This recording was made at the Béla Bartók Unitarian Church in Budapest from June 10-14, 2019.
Composition History
Miklós Rózsa dedicated his Concerto for string orchestra to his wife, which is surprising given the energetic, almost barbaric main theme and dark mood of the first movement.
Composer's Artistic Vision
György Orbán's Sopra canti diversi is based on old songs, the 17th-century Kájoni Codex, and Transylvanian folk melodies, incorporating folklore from surrounding nations.
Composer Biography
Szymon Laks, a composer born in Warsaw, survived Auschwitz and Dachau after being arrested in France in 1941.
Compositional Technique
Szymon Laks's Sinfonietta, a 'neoclassical' composition, uses seemingly stable tonality and rhythm, but features a complicated harmonic structure and a musical joke in its third movement.
Composer Biography
Miklós Rózsa, born in Budapest, is widely known for his film scores, three of which won Oscars, but he wished to be remembered simply as a 'composer'.
Performer Biography
Zsolt Szefcsik, founder and concertmaster of the Erdődy Chamber Orchestra, received a high Polish state distinction in 2006 for popularizing Polish works in Hungary.
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