Ferenc Farkas - Complete Wind Quintets

Posted By : Swervedriver55 | Date : 23 Sep 2011 05:11:48 | Comments : 5 |

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Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) was one of the longest-lived members of the wave of Hungarian nationalist composers which began with the rise of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. A student of Ottorino Respighi in Rome, Farkas blended Respighi’s Latin melodiousness with the Magyar folk-heritage that Bartók and Kodály had made the central element of Hungarian music. His Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century have become a staple of the wind-quintet repertoire; the other five works on this disk display the same irrepressible joie de vivre.

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Tracks

01. Serenade for woodwind quintet (1951) - I. Allegro [0:03:14.66]
02. II. Andante espressivo [0:02:40.40]
03. III. Saltarello [0:02:58.50]
04. Quattro Pezzi for double-bass and woodwind quintet (1966) - I. Intrada [0:01:59.38]
05. II. Scherzo [0:01:55.81]
06. III. Petit poeme [0:02:43.32]
07. IV. Rondo [0:02:37.18]
08. Gyümölcskosar (Fruit Basket) Song-cycle for soprano and wind quintet based on poems by Sándor Weöres (1980) - No. 1. Gaspar (Punch) [0:01:00.17]
09. No. 2. Ladika (The Magic Box) [0:01:00.73]
10. No. 3. Marasztalas (Sunbeams) [0:01:49.08]
11. No. 4. Falusi reggel (Morning in the Village) [0:00:41.37]
12. No. 5. Mondoka (Violets) [0:01:03.05]
13. No. 6. A kobeka (The Stone Frog) [0:01:05.89]
14. No. 7. Altatodal (Lullaby) [0:02:26.13]
15. No. 8. Szancsengo (Sleighbells) [0:00:42.16]
16. No. 9. Bekakiraly (Frog King) [0:02:06.58]
17. No. 10. A Tunder (The Little Elf) [0:01:58.69]
18. No. 11. Paprika Jancsi szerenadja (Harlequin Serenade) [0:02:04.49]
19. No. 12. Deli felhok (Midday Cloud) [0:01:54.05]
20. Antiche danze ungheresi del 17. secolo (Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century) for woodwind quintet (1959) - I. Intrada: Allegro moderato [0:02:25.16]
21. II. Lento: Moderato maestoso [0:02:42.66]
22. III. Danza della scapole: Allegro quasi Scherzo [0:01:27.85]
23. IV. Chorea: Moderato [0:02:04.45]
24. V. Saltarello: Allegro [0:01:30.60]
25. Rondo capriccio for violin and woodwind quintet (1959) [0:09:03.66]
26. Lavottiana for woodwind quintet (1967) - I. Indulas Pannonia fele (March to Pannonia) [0:03:05.52]
27. II. Menuett (Minuet) [0:03:03.29]
28. III. Lassu verbunk es figura (Slow Verbunkos and Figura) [0:02:39.74]
29. IV. Nemet tancnota (German Dance-tune) [0:03:14.66]
30. V. Rondo Vigadozas a korcsmaban (Rondo in the Inn) [0:04:15.09]

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Posted By: d'Avignon Date: 23 Sep 2011 06:54:56

I guess this is a must for me, when the name Bartok is anywhere near. Thanks, swervedriver

Posted By: kicsibéka Date: 23 Sep 2011 08:40:40

Many thanks for this, Swervedriver!

Posted By: Scion7777 Date: 23 Sep 2011 10:16:36

Had never heard of this guy, so went to find what I could find:

Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas fashioned a personal idiom of refreshing vitality. In form, largely diatonic, it spoke a richer language, one of harmonic variety, rhythmic energy, and melodic appeal. In addition to his career as a creative musician, he was a respected pedagogue whose pupils included György Ligeti, Sándor Szokolay, and György Kurtág. Further, he wrote on musical subjects for various publications, particularly on issues of folk music.

Beginning his piano training at age eight, Farkas studied privately at first, later at the National Conservatory in Budapest. After completion of his secondary education, he studied composition with Albert Sikós and Leó Weiner at the Budapest Academy of Music, receiving his diploma in 1927. For two years he served as an assistant conductor at Budapest's Municipal Theatre. Winning a state-funded scholarship, he was then able to journey to Italy to participate in advanced composition courses taught by Ottorino Respighi at Rome's Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Apart from his studies, he seized the opportunity to travel in Italy and through the Iberian peninsula. When Farkas returned to Budapest in 1930, he made his professional debut performing a recital of his own compositions. In 1933, he traveled once more, this time to Vienna. The following year, he went to Denmark to work in film scoring for the Nordisk Company. Another journey took him to Paris before he was appointed in 1935 to be instructor of composition at Budapest's advanced Municipal Music School. After serving as professor of music at Kolozsvár's Conservatory of Music beginning in 1941, Farkas was appointed the institution's director in 1943. A similar position at Székesfehérvar in 1946 preceded his appointment as professor of music at the Budapest Academy of Music, a post he held until his retirement in 1975. Much honored, Farkas was awarded the Hungarian Liszt Prize in 1933, the Ferenc Jóseph Prize in 1934, the Klebelsberg Prize in 1943, and in 1950, Hungary's highest honor for artistic achievement: the Kossuth Prize. From 1932 to 1973, Farkas contributed scores to 29 films. Five operas occupied him between 1942 and 1980, The Magic Cupboard first among them. His incidental music for plays, especially those by Shakespeare, remains significant.

Posted By: keke77 Date: 23 Sep 2011 15:55:35

Thanks for this.

Posted By: juliowolfgang Date: 24 Sep 2011 23:09:44

It's really amazing! Imagine a Hungarian Respighi! This is true for his Old Hungarian Dances. Blended with the heritage of Bartók and Kodaly.
Thank you very much!

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