The Edge of Silence finds American soprano and contemporary music specialist Susan Narucki firmly in her element performing iconoclastic vocal works by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag.
American soprano and Latin Grammy-nominee Susan Narucki, one of today's most committed advocates of the music of our time, has a deep and lasting working relationship with Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag which dates back to 1986. Susan's luminous tone and distinctive artistry and Kurtag's idiosyncratic fusion of poetry and music come together in this quintessential recorded collection of some of the composer's most iconoclastic vocal works. In Susan's words, I have spent much of my life immersed in this repertoire, and it has become essential to the way I understand music; it is the heart of my practice as a musician. Equally appreciative, Kurtag acknowledges Susan, who sang so warmly, purely, so 'integer' these songs � with thanks and love.
ARTISTSSusan Narucki, sopranowithDonald Berman, pianoCurtis Macomber, violin Nicholas Tolle, cimbalomKathryn Schulmeister, double bass
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR SUSAN NARUCKI
vivid, profound and totally compelling...committed, expressive and profound -Andrew Clements, The Guardian, August 2019
fearless and expressive � Gramophone
Soprano Susan Narucki Enchants In An Evening Of Kurtag's Miniatures: With their gripping and enchanting performance, they made a case for Scenes from a Novel as a late 20th-century miniaturist masterpiece, proof that good things � no, GREAT things � can come in small packages. � San Diego Union Tribune