Apple Hill Chamber Players - Piano Quartet Opus 60 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Apple Hill Chamber Players - Piano Quintet Op 57 [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/01/1993

Nakano / Troester - Jewels for the Mandolin [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/15/2000

Toccata Classics continues it's exploration of the music of the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) with this second of two releases of his chamber works for cello. As with previous albums in this series, the music here features the characteristics that make Farkas' music so appealing catchy tunes, transparent textures, buoyant rhythms and a fondness for Baroque forms and folk-dances. Some of these pieces speak a tougher language that show Farkas to have been in touch with his times, but it is the infectious melodic appeal of most of the music here that carries the day.