Farkas / Perenyi / Varjon / Schwartz / Barati - Ferenc Farkas: Chamber Music for Cello Vol 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This is the tenth in the Toccata Classics exploration of the music of the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas, here with his chamber music with flute in the spotlight. As with previous albums in this series, the music here highlights the characteristics that make Farkas' music so appealing catchy tunes, transparent textures, buoyant rhythms, a fondness for Baroque forms and a taste for Hungarian folk music that marks him out as a true successor to Bartok and Kodaly. Some of these pieces speak a tougher language that shows 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. This album features 12 works, with 35 individual movements and 11 different combinations of performer. The central performer here is one of Europe's finest flautists, the Hungarian-Danish Andras Adorjan.

This twelfth in the Toccata Classics exploration of the music of Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) once again puts his chamber music with flute in the spotlight - here with an oboe chaser. As with previous albums in this series, the music highlights the characteristics that make Farkas' music so appealing catchy tunes, transparent textures, buoyant rhythms, a fondness for Baroque forms and a taste for the folk-music of his native Hungary that marks him out as a true successor to Bartók and Kodály. The works in this recording are all reworkings - by Farkas or the two soloists here - of music first written for different forces and now taking on a new lease of life. Album Tracks 1. Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century~I. Allegro moderato 2. Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century~II. Andante moderato 3. Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century~III. Allegro 4. Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century~IV. Allegro 5. Sonatina No. 1~I. Allegro con slancio 6. Sonatina No. 1~II. Largo 7. Sonatina No. 1~III. Presto 8. Három dal Kis Ferenc verseire~Gyógyulóban for flute and piano 9. Sonatina No. 2~I. Allegro molto 10. Sonatina No. 2~II. Andante 11. Sonatina No. 2~III. Scherzando 12. Variazioni ungheresi 13. Meditazione for flute and piano 14. Alla danza ungherese 15. Aria e rondo all'ungherese for flute, oboe and piano 16. Three Burlesques for piano~No. 1. Allegro 17. Three Burlesques for piano~No. 2. Moderato, comodo 18. Three Burlesques for piano~No. 3. Allegro 19. Sonatina No. 3~I. Allegro non troppo 20. Sonatina No. 3~II. Andante moderato 21. Sonatina No. 3~III. Allegro 22. Epithalamium for oboe and organ 23. Cantiones optimae~I. Bátorítás a halál ellen (Encouragement Against Death) 24. Cantiones optimae~II. Könyörgés (Imploration) 25. Cantiones optimae~III. Mária-ének (Song to Mary) 26. Cantiones optima

World premiere recordings are brought together on this new GENUIN album featuring works by the composer Christian Ridil Renowned musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others, play in formations ranging from brass quintet to flute and percussion to the exquisite combination of (chromatic) harmonica and harpsichord. The works of the Goethe University Frankfurt's former university music director are characterized by stylistic diversity, wit, charm, and virtuosity and yet bear Ridil's clear signature. Absolutely worth discovering! Album Tracks 1. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-With a Kind of Crypticness 2. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-Like a Bavarian InchZwiefacherInch 3. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-Slow 4. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-(Final Rag) Not Too Fast 5. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-O. B 6. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Viertel = 100 7. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Intermezzo 8. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Viertel = 60 9. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Viertel = 116 10. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Introduktion - Lento 11. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Thema - Allegro Robusto 12. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. I. L'sso Tempo 13. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. II. InchSaragigaInch - Solenne 14. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. III. Allegro 15. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. IV. Tempo Di Valzer 16. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. V. InchGigabandaInch - Un Poco Giocoso 17. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. VI. F