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Farkas: Choral Music
Toccata

Farkas: Choral Music

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Composer
FARKAS, FERENC
Artist
Ascolta, Smee, Broadbent
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Sep 11, 2015
Catalog #
TOCC0296
UPC
5060113442963

About

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

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 Kyrie 02:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  2. 2 Gloria 03:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gloria
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    James Bowers
    Ensemble
    Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  3. 3 Sanctus 00:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sanctus
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  4. 4 Benedictus 01:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Benedictus
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  5. 5 Agnus Dei 02:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  6. 6 Epigramma de suo libro 01:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    Epigramma de suo libro
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  7. 7 Hymnus ad Sanctum Emericum 02:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Hymnus ad Sanctum Emericum
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  8. 8 Rubaiyat 04:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    Rubaiyat
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  9. 9 Enek Szent Erzsebetrol 02:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Enek Szent Erzsebetrol
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  10. 10 Emmaus 11:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    Emmaus
    Duration
    11:20
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Robert Clark, Richard Robbins
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  11. 11 Ave Maris Stella 01:59
    Track
    11
    Title
    Ave Maris Stella
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  12. 12 Je suis l'archange de Dieu 01:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    Je suis l'archange de Dieu
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  13. 13 Dans cette etable 01:37
    Track
    13
    Title
    Dans cette etable
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  14. 14 Quittez pasteurs 01:49
    Track
    14
    Title
    Quittez pasteurs
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  15. 15 It Come Upon the Midnight Clear 01:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    It Come Upon the Midnight Clear
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  16. 16 Prelude - Virginis partu Deus ortus infans (Chorus) 01:51
    Track
    16
    Title
    Prelude - Virginis partu Deus ortus infans (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Helen Smee
    Ensemble
    Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  17. 17 Narration: Von den Hugeln blick ich in das weite Tal (Men's Chorus) 02:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    Narration: Von den Hugeln blick ich in das weite Tal (Men's Chorus)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Richard Robbins
    Ensemble
    Ascolta, Ensemble Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  18. 18 Narration: In dem Dorfchen Bethlehem (Women's Chorus) 01:00
    Track
    18
    Title
    Narration: In dem Dorfchen Bethlehem (Women's Chorus)
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Richard Robbins
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  19. 19 Narration: Kommt, Hirten, kommt geschwind (Men's Chorus) 01:09
    Track
    19
    Title
    Narration: Kommt, Hirten, kommt geschwind (Men's Chorus)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Richard Robbins
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  20. 20 Ritornello - Ecce pastores ovibus relictis (Chorus) 01:03
    Track
    20
    Title
    Ritornello - Ecce pastores ovibus relictis (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Helen Smee
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  21. 21 Narration: Spat am Abend ging ich in den Garten (Trio) 01:28
    Track
    21
    Title
    Narration: Spat am Abend ging ich in den Garten (Trio)
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Ben Tomlin, James Bowers, Richard Robbins
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  22. 22 Narration: In dem Dorfchen Bethlehem am Weihnachtstag (Women's Chorus) 01:00
    Track
    22
    Title
    Narration: In dem Dorfchen Bethlehem am Weihnachtstag (Women's Chorus)
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Richard Robbins
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  23. 23 Narration: Steht auf, wir auch wollen gehen (Trio) 00:48
    Track
    23
    Title
    Narration: Steht auf, wir auch wollen gehen (Trio)
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Ben Tomlin, James Bowers, Richard Robbins
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  24. 24 Narration: At Magi tandem puero reperto procidunt proni (Chorus) - Ritornello 01:02
    Track
    24
    Title
    Narration: At Magi tandem puero reperto procidunt proni (Chorus) - Ritornello
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Richard Robbins, Helen Smee
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  25. 25 Narration: Eile Freund, denn es ist wahr (Men's Chorus) 02:25
    Track
    25
    Title
    Narration: Eile Freund, denn es ist wahr (Men's Chorus)
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Richard Robbins, Helen Smee
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent
  26. 26 Finale - Gloriam Patri chorus angelorum concinat 05:17
    Track
    26
    Title
    Finale - Gloriam Patri chorus angelorum concinat
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    Richard Robbins, Helen Smee
    Ensemble
    Ascolta
    Conductor
    Peter Broadbent