Bach/ Kurtág - Bartók: Monument

YIN-YANG piano duo
Inge Spinette & Jan Michiels

MONUMENT
Bach/ Kurtág - Bartók
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / György Kurtág (1926°)*
1. Liebster Jesu wir sind hier, BWV 633 (a) 1'28
2. Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611 1'25
3. Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 (a) 1'02
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Suite for two pianos, Op. 4b, BB 122 (1941)
(transcription of Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 4, BB 40)
4. Serenata 6'29
5. Allegro diabolico 8'36
6. Scena della Puszta 8'08
7. Per finire 6'48
Johann Sebastian Bach / György Kurtág*
8. O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 618 2'19
9. Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600 0'58
10. Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 1'13
11. Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn, BWV 601 1'18
Béla Bartók
Két Kép (Two Images), Op. 10, BB 59 (1910)
(transcription for two pianos by Zoltán Kocsis, 1978)
12. Virágzás 7'14
13. A falu tánca 9'02
Johann Sebastian Bach / György Kurtág*
14. Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot', BWV 635 0'53
15. Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643 1'12
16. Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir, BWV 687 3'04
17. Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 2'02
Béla Bartók
Seven pieces for two pianos from Mikrokosmos, BB 120 (1939-40)
(transcriptions of Mikrokosmos, BB 105)
18. Bulgarian Rhythm 1'10
19. Chord and Trill Study 1'06
20. Perpetuum Mobile 0'59
21. Short Canon and its Inversion 0'50
22. New Hungarian Folk Song 0'56
23. Chromatic Invention 1'06
24. Ostinato 2'23
Johann Sebastian Bach / György Kurtág*
25. Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 (b) 0'56
26. Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig, BWV 644 0'45
27. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633 (b) 1'26
* Chorale preludes for organ by J. S. Bach (Orgelbüchlein): transcriptions for two
pianos by G. Kurtág

After La Valse à mille temps (FUG 577), Jan Michiels and Inge Spinette (the Yin-Yang Duo) return with a new two-piano programme for Fuga Libera.
"This recording pays tribute to Bach, Bartók and Kurtág, and also to two legendary piano duos: Dittá and Béla Bartók, and Márta and György Kurtág.
We don't compose music ourselves; that's why we have composed . . . a programme; with a "monument" by Bartók - one of the greatest pianists of his time - accompanied by Bach chorales in a Kurtágian landscape . . ." (Jan Michiels).
A recording that highlights the strength of the union of two minds, which - like Dittá and Béla Bartók, Márta and György Kurtág, and . . . Inge Spinette and Jan Michiels - can phrase music with a rare degree of intensity and acuity.

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