IDAGIO | Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite - Dances of Galánta - Dohnanyi: Konzertstück 747313274970

Featuring

Gerard Schwarz
János Starker
Seattle Symphony
Zoltán Kodály
Ernö Dohnányi

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Recording & Production

The tracks on this album were recorded on three different dates between 1988 and 1990 at the Seattle Center Opera House, USA.

Composer Biography

Ernö Dohnányi, a Hungarian composer, was a piano pupil of István Thomán, who was a former pupil of Liszt.

Performer Biography

János Starker, the cellist on this recording, holds five honorary doctorates and is the author of "An Organized Method of String Playing."

Compositional Technique

Kodály's Dances of Galánta are based on an earlier collection of folk-dance melodies and are essentially in the Hungarian verbunkos tradition, a recruiting dance.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Zoltán Kodály's essential task was to establish a truly national Hungarian musical tradition, absorbed into a recognizably Hungarian form of art music.

Composer Biography

Zoltán Kodály, a Hungarian composer, lived for seven years in Galánta, a period later reflected in his Dances of Galánta.

Performer Biography

Gerard Schwarz, the conductor, has received two Emmy Awards, thirteen GRAMMY® nominations, and was the first American named Conductor of the Year by Musical America.