Grammy Awards, Kurtág (composer)
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Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
RecommendedNetherlands Radio Choir (chorus), Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Elliott Simpson (guitar), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Csaba Király (pianino, spoken word)
Asko | Schoenberg Ensemble,...
The interpretations are of a consistently elevated standard. Messages of the Late Miss R Troussova, a signature Kurtág score, sets a marker: soprano Natalia Zagorinskaya gives a riveting performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments, Op. 24
RecommendedCurtis Macomber (violin), Susan Narucki (soprano)
[Narucki is] the latest in a line of distinguished singers taking on the challenge of these coiled little outbursts.The average length of these sections is just over a minute, and one of the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Choral Choice
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Schubert: Death and the Maiden
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
This must have been an enthralling concert. It’s almost impossible to imagine Schubert’s Death and the Maiden in a string orchestral arrangement better played, with Kopatchinskaja a dynamic... —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág
RecommendedSusan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)
...one of the finest examples of Kurtág’s vocal music I have encountered. Narucki’s probing intelligence is matched by a remarkable vocal talent, and the result is a triumph. All the assisting... —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Each piece is beautifully crafted but collectively may be too much of a good thing, even in such a superb rendition. A disc for specialists, perhaps, but a special one. —
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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