![]() Naxos 8573274 Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV Mariusz Smolij 27 November 2015 http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Naxos/8573274 |
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Hungarian composer , a friend of Béla Bartók, won renown in Vienna before having to leave for America in 1939 where he eventually became Miklós Rózsa’s exclusive orchestrator in Hollywood. His music is often redolent of his native soil as depicted in the Variations on a Hungarian Folksong which, at times, approaches an almost Straussian opulence. Written in Vienna in 1936, the Dance Symphony is a sunny homage to the composer’s adopted home. The Festival Overture is a much later work of almost cinematic brilliance. |
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Festival Overture | 10:10 | |
1. | Festival Overture | 10:10 |
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (world première recording of complete version) | 30:04 | |
2. | Theme | 0:29 |
3. | Variation 1: Bagatelle | 0:40 |
4. | Variation 2: Burleske | 4:12 |
5. | Variation 3: Scherzo | 2:30 |
6. | Variation 4: Serenade | 6:15 |
7. | Variation 5: Scherzetto | 0:50 |
8. | Variation 6: Tempo di Foxtrot | 2:11 |
9. | Variation 7: Capriccio | 1:51 |
10. | Variation 8: Alla zingaresca - Quasi Csardas | 3:49 |
11. | Variation 9: Phantasie | 4:27 |
12. | Variation 10: Fugato - Stretta | 2:49 |
Symphony No. 3 "Dance" (world première recording) | 30:29 | |
13. | I. Allegro moderato | 10:09 |
14. | II. Andante cantabile | 7:35 |
15. | III. Allegro | 5:25 |
16. | IV. Andantino - Rondo: Molto vivo | 7:17 |