Heinz Holliger, György Kurtág – Zwiegespräche (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:34 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © ECM New Series
“Zwiegespräche” is a meeting of spirits. “We compose the same way,” said György Kurtág to Heinz Holliger on hearing this recording, which emphasises works for oboe by these two major composers. Both of them reference the entire history of music in their pieces, both incorporate dedications and messages to friends and colleagues in the fabric of their work, and both draw upon literature as an inspirational source. Both, moreover, love the miniature as an expressive form; short pieces by Kurtág and Holliger are interwoven. Holliger’s sequence Airs (2015/6) is inspired by seven texts by Swiss poet Philippe Jaccottet, whose voice is heard here. The release of “Zwiegespräche” is timely. Heinz Holliger turns 80 on May 21, his creativity as composer and his resourcefulness as instrumentalist undimmed. The album concludes with Holliger’s Sonate für Oboe solo, composed in 1956, and still played by its author with absolute authority.
Tracklist:
1. Heinz Holliger – … ein Brief aus der Ferne an Ursula (02:45)
2. Heinz Holliger – Berceuse pour M. (03:02)
3. Heinz Holliger – … für Heinz … (02:53)
4. Heinz Holliger – Die Ros‘ (01:10)
5. Heinz Holliger – Die Ros‘ (01:45)
6. Heinz Holliger – 1. Une semaison de larmes… (Poème) (00:27)
7. Heinz Holliger – 1. Une semaison de larmes… (02:26)
8. Heinz Holliger – 2. L’œil… (Poème) (00:23)
9. Heinz Holliger – 2. L’œil… (01:57)
10. Heinz Holliger – 3. Ce qui brûle… (Poème) (00:26)
11. Heinz Holliger – 3. Ce qui brûle… (01:29)
12. Heinz Holliger – 4. Dans l’étendue… (Poème) (00:19)
13. Heinz Holliger – 4. Dans l’étendue… (01:49)
14. Heinz Holliger – 5. Ô compagne… (Poème) (00:31)
15. Heinz Holliger – 5. O compagne… (01:31)
16. Heinz Holliger – 6. Je marche… (Poème) (00:14)
17. Heinz Holliger – 6. Je marche… (02:55)
18. Heinz Holliger – 7. Oiseaux (Poème) (00:26)
19. Heinz Holliger – 7. Oiseaux (05:49)
20. Heinz Holliger – Schatten (00:56)
21. Heinz Holliger – Rozsnyai Ilona in memoriam (02:50)
22. Heinz Holliger – Einen Augenblick lang (Version for Oboe Solo) (00:38)
23. Heinz Holliger – Versetto (apokrif organum) (00:56)
24. Heinz Holliger – 1. Capriccio (01:25)
25. Heinz Holliger – 2. Arioso (01:48)
26. Heinz Holliger – Kroó György in memoriam (06:22)
27. Heinz Holliger – Désert (01:27)
28. Heinz Holliger – „Der Glaube“ (02:46)
29. Heinz Holliger – … summaia a B.P. (01:04)
30. Heinz Holliger – … ein Sappho-Fragment (01:34)
31. Heinz Holliger – … (Hommage à Tristan) (00:42)
32. Heinz Holliger – Einen Augenblick lang (Version for Contrabass Clarinet Solo) (00:38)
33. Heinz Holliger – In Nomine – all‘ongherese (Damjanich emlékkö) (04:58)
34. Heinz Holliger – 1. Präludium (04:02)
35. Heinz Holliger – 2. Capriccio (03:29)
36. Heinz Holliger – 3. Aria (03:58)
37. Heinz Holliger – 4. Finale (02:26)
