Composer: Eugene Zádor
Performer: Bálint Képíró, Imre Kováts, Zoltán Szőke, Katalin Sarkady
Orchestra: Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
Conductor: Mariusz Smolij
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574262
Release: 2023
Size: 1.27 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Hungarian Scherzo
Suite for Horn, Strings, and Percussion
02. I. Prelude
03. II. Fantasy
04. III. March
05. IV. Elegie
06. V. Rondo-Finale
07. Lullaby for Horn and Piano (Arr. M. Smolij for horn and string orchestra)
Chamber Concerto
08. I. Allegro molto
09. II. Andante
10. III. Sehr lebhaft
Suite for 8 Celli
11. I. Allegretto – Vivo
12. II. Molto tranquillo
13. III. Alla Zingaresca
14. IV. Moderato – Allegro
15. Celebration Music
Eugene Zádor was an established composer by the time he moved from Europe to the United States in 1939 where he worked as a film composer. Many of the works on this album exhibit Zádor’s finest traits, blending neo-Classicism and neo-Romanticism with expert orchestration and rhythmic verve, and a dedication to tonality liberally peppered with gentle dissonance. The Chamber Concerto was composed while he was still in Vienna, and the Suite for Horn, Strings and Percussion only received its premiere after Zádor’s death. The programme concludes with spectacular off-stage effects and a joyous affirmation of life in Celebration Music.