Farkas: Choral Music

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
September 11, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FARKAS, FERENC
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ascolta Chamber Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Ascolta, Smee, Broadbent
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 11, 2015
    • UPC
      5060113442963
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0296
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Kyrie

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    2. Gloria

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta

      Performer: James Bowers

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    3. Sanctus

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    4. Benedictus

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    5. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    6. Epigramma de suo libro

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    7. Hymnus ad Sanctum Emericum

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    8. Rubaiyat

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    9. Enek Szent Erzsebetrol

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    10. Emmaus

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Robert Clark, Richard Robbins

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    11. Ave Maris Stella

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    12. Je suis l'archange de Dieu

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    13. Dans cette etable

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    14. Quittez pasteurs

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    15. It Come Upon the Midnight Clear

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    16. Prelude - Virginis partu Deus ortus infans (Chorus)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta

      Performer: Helen Smee

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    17. Narration: Von den Hugeln blick ich in das weite Tal (Men's Chorus)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta

      Performer: Richard Robbins

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    18. Narration: In dem Dorfchen Bethlehem (Women's Chorus)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Richard Robbins

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    19. Narration: Kommt, Hirten, kommt geschwind (Men's Chorus)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Richard Robbins

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    20. Ritornello - Ecce pastores ovibus relictis (Chorus)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Helen Smee

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    21. Narration: Spat am Abend ging ich in den Garten (Trio)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Ben Tomlin, James Bowers, Richard Robbins

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    22. Narration: In dem Dorfchen Bethlehem am Weihnachtstag (Women's Chorus)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Richard Robbins

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    23. Narration: Steht auf, wir auch wollen gehen (Trio)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Ben Tomlin, James Bowers, Richard Robbins

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    24. Narration: At Magi tandem puero reperto procidunt proni (Chorus) - Ritornello

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Richard Robbins, Helen Smee

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    25. Narration: Eile Freund, denn es ist wahr (Men's Chorus)

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Richard Robbins, Helen Smee

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent

    26. Finale - Gloriam Patri chorus angelorum concinat

      Composer: Ferenc Farkas

      Ensemble: Ascolta

      Performer: Richard Robbins, Helen Smee

      Conductor: Peter Broadbent


Toccata Classics continues its exploration of the music of Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000) with this selection from his huge choral music output. It ranges in mood from the folk-like simplicity of the Missa Secunda in honorem Sanctae Margaritae and his bright carol settings via the astringency of some late a cappella pieces to the fresh and buoyant Christmas Cantata. This recording is also the first by the new London-based chamber choir Ascolta founded in 2015 by Peter Broadbent, one of Britain’s leading choral conductors, known for his consistent commitment to contemporary music.-- S

REVIEW:

Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000) was a beloved professor at the Budapest Academy of Music and a composer whose music had eluded me up to now. I am glad to make his acquaintance because he wrote classy, charming fare that doesn’t have to work overtime to make its points. Several of these works are accorded their first-ever recordings by Maestro Broadbent’s Ascolta Ensembles, and we are the better for their efforts.

Farkas’s 12-minute Mass is an affectionate, straightforward take on the liturgy. (I’d love to sing it someday.) The carols and ‘Ave Maris Stella’ are the true charmers of the set. The Emmaus Cantata after St Luke is made of sterner stuff and is also worth getting to know.

-- American Record Guide