An ECM debut for György Kurtág jr, in a strikingly unusual context. The
son of the great Hungarian composer is himself an influential figure in
new music, particularly in the electronic and electro-acoustic domain.
“Kurtágonals” is, amongst other things, a celebration of his work in
this area, as fellow composer László Hortobágyi adapts and develops
Kurtág jr. themes – some of them more than 30 years old - , setting them
in new sound-environments. Hortobágyi views “Kurtágonals” as both a
diary of a long friendship and a succinct summary of the musical oeuvre
of the contributors.
The three musician-composers, also known democratically as Hortogonals,
have a vast range of experience between them which reaches beyond ‘new
music’ into non-western forms, sound-collage, improvisation, folk music,
pop, rock, and ambient music. The participants write, “The principal
intention of the Hortogonals project is to re-contextualize these
compositions, originally born in a classical avant-garde musical
atmosphere, into a 21st century final form. Joint efforts have resulted
in a so far non-existent genre of ‘contemporary audiopod’, a collage of
music with unique tonality and unusual compositional form.” (ECM Records)
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