Composer: Ferenc Farkas
Performer: Gyula Stuller, Yukari Shimanuki, Dénes Várjon, Stuller Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0682
Release: 2023
Size: 1.03 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piccola musica di concerto for string quartet
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Scherzo
04. IV. Allegro
Ten Studies for Violin and Viola
05. No. 1 Prelude
06. No. 2 Chorale
07. No. 3 Sonatina
08. No. 4 Träumerei I
09. No. 5 Pizzicato
10. No. 6 Träumerei II
11. No. 7 Game
12. No. 8 March
13. No. 9 Nocturne
14. No. 10 Vision fugitive
Sonatina No. 1 for violin and piano
15. I. Allegro con slancio
16. II. Largo
17. III. Presto
18. Rumanian Folk Dances from Bihar County for violin and piano
Sonatina No. 2 for violin and piano
19. I. Allegro molto
20. II. Andante
21. III. Scherzando
22. Alla danza ungherese for violin and piano
Sonatina No. 3 for violin and piano
23. I. Allegro non troppo
24. II. Andante moderato
25. III. Allegro
String Quartet
26. I. Allegro maestoso – Allegro impetuoso –
27. II. Moderato – Andante –
28. III. Moderato – Allegro svolazzante
This thirteenth release in the Toccata Classics exploration of the music of Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000) puts some of his chamber music with violin in the spotlight – bookended here by two works for string quartet. 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 Bartok and KodAly.