Composer: Ferenc Farkas
Performer: Andras Adorjan, Viktoria Herencsar, Ingrid Kertesi, Miklos Spanyi
Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: János Rolla
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0230
Release: 2016
Size: 325 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Romanian Folk Dances from Bihar (Version for Flute & Orchestra)
Cantiones Optimae
02. I. Batoritas a halal ellen
03. II. Könyörgés
04. III. Mária ének
05. IV. O Jézus
Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century (Version for Flute & Strings)
06. I. Intrada
07. II. Slow Dance
08. III. Shoulder – Blade Dance
09. IV. Dance of the Prince of Transylvania
10. V. Chorea
11. VI. Quasi minuetto
12. VII. Dance of Lazar Apor
13. VIII. Leaping Dance
Harpsichord Concertino
14. I. Allegro
15. II. Andante
16. III. Allegro
Musica giocosa
17. I. Allegro
18. II. Arietta
19. III. Gavotte con variazioni
20. IV. Allegro
Serenata Concertante
21. I. Allegro moderato
22. II. Andante espressivo
23. III. Allegro vivace
This fourth release in a series of recordings of orchestral music by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000) concentrates on his music for flute and strings. It 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 other concertante pieces – featuring soprano and harpsichord – offer contrast.
Just as the previous CD in this series presented the playing of a major Hungarian musician, the oboist Lajos Lencsés, this one features the outstanding flautist András Adorján, for whom much of this music was written.
Born in Budapest in 1944, András Adorján has been an internationally acclaimed concert flautist for several decades. He has served as the first solo flute for orchestras in Stockholm, Cologne, Baden-Baden and Munich. He took up a professorship at the Musikhochschule in Cologne in 1987 and at that in Munich in 1996. He has re-discovered, edited, performed and recorded numerous forgotten works and has also inspired and commissioned works from many contemporary composers, including Georges Bartobeu, Gunnar Berg, Edison Denisov, Ferenc Farkas, Vagn Holmboe, Jan Koetsier, Noël Lee, Miklós Maros, Alfred Schnittke, and Sven Erik Werner. He has made over 80 recordings.