László Hadady, Mariusz Smolij, MAV Symphony Orchestra - Zádor: Divertimento - Elegie and Dance (2013)

Tracklist

01. Elegie and Dance: Elegie: Andantino
02. Elegie and Dance: Dance: Allegro
03. Oboe Concerto: I. Allegro
04. Oboe Concerto: II. Andante
05. Oboe Concerto: III. Allegro
06. Divertimento for Strings: I. Allegro moderato
07. Divertimento for Strings: II. Andantino
08. Divertimento for Strings: III. Moderato - Allegro molto
09. Studies: I. Prelude
10. Studies: II. Slow Phantasy
11. Studies: III. Capriccioso
12. Studies: IV. Introduction and Scherzo
13. Studies: V. Potpourri
14. Studies: VI. Song
15. Studies: VII. Crescendo - Decrescendo
16. Studies: VIII. Rapsodia

Eugene Zádor, who emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1939, described his style as ‘exactly between La Traviata and Lulu’. Although some of his works are overtly ‘Hungarian’ in style, for the most part he composed in a cosmopolitan but conservative twentieth-century idiom, fi rmly grounded in tradition, that is strongly tonal and highly contrapuntal. The second volume of this series features the richly varied Oboe Concerto and Divertimento for Strings (his most-performed piece) and the composer’s own favourite, Studies for Orchestra, which, despite its great profusion of ideas and melodic lines, has a remarkable unity and consistency. Volume 1 is available on 8572548.

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