Harsányi: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

Featuring

Giorgio Koukl
Tibor Harsanyi

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Compositional Technique

Harsányi's 'Cinq Études rythmiques' are not austere pedagogical works but sophisticated compositions focused on artistic quality and helping pianists feel the interplay between their hands.

Composer Biography

Tibor Harsányi, a Hungarian composer, was part of the 'Paris School,' a group of Central and Eastern European composers who settled in Paris in the early 1920s.

Composer Biography

Harsányi received technical training in piano from Zoltán Kodály, a renowned Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist.

Performer Biography

Giorgio Koukl, the pianist on this recording, is considered a leading interpreter of Bohuslav Martinů's piano music, having recorded his complete solo piano works.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Harsányi believed that music reflected the sensibility of its era, leading him to incorporate popular forms like jazz and modern dance into his compositions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

While Harsányi admired the work of Kodály and Bartók in collecting Hungarian folk songs, he never directly borrowed folk materials, instead aiming to create a 'Hungarian atmosphere' in his music.