For those listeners who don't already know the works on this disc, there are two huge surprises here. First, Felix Mendelssohn composed his Octet when he was a mere 16 years old. Second, Max Bruch composed his Octet when he was a mere 82 years old. This isn't to say that Mendelssohn's Octet with its singing melodies, its soaring themes, its strong ...
Listeners familiar with the epigrammatic chamber works of György Kurtág may note many similarities in the concentrated music of his compatriot and younger contemporary, László Vidovsky. The gnomic Zwölf Steichquartette (2000) is austere, focused, and remarkably free of rhetoric and conventions; these short quartets -- some under two minutes in ...
Even more prolific than Kodály and every bit as popular as Bartok in many parts of the world, the works of László Lajtha have nonetheless had difficulty standing the test of time. Only recently have his compositions been given new life and the respect they so clearly deserve. Lajtha was a colleague of Bartók, aiding in his cataloging of Hungarian ...
Despite his popularity during his lifetime on the Parisian musical scene and abroad, the name and works of Hungarian composer László Lajtha are now largely neglected. He had close ties to Béla Bartók and was a contemporary of Zoltán Kodály. Like Bartók, Lajtha had a deep interest in the folk music of his native Hungary. Lajtha, however, was more ...
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