War and Revolution
Donald Macleod examines how the First World War and the subsequent traumatic events in Hungary affected Kodaly. A Red Apple Smiles; Cello Sonata, Op 8; Psalmus Hungaricus, Op 13.
Donald Macleod examines how the First World War and the subsequent traumatic events in Hungary led to a time of compositional silence in the career of Kodaly in the early 1920s, a period that signalled a complete transformation of his musical output.
A Red Apple Smiles (Two Folk Songs from Zobor)
Gyor Girls' Choir
Miklos Szabo (conductor)
Hungaroton HCD 12948
Cello Sonata, Op 8
Janos Starker (cello)
Philips 422 302-2, Trs 1-3
Psalmus Hungaricus, Op 13
Andras Molnar (tenor)
Hungarian State Chorus
Bela Bartok Children's Chorus of Gyor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
Hungaroton SLPD 31324, Tr 1.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
A Red Apple Smiles (Two Folk Songs from Zobor)
Performers: Gyor Girls' Choir, Miklos Szabo (conductor)
- Hungaroton HCD 12948.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Cello Sonata, Op 8
Performers: Janos Starker (cello)
- Philips 422 302-2,.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Psalmus Hungaricus, Op 13
Performers: Andras Molnar (tenor) Hungarian: State Chorus, Bela Bartok Children's Chorus of Gyor, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)
- Hungaroton SLPD 31324,.
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