Lajtha was the only composer since Liszt to be elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Composer Biography
Lajtha served as an artillery officer at the front during the four years of World War I and later became director of music for Hungarian Radio after World War II.
Composer Biography
Lajtha was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy, a French composer, who introduced him to the musical world of Paris, influencing his musical language.
Performer Biography
The Pécs Symphony Orchestra, featured on this album, has a tradition of some two and a half centuries and undertook important concert tours abroad after its reorganisation in 1984.
Composer Biography
László Lajtha, a Hungarian composer, studied at the Budapest Academy of Music and continued his studies in Leipzig and Geneva, spending six months of each year in Paris until 1914.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lajtha, unlike his contemporaries Bartók and Kodály, found the symphony and string quartet to be the most meaningful genres for his compositions.
Performer Biography
Nicolás Pasquet, the conductor on this album, was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and won first prize at the 37th International Conducting Competition in Besançon in 1987.
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