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Hungarian Dances: Traditional dance-music transcriptions and folk-style compositions that inspired Brahms

4/14/2023, 7 Tracks, 15:30

Featuring

  • István Kassai
  • Szilvia Elek
  • János Bándi
  • Adolf Nittinger
  • Anonymous
  • Kálmán Simonffy
  • Ferenc Patikárus

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Album & Artwork

The cover art for this album features the painting 'Roses' by Hungarian artist Pál Böhm (1839-1915).

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Szilvia Elek, one of the fortepiano players, performs on piano, harpsichord, and fortepiano, and was a member of the internationally renowned Cristofori Trio.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

István Kassai, the other fortepiano player, has won several first prizes in competitions, including the 1982 Paris International Debussy Piano Competition.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

This album presents traditional dance-music transcriptions and folk-style compositions that inspired Johannes Brahms, a German composer known for his Hungarian Dances.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The Hungarian traditional sources and variants on this album were played on a mid-19th-century fortepiano made by Schmidt Károly in Preßburg/Pozsony around 1844.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

János Bándi, the tenor on this recording, graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and was awarded First Prize at a Belgian singing competition in 1983.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made in August 2019 at Music Chapel, Vámosszabadi, Hungary, and was sponsored by the National Cultural Fund of Hungary.

Source: Booklet

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