Gilad Karni, MAV Symphony Orchestra, Mariusz Smolij - Rozsa: 3 Hungarian Sketches, Viola Concerto, Hungarian Serenade (2008)

Tracklist

01. Viola Concerto, Op. 37: I. Moderato Assai
02. Viola Concerto, Op. 37: II. Allegro Giocoso
03. Viola Concerto, Op. 37: III. Adagio
04. Viola Concerto, Op. 37: IV. Allegro Con Spirito
05. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: I. Marcia
06. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: II. Serenata
07. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: III. Scherzo
08. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: IV. Notturno
09. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: V. Danza

The spirit of his native Hungary is seldom far away from the concert music of Miklós Rózsa, in spite of some 55 years spent in Hollywood and his long association with music for the cinema.

His Viola Concerto, the later of the two works presented here, was written in 1979 – at the request of Piatigorsky for the young Pinchas Zuckerman, who gave its first performance – and brings with it a certain astringency reminiscent of Bartók rather than Kodály.

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