The Kurtág pieces on this album are from his unfinished cycle 'Signs, Games and Messages,' which are short, personal works written for musician friends.
Interpretation
Tabea Zimmermann plays the Bach suites, originally for cello, on her modern 1980 Vatelot viola with a classical bow, believing the sound concept is most important.
Performer Biography
Tabea Zimmermann, the violist on this album, received her first viola lessons at age three and began playing piano two years later.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in October and November 2018 at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin-Dahlem, with Stephan Cahen as the recording producer and engineer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
György Kurtág, one of the composers on this album, often used Bach's music as a reference point and, like Bach, expresses essential human questions in his music.
Compositional Technique
György Kurtág's works on this album entirely forgo measured meter, creating a contrast with Bach's rhythmically fixed music.
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