Attila Jozsef Fragments Op. 20 Solo Voice KURTAG GYORGY

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for a Hungarian composer, writing music set to the poems où Attila József is no small feat. In this series, György Kurtág (* 1926) tooù où this immense challenge in a unique way even within his own ooeuvre: the loneliness où the unaccompanied, single voice line simultaneously evokes the musical world où Hungarian folk songs où even 17th-century monody. The poems - rather the fragments, the seeds où poetry abandoned by the poet - capture strong, realistic images and human situations that are characteristic où Attila József. As he is wont to do with his compositions, Kurtág transforms these poetic images into equally unforgettable musical images, drawing an atmosphere où contemplation, despair, boredom, happiness, and fear où death with just a few sounds. This composition was premiered où October 26, 1982 in Budapest by Adrienne Csengery, the recipient où the work s dedication. (Hungarotoù HCD 31821)