György Kurtág (born 1926) composed his Kafka-Fragmente in the mid-1980s; it's forty settings of Franz Kafka text fragments remain one of his most often-performed works, commonly presented in staged versions. Many of the movements are extremely brief; in the present recording 11 of the movements are less than 0:30 long. This often highly virtuosic and demanding score is interpreted by soprano Caroline Meltzer and violinist Nurit Stark, artists with a strong commitment to contemporary music who've collaborated with composers such as Aribert Reimann, Sofia Gubaidulina and Viktor Suslin.
11 Sonntag, Den 19. Juli 1910 (Berceuse II) (Hommage À Jeney)
12 Meine Ohrmuschel
13 Einmal Brach Ich Mir Das Bein (Chassidischer Tanz)
14 Umpanzert
15 Zwei Spazierstöcke (Authentisch-Plagal)
16 Keine Rückkehr
17 Stolz (1910/15. November, Zehr Uhr)
18 Träumend Hing Die Blume (Hommage À Schumann)
19 Nichts Dergleichen
20 Der Wahre Weg
21 Haben? Sein?
22 Der Coitus Als Bestrafung
23 Meine Festung
24 Schmutzig Bin Ich, Milena
25 Elendes Leben (Double)
26 Der Bergrenzte Kreis
27 Ziel, Weg, Zögern
28 So Fest
29 Verstecke (Double)
30 Pentrant Jüdisch
31 Staunend Shen Wir Das Grosse Pferd
32 Szene in Der Elektrischen
33 Zu SPÄT
34 Eine Lange Geschichte
35 In Memoriam Robert Klein
36 Aus Einem Alten Notizbuch
37 Leoparden
38 In Memoriam Joannis Pilinszky
39 Wiederum, Wiederum
40 Es Blendete Uns Die Mondnacht
György Kurtág (born 1926) composed his Kafka-Fragmente in the mid-1980s; it's forty settings of Franz Kafka text fragments remain one of his most often-performed works, commonly presented in staged versions. Many of the movements are extremely brief; in the present recording 11 of the movements are less than 0:30 long. This often highly virtuosic and demanding score is interpreted by soprano Caroline Meltzer and violinist Nurit Stark, artists with a strong commitment to contemporary music who've collaborated with composers such as Aribert Reimann, Sofia Gubaidulina and Viktor Suslin.
