 "Pictures from Nordland": IV. Towards the Mountains of My Forefathers - Relaxing Piano -
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Prokofiev: 10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 75: No. 9, Dance of the Girls with Lilies - Relaxing Piano -
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Chopin: Mazurka No. 11 in E Minor, Op. 17 No. 2 - Relaxing Piano -
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Bartók: 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 6, Lento - Relaxing Piano -
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Mozart: Das Butterbrot - Relaxing Piano -
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Ligeti: Études pour piano, Livre III: No. 4, Canon - Relaxing Piano -
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Prokofiev: 10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 75: No. 5, Masks - Relaxing Piano -
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Kurtág: Játékok, Book 5: No. 9, Aus der Ferne - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach, JS: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude - Relaxing Piano -
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Berio: 6 Encores: No. 1, Brin - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: Prelude - Relaxing Piano -
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op. 38: No. 6, Elegy - Relaxing Piano -
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Boulez: 12 Notations pour piano: No. 9, Lointain - Calme - Relaxing Piano -
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Nielsen: Suite, Op. 45 "Luciferian": II. Poco moderato - Relaxing Piano -
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Albéniz: Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: II. Cataluña - Relaxing Piano -
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Villa-Lobos: Suíte infantil No. 1, W053: II. Nenê vai dormir - Relaxing Piano -
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Saint-Saëns: 6 Études, Op. 111: No. 1, Tierces majeures et mineures - Relaxing Piano -
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Chopin: Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3 - Relaxing Piano -
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 3, In My Native Country - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach, JS: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885: II. Fugue - Relaxing Piano -
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Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet - Relaxing Piano -
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Brahms: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor - Relaxing Piano -
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Satie: 6 Gnossiennes: No. 5, Modéré - Relaxing Piano -
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Grieg: 19 Norwegian Folk Songs, Op. 66: No. 17, Lullaby - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach, JS: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886: II. Fugue - Relaxing Piano -
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Rachmaninov: 8 Études-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 2 in C Major - Relaxing Piano -
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Bach: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 - Relaxing Piano -
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Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, Appendix: Variation V - Relaxing Piano -
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Sӕverud: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 28 No. 1: Hymn Against the Bøyg (Excerpt) - Relaxing Piano -
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Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: II. Romanze - Relaxing Piano -
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Ligeti: Études pour piano, Livre I: No. 2, Cordes vides - Relaxing Piano -
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