Composer: Ferenc Farkas
Performer: Lajos Lencsés, János Rolla, Lajos Rozman, Andrea Horváth, Emily Körner, Andra Darzins, Zoltán Paulich
Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0217
Release: 2015
Size: 304 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Old Hungarian Dances (Arr. L. Lences for Oboe & Orchestra)
01. I. Intrada
02. II. Slow Dance
03. III. Shoulder Blade Dance
04. IV. Dance of the Prince of Transylvania
05. V. Dance of Lázár apor
06. VI. Chorea
07. VII. Leaping Dance
Musica serena (version for string orchestra)
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Andante moderato
10. III. Allegro vivace
Maschere
11. No. 1, Il capitano
12. No. 2, Pantalone
13. No. 3, Colombina
14. No. 4, Povero Pulcinella
15. No. 5, Arlecchino
Piccola musica di concerto
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Andante
18. III. Scherzo
19. IV. Allegro
Oboe Concertino No. 4
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Andante. Choral varié
22. III. Allegro
Music for Zanka
23. I. Sonatina
24. II. Arietta
25. III. Rondo
26. Ricordanze
Aria e Rondo all’ungherese
27. Aria
28. Rondò all’ungherese
This is the third release in a series of Toccata Classics recordings of orchestral music by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000).
This volume features works for oboe and strings, the solo instrument played by the legendary Hungarian oboist Lajos Lencsés.
The recording highlights the characteristics that make his music so appealing: catchy tunes, transparent scoring, buoyant rhythms and a fondness for Baroque forms and folk-dances.
Two chamber pieces featuring the oboe and cor anglais offer textural contrast. The two previous albums in this series have been warmly welcomed in the musical press.
Lajos Lencsés is one of the world’s finest oboists. His broad repertoire embraces composers as disparate as Bach, Bellini, Britten, Cimarosa, Dittersdorf, Dutilleux, Françaix, Handel, Ibert, d’Indy, Jolivet, Koechlin, Martinů, Mozart, Nielsen, Poulenc, Franz Xaver Richter, Rosetti, Strauss and Vivaldi, and he had naturally championed contemporary Hungarian composers such as Sándor Balassa, Frigyes Hidas and Joszef Soproni. Over the past three decades he has made more than fifty recordings, many of which have been awarded prizes, for labels which include Bayer, Capriccio, CPO, Hännsler Classics, Hungaroton and Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm; this is his first recording for Toccata Classics. In 2003 the Republic of Hungary honoured him in 2003 as a Knight of the Order of Merit.