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CD in preparation: Schubert – Brahms – Kurtág

Between February 2 and 8, Benjamin Appl and Pierre-Laurent Aimard recorded songs by Schubert, Brahms and György Kurtág in the studio of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.

György Kurtág was also present throughout the recording, and even sat down at the piano for two songs.
Excerpt from Brahms' Sonntag (recorded during the rehearsal):

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Budapest, Hamburg, Köln - Three performances in four days in October: Hungarian and German premieres

György Kurtág's one-act opera, based on Samuel Beckett's play, has so far been performed in six countries: in Milan (2018), Amsterdam (2019), Valencia (2020), Paris (2022), Antwerp (2022) and London (2023).  The work is performed in Budapest at the Palace of Arts (12th), followed by the German premiere at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg (15th) and the Filharmonie in Cologne (20th).

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