Composer: Ferenc Farkas
Performer: András Adorján, Balázs Szokolay, András Csáki, Lajos Lencsés, Antal Váradi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0440
Release: 2021
Size: 722 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante moderato
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Allegro
Sonatina No. 1 for Violin & Piano
05. I. Allegro con slancio
06. II. Largo
07. III. Presto
08. Gyógyulóban (Arr. for Flute & Piano)
Sonatina No. 2 for Violin & Piano
09. I. Allegro molto
10. II. Andante
11. III. Scherzando
12. Variazioni ungheresi
13. Meditazione for Flute & Piano
14. Alla danza ungherese
15. Aria e rondo all’ungherese
3 Burlesques for Piano
16. No. 1, Allegro
17. No. 2, Moderato, comodo
18. No. 3, Allegro
Sonatina for Oboe & Piano
19. I. Allegro non troppo
20. II. Andante moderato
21. III. Allegro
22. Epithalamium
Cantiones optimae
23. No. 1, Bátoritás a halál ellen
24. No. 2, Könyörgés
25. No. 3, Máriá ének
26. No. 4, O Jézus
27. Arioso
This twelfth release 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.