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20th Century

György Kurtág

Years
1926
Nationality
Romania
Born in
Lugoj
Works
236
Recordings
432
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György Kurtág · Soloist

30 recordings in this catalogue

György Kurtág (b. 1926) is a 20th Century composer from Romania. This catalogue lists 236 recorded works across 432 recordings. Most recorded forms: String Quartet.

Born

February 19, 1926

Lugoj

By Form

String Quartet3

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Works (236)

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TitleYearRecordings
Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova, op. 17-43
Acht Klavierstücke, op. 3-16
Hommage à Mihály András, op. 13-12
Hommage à R. Sch., op. 15d-12
Eight Choruses to Poems by Dezső Tandori, op. 23-8
Omaggio a Luigi Nono, op. 16-6
Quartetto per archi, op. 1-6
Suite - für Klavier vierhändig-4
ΣΤΉΛΗ, op. 33-4
Grabstein für Stephan, op. 15c-3
Játékok, Book V: 11. Preludium és korál-3
Játékok III: 25. Hommage à Farkas Ferenc no. 2 "Scraps of a colinda melody faintly recollected"-3
Játékok III: 26. Hommage à Farkas Ferenc no. 3 "Evocation of Petrushka"-3
Játékok VI: 25. Les Adieux (in Janáčeks Manier)-3
Kafka-Fragmente, op. 24: Teil I. Ruhelos-3
Kafka-Fragmente, op. 24: Teil IV. Im Memoriam Joannis Pilinszky-3
Ligatura, Hommage à Yehudi Menuhin-3
Ligatura, Message-Hommage à Frances-Marie Uitti, op. 31b-3
... quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 no. 1-3
Samuel Beckett: What is the Word?, op. 30b-3