Composer: Ferenc Farkas
Performer: András Adorján, Balázs Szokolay, Gyula Stuller, Márta Ábrahám, Tünde Szabóki, Lajos Rozmán, Andrea Horváth, Péter Bársony, Miklós Perényi, András Csáki, Gergely Kovács
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0379
Release: 2018
Size: 726 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Flute Sonatina
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Andante moderato
03. III. Allegro
Serenade for Flute & 2 Violins
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Marcietta
06. III. Scherzino
07. IV. Intermezzo
08. V. Rondo
Tibicinium
09. No. 1, Fragment
10. No. 2, Sommerfest
3 Bagatelle
11. No. 1, Allegretto
12. No. 2, Andante
13. No. 3, Allegro
14. 33 Battute per Angelica
Die Lieder des Wanderers
15. No. 1, Rastlos wandern
16. No. 2, Frühlingswind
17. No. 3, Der Abenteurer
18. Meditazione
6 Hungarian Folk Songs
19. No. 1, Zendülj fel Szent János
20. No. 2, Árokparti kökény
21. No. 3, Kerek utca
22. No. 4, Jánoshidi vásártéren
23. No. 5, Fekete főd
24. No. 6, Bogyiszlai kertek alja végén
Rosarium
25. I. Salve Regina
26. II. Ave Maria
27. III. Laudes Mariae Virginis
3 Dance Paraphrases
28. No. 1, Allegretto
29. No. 2, Moderato
30. No. 3, Allegro
Egloga & Burattinata
31. No. 1, Egloga
32. No. 2, Burattinata
Trigón
33. I. Moderato molto
34. II. Andante moderato
35. III. Allegro
This is the tenth release in the Toccata Classics exploration of the music of the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000). Here his chamber music with flute is 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 the folk-music of his native Hungary that marks him out as a true successor to Bartók and Kodály. 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 twelve works comprising 35 individual movements and eleven different combinations of performer. The central performer here is one of Europe’s finest flautists, the Hungarian-Danish András Adorján.