United Kingdom
Hungaroton: HCD32616
Ferenc Farkas - Danube Valley Garland
Farkas: Danube Valley Garland
Farkas: Two Hungarian Dances
Farkas: Rhapsodia Carpathiana
Farkas: Dances from Kallo
Farkas: Capriccio all’ungherese
Farkas: Finnish Popular Dances
Farkas: Ballade of Kelemen Komives
Our Price: £13.54
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Artist(s): Erzsebet Torok (soprano), Ilona Tokody (soprano), Sandor Palcso (tenor), MR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor(s): Andras Farkas, Ferenc Farkas
Release Date: 24th May 2009
More Details on Ferenc Farkas - Danube Valley Garland
Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000), the legendary composition professor of the Budapest Music Academy and teacher of György Kurtág and György Ligeti, was already popular in Hungary as a young composer, due to the beauty and harmoniousness of his music. Over an exceptionally long and active life he composed music in many forms and styles, but his individuality can always be recognized along with his balanced personality, much liked by so many. His music ranges widely, from arrangements evoking the distant past through neo-classical works to twelve-note compositions.
In this CD selection, the latest work is the Dunavölgyi koszorú [Danube Valley Garland] for soprano and tenor with orchestra, composed in 1976. This unusual song cycle symbolizes the brotherhood of the people living beside the Danube, similar to Béla Bartók’s cantata cycle of which only the first was composed, the Cantata profana based on a Romanian text in 1930.
In this CD selection, the latest work is the Dunavölgyi koszorú [Danube Valley Garland] for soprano and tenor with orchestra, composed in 1976. This unusual song cycle symbolizes the brotherhood of the people living beside the Danube, similar to Béla Bartók’s cantata cycle of which only the first was composed, the Cantata profana based on a Romanian text in 1930.
