Kurtág once stated that Játékok is a 'pseudo-pedagogical' series. But if we believe in the earlier, broader interpretation of music-making, in which not only playing, but the artifice of composition has a place, then perhaps it can be said that on a higher level Játékok has no reason to deny its pedagogical genesis, because it tells the myth of the birth of music. In the search for the child within us it has retreated to the point where art and pedagogy have not yet parted - and foreshadows a world in which the two may once more join as one. (Miklós Dolinszky)
(The Roman numerals befor track titles refer to the Volumes of Játékok, the Arabic numerals (and letters) in case of the First Volume point to the page number and the page position of the piece, in all the other Volumes show the serial number of the piece within the Volume. Roman numerals in brackets refer to the Volumes in progress, not yet in print.)

Track Listing

• III/14 Tumble-bunny
• VII/26 In memoriam Attila Bozay (1999)
• II/39 Knots (2)
• I/12B2 Gallop
• I/11A1 (the young boxer's lighter moments)
• I/5B1 a: C's night song I/5B1 b: (...and here is one of f-sharps)
• VII/14 A flower to Márta (1997)
• VI/5 Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: finis universe carnis venit... (1990)
• III/12 Thistle
• III/22 Stubborn Knots
• II/1 Hommage á Bálint Endre
• II/41 Antiphony in f-sharp
• III/13 Elegy for the left hand
• III/3 The mind will have its freedom...
• V/33 Capriccioso-luminoso - for Jenő Szervánszky's 80th birthday (1986)
• IV/4 Bells (Hommage á Stravinsky)
• V/18 Flowers we are... (from the Sayings of Péter Bornemisza, III.3)
• V/19 Grassblades in memory of Klára Martyn (1982)
• VI/25 Les Adieux (in Janáčeks Manier) (1992)
• V/11 Prelude... (1979)
• V/15 ...and Chorale (for Benjamin Rajeczky's 80th birthday) (1981)
• V/33 Capriccioso-luminoso - for Jenő Szervánszky's 80th birthday (1986)
• III/26 Hommage á Ferenc Farkas (3) (evocation of Petrushka)
• (IX) A Little Song for Yehuda (2004)
• VII/22 ...eine Blume für Ulrike Schuster... (1998)
• II/27 Fancifully
• I/10B3 Fifths (2)
• I/13B2 Jerking
• I/13B1 Boist
• II/27 Fancifully
• I/11A1 (the young boxer's lighter moments)
• VII/18 Waltz (2) (1998)
• (VIII) In memoriam György Sebők (1999-2000)
• VII/14 A flower to Márta (1997)
• I/3A1 Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers... (1a)
• I/3B2 ...flowers also the stars...
• III/16 Shadow-Play (3)
• III/21 Signs in black
• I/13B2 Jerking
• I/21 Hommage á Tchaikovsky
• I/12B1 Three-finger Play
• I/12B2 Gallop
• I/13A2 (five little piano pieces) No. 5: Presto
• VI/13 Fundamentals (1) - für Marc André Fitze (1991)
• VI/31 A Quiet Farewell to Endre Székely version 2 (1991)
• VI/37 Ernő Lendvay in memoriam (1993)
• VI/42 ...humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen... version 'b' (1993)
• I/1A1 Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé)
• VII/15 'Υμέναιος (Hymenæus) - für Susanne und Mark Sattler (1997)
• VII/28 Hommage á Beatrice Stein (2000)
• VII/16 Ligatura to Ligeti (1997)
• (IX) Consolation sereine (2004) - für Renee und die ganze Familie Jonker

Additional Details

Label: BMC Records

Genre: Classical

Run Time: 53 mins

Release Date: 08/01/08

UPC: 5998309301391