Hungarian Holiday
Kurtág: Signs, Messages, but no Games / Armchair Operas and Amusements 12. / Hungarian Holiday 4.
ECM has bundled crackerjack performances of 11 large-scale compositions, most with voices backed by orchestra or large ensembles.
Kurtág: Signs, Messages, but no Games / Armchair Operas and Amusements 12. / Hungarian Holiday 4.
ECM has bundled crackerjack performances of 11 large-scale compositions, most with voices backed by orchestra or large ensembles.
Hungarian Holiday 3.
Intended as comic contrast to Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Vajda’s 30-minute Barbie Blue gives the woman the upper hand. Seven scenes echo Bartók’s seven doors as Mrs. Blue lurches through different emotional states after her husband returns home inopportunely.
Hungarian Holiday 3.
Intended as comic contrast to Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Vajda’s 30-minute Barbie Blue gives the woman the upper hand. Seven scenes echo Bartók’s seven doors as Mrs. Blue lurches through different emotional states after her husband returns home inopportunely.
Kurtág’s Játékok, et al.: Hungarian Holiday 2.
As the years have gone by, Játékok (seven published volumes with at least two, possibly others, in preparation) has come to express Kurtág’s worldview through homages, in memoriams, calling cards and birthday greetings.
Kurtág’s Játékok, et al.: Hungarian Holiday 2.
As the years have gone by, Játékok (seven published volumes with at least two, possibly others, in preparation) has come to express Kurtág’s worldview through homages, in memoriams, calling cards and birthday greetings.
Eötvös, Vidovszky, Szollosy: Hungarian Holiday 1.
I have been meaning to tackle some Hungarian composers and a few colorful Budapest Music Center releases for quite some time, even before Ligeti’s passing (June 12, 2006) made the stack shift ever so slightly.
Eötvös, Vidovszky, Szollosy: Hungarian Holiday 1.
I have been meaning to tackle some Hungarian composers and a few colorful Budapest Music Center releases for quite some time, even before Ligeti’s passing (June 12, 2006) made the stack shift ever so slightly.