Smolij Budapest Symphony Orchestra Mav - Sinfonia Technica - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Renowned for their captivating performances across Eastern Europe in the 1950s and early 1960s, this esteemed orchestra's classic recordings from the early 1950s have been meticulously remastered for 2024 and brought to you here on CD for the first time. Thanks to today's advanced technology, we can now offer you the rich, pristine sound and imagery of the Königsberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the brilliant Dimitri Muller, like never before! Don't miss this amazing opportunity to enjoy their timeless artistry with unparalleled clarity and depth with this collection of German compositions that each hold a little piece of 'Classical Magic'.

Leo Weiner's influence as a teacher in Budapest was exceptional and his pupils were some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. But it's only in recent years that his compositions, with their synthesis of German Romantic and Hungarian elements, have been brought to wider appreciation. Like Csongor and Tunde, the symphonic poem Toldi was inspired by a masterpiece of Hungarian literature. Cast in twelve sections, the music follows the epic poetry in a way that seems to notate the text musically, a unique achievement. Weiner considered Toldi one of his most significant compositions, and he also composed two suites from the work.

Leó Weiner, a contemporary of Bartók and Kodály, was a profoundly important teacher in Budapest whose own music developed from a more traditional Romantic model - exemplified by the songful Románc, Op. 29 - to an absorption of his native Hungarian folk music during the 1930s. The two Divertimentos for strings, vibrantly orchestrated sequences of dances, are among the best-known works of this period. The later Hungarian Nursery Rhymes and Folk Songs draw on some archaic and very popular native melodies. Volumes 1 and 2 can be heard on 8.573491 and 8.573847. This is Volume 3 of Valéria Csányi's ongoing series of the complete orchestral works by Weiner, with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV. Vol. 1 includes the complete ballet C song or and Tünde (8.573491)in which Gramophone wrote that 'Csányi shapes the score as if she really loves it', while Fanfare stated that 'this disc represents a charming discovery.'