Composer: Ferenc Farkas
Performer: Gyula Stuller, János Rolla, Laszlo Toth
Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: János Rolla
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0184
Release: 2014
Size: 313 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Choreae hungaricae
Part II: 5 Dances from the Kajoni Codex:
01. No. 1. Moderato
02. No. 2. Lo stesso tempo
03. No. 3. Quasi minuetto
04. No. 4. Allegro
05. No. 5. Lo stesso tempo
Part III: 6 Dances from the Locse Tabulaturbuch
06. No. 1. Allegro moderato
07. No. 2. Lo stesso tempo
08. No. 3. Andante moderato
09. No. 4. Lo stesso tempo
10. No. 5. Allegro
11. No. 6. Lo stesso tempo
12. Aria e Rondo all’ungherese
Musica pentatonica
13. I. Toccata
14. II. Aria
15. III. Fuga
Jelky Andras
16. I. Er macht sich auf den Weg
17. II. Ali Hussein
18. III. Fu-Kong
19. IV. Kwanga
20. V. Ramayun
21. VI. Auf dem Heimweg
Concertino No. 5 for Trumpet and Strings
22. I. Allegro
23. II. Andante moderato
24. III. Allegro
Finnish Folk Dances
25. I. Askulan nelio
26. II. Palpankilli
27. III. Melkutus
28. IV. Lintunen
29. V. Vanna piika
30. VI. Haili
31. VII. Kumerus
Partita all’ungaresca
32. I. Basse danse
33. II. Gagliarda
34. III. Passamezzo
35. IV. Saltarello
36. V. Intermezzo
37. VI. Herduckentanz
This is the second release in a series of recordings of orchestral music by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000). The music here highlights the characteristics that make his music so appealing: catchy tunes, transparent scoring, buoyant rhythms and a fondness for Baroque forms and folk-dances. Farkas followed the example of Respighi, his teacher, in adapting Baroque originals for modern performance and the results are just as attractive as his Ancient Airs and Dances and should prove as popular with listeners. The performers are the virtuosi of the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest, joined by the dazzling young trumpeter László Tóth in Farkas’ Trumpet Concertino. Two further CDs of orchestral music by Ferenc Farkas are in preparation from Toccata Classics, to be released over the course of the next two years.