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Ferenc Farkas: Complete Wind Quintets
Catalogue Number: TOCC0019
Serenade for woodwind quintet
Ulrike Schneider, mezzo soprano Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000) was one of the longest-lived members of the wave of Hungarian nationalist composers which began with the rise of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. A student of Ottorino Respighi in Rome, Farkas blended Respighi’s Latin melodiousness with the Magyar folk-heritage that Bartók and Kodály had made the central element of Hungarian music. His Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century have become a staple of the wind-quintet repertoire; the other five works on this disk display the same irrepressible joie de vivre. Liner Notes (PDF) |
Track Listing, MP3 Downloads and Streaming Samples
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| DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ALBUM | 71:31 | ||||
| 1-3 | Serenade for woodwind quintet (1951) Ferenc Farkas, composer Phoebus Quintet, woodwind quintet Christoph Bösch, flute Barbara Zumthurn-Nünlist, oboe Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet Martin Roos, horn Susan Landert, bassoon (first complete recording) |
8:53 | |||
| 1 | Allegro | 3:15 |
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| 2 | Andante espressivo | 2:40 |
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| 3 | Saltarello | 2:58 |
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| 4-7 | Quattro Pezzi for double-bass and woodwind quintet (1966) Ferenc Farkas, composer Dieter Lange, double-bass Phoebus Quintet, woodwind quintet Christoph Bösch, flute Barbara Zumthurn-Nünlist, oboe Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet Martin Roos, horn Susan Landert, bassoon (first complete recording) |
9:15 | |||
| 4 | Intrada | 1:59 |
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| 5 | Scherzo | 1:56 |
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| 6 | Petit poème | 2:43 |
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| 7 | Rondo | 2:37 |
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| 8-19 | Gyümölcskosar (Fruit Basket) Song-cycle for soprano and wind quintet based on poems by Sándor Weöres (1980) [Song-cycle for soprano and wind quintet based on poems by Sàndor Weöres (1913-89)] Ferenc Farkas, composer Ulrike Schneider, mezzo soprano Phoebus Quintet, woodwind quintet Christoph Bösch, flute Barbara Zumthurn-Nünlist, oboe Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet Martin Roos, horn Susan Landert, bassoon (first recording,first complete recording) |
17:51 | |||
| 8 | Gáspár (Punch ~ Kaspar ~ Bastide) | 1:00 |
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| 9 | Ládika (The Magic Box ~ Das Zauberkästlein ~ Le pot de fer) | 1:01 |
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| 10 | Marasztalás (Sunbeams ~ Sonnenstrahlen ~ Supplication) | 1:49 |
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| 11 | Falusi reggel (Morning in the Village ~ Dorfmorgen ~ Le coq et l’âne) | 0:41 |
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| 12 | Mondóka (Violets ~ Veilchen ~ Violette) | 1:03 |
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| 13 | A kőbéka (The Stone Frog ~ Der Steinfrosch ~ Le crapaud) | 1:06 |
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| 14 | Altatódal (Lullaby ~ Wiegenlied ~ Berceuse) | 2:26 |
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| 15 | Száncsengo (Sleighbells ~ Schlittenschellen ~ La cloche du traineau) | 0:42 |
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| 16 | Békakirály (Frog King ~ Froschkönig ~ Le roi des grenouilles) | 2:06 |
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| 17 | A Tündér (The Little Elf ~ Das Elflein ~ La fée Bòbita) | 1:59 |
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| 18 | Paprika Jancsi szerenádja (Harlequin Serenade ~ Hanswurst-Serenade ~ Sérénade de Pierrot) | 2:04 |
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| 19 | Déli felhők (Midday Cloud ~ Mittagswolken ~ Dans les nuages) | 1:54 |
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| 20-24 | Antiche danze ungheresi del 17. secolo (Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century) for woodwind quintet (1959) Ferenc Farkas, composer Phoebus Quintet, woodwind quintet Christoph Bösch, flute Barbara Zumthurn-Nünlist, oboe Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet Martin Roos, horn Susan Landert, bassoon (first complete recording) |
10:10 | |||
| 20 | Intrada | 2:25 |
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| 21 | Lento | 2:43 |
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| 22 | Danza della scapole | 1:28 |
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| 23 | Chorea | 2:04 |
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| 24 | Saltarello | 1:30 |
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| 25 | Rondo capriccio for violin and woodwind quintet (1959) Ferenc Farkas, composer Daniel Dodds, violin Phoebus Quintet, woodwind quintet Christoph Bösch, flute Barbara Zumthurn-Nünlist, oboe Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet Martin Roos, horn Susan Landert, bassoon (first recording,first complete recording) |
9:04 |
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| 26-30 | Lavottiana for woodwind quintet (1967) Ferenc Farkas, composer Phoebus Quintet, woodwind quintet Christoph Bösch, flute Barbara Zumthurn-Nünlist, oboe Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet Martin Roos, horn Susan Landert, bassoon (first complete recording) |
16:18 | |||
| 26 | Indulás Pannónia felé (March to Pannonia ~ Marsch nach Pannonien ~ Marche vers la Pannonie) | 3:05 |
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| 27 | Menüett (Minuetto) (Minuet ~ Menuett ~ Menuet) | 3:03 |
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| 28 | Lassú verbunk és figura (Slow Verbunkos and Figura ~ Langsamer Werbungstanz und Figura ~ Verbunkos lent et figura) | 2:40 |
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| 29 | Német táncnóta (German Dance-tune ~ Deutsche Tanzweise ~ Chanson de danse allemande) | 3:15 |
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| 30 | Rondo Vigadőzás a korcsmában (Rondo in the Inn ~ Rondo im Wirtshaus ~ Rondo dans la taverne) | 4:15 |
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Artists
Ferenc Farkas, composer
[credit: Gyula Kertész]
Ulrike Schneider, mezzo soprano
Daniel Dodds, violin
Dieter Lange, double-bass
Phoebus Quintet, woodwind quintet
Christoph Bösch, flute
Barbara Zumthurn-Nünlist, oboe
Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet
Martin Roos, horn
Susan Landert, bassoon
Reviews
…the music is extremely appealing, superbly crafted and warmly expressive.[…] I thoroughly enjoyed this generously filled, superbly played and well recorded release. Why is music such as this not heard more often, let alone recorded? Where would we be without all these smaller, independent and enterprising labels who bravely record unfamiliar, but generously rewarding repertoire? In short, full marks to all concerned. A really lovely disc to be enjoyed from first to last.
Hubert Culot MusicWeb International
Great Panache – The complete wind quintets of Ferenc Farkas appreciated
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