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Schutz / Kurtag / Messiaen

Title: Visions de l'Amen

Label: Col Legno

Cat No:WWE1CD20105
Format:CD

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The Grau/Schumacher duo continue to win golden opinions for their enterprising recitals and recordings, and here they tackle one of the modern classics of the repertoire in Messiaen’s towering wartime composition ‘Visions de l’Amen’. The coupling is a rarity not otherwise available on CD – one of György Kurtág’s many fascinating transcriptions, this time of a choral work by Schütz.

Track Listing for Visions de l'Amen
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-92): Visions de l’Amen, for two pianos.
Heinrich SCHÜTZ transcr. György KURTÁG: Die Sieben Worte (Fragmenta), for piano four hands.
Andreas Grau & Götz Schumacher (piano duet).

Reviews

International Record Review Christopher Ballantine

Not least among the virtues of this outanding release is its inspired coupling: Kurtag's little known transcription(for four hands) of a piece by Heinrich Schutz and Messiaen's wartime masterwork for two pianos.

International Piano - Philip Clark

An attractive feature of this CD is Gyorgy Kurtags transcription of Heinrich Schutz's choral work The Seven Words. Here Grau and Schumacher bring a resonant tone and sclear sense of structural integrity to Kurtag's score.

The Gramophone - Jed Distler

In all, this well recorded and thoughtfully annotated German Radio production is worth hearing.

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Visions de l'Amen