Composer: Jenő Takács
Performer: Nina Karmon, Oliver Triendl
Orchestra: Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt
Conductor: Evan Alexis Christ
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C5438
Release: 2022
Size: 672 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Serenade on Old Graz Contredanses, Op. 83b
01. I. Overture
02. II. Serenade
03. III. Contredance
04. IV. Polka
05. V. Menuet
06. VI. Bagpipe
07. Rhapsody for Violin & Strings, Op. 49a (Hungarian Melodies)
Concerto for Piano, Strings & Percussion, Op. 60
08. I. Andante – Allegro vivace
09. II. Fantasia
10. III. Finale. Allegro molto vivace
11. Passacaglia for Strings, Op. 73
3 Pieces for Strings
12. No. 1, Celtic Pastoral
13. No. 2, Paprika Jancsi
14. No. 3, American Rhapsody
While Jeno Takács has accompanied generations of beginners on their first foray into contemporary music, works such as his Concerto for Piano, Strings, and Percussion place him alongside the great paragons of Hungarian music, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. Getting to know Bártok further increased the Hungarian elements of topicality, rhythm and bitonality in his compositions. The impressionist colouring and Hungarian folk music influences in Takács’ works went on to adopt a strict contrapuntal element following his studies with Joseph Marx. Jeno Takács was a humanist, a musical cosmopolitan and an eyewitness to almost the entire 20th century.