György Kurtág

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Requiem For The Beloved is a deeply moving work that weaves grief, devotion, and everlasting affection into an intimate chamber music setting. Scored for voice and piano, this expressive composition o...

The first five items in the song cycle are settings of poems by the German Romantic poet, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843). The 6th movement is a commentary on Hölderlin s last years, on the still rele...

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...

Immerse yourself in an extraordinary and sonically captivating world with 'Seven Songs For Soprano And Cimbalom', published by the renowned Editio Musica Budapest. This exquisite sheet music edition c...

The polymath, naturalist and aesthetician Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) is an interesting figure of 18th-century German cultural history. Yet his most important work, his collection of aphor...

Immerse yourself in a world of poignant intimacy and sonic poetry: With "S. K. Erinnerungsgeräusch op. 12", the renowned Editio Musica Budapest presents an extraordinary song cycle for voice and violi...

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...