Harsányi: A Hungarian in Paris

Featuring

Charles Wetherbee
David Korevaar
Tibor Harsanyi

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Tibor Harsányi believed that music was a universal art beyond nationalistic folk influences, stating, "I no longer believe in the national soul marked with the folkloric stigmata of a race."

Compositional Technique

The music of 'l'école de Paris', which Tibor Harsányi was part of, was influenced by American jazz from Paris dance halls, the dissonant textures of neoclassicism, and folk elements.

Historical Context

Tibor Harsányi was part of 'l'école de Paris', a group of expatriate composers including Bohuslav Martinů, Marcel Mihalovici, Conrad Beck, Alexander Tansman, and Alexander Tcherepnin, who chose Paris as their base.

Performer Biography

Charles Wetherbee, the violinist and violist on this recording, is the first violinist of the Carpe Diem String Quartet and an Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Composer Biography

Tibor Harsányi, a Hungarian-born pianist, composer, conductor, and musicologist, was a student of Kodály in Budapest before settling in Paris in 1923.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Tibor Harsányi viewed Paris as a "great laboratory of contemporary music" and believed that a musician could not live anywhere else.

Recording & Production

This album features world premiere recordings of Tibor Harsányi's Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Trois pièces de danse, and Sonata for Viola and Piano.