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Toccata

Ferenc Farkas: Orchestral Music, Vol. 6

$20.99

Details

Composer
Ferenc Farkas
Artist
MAV Symphony Orchestra
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Jul 04, 2025
Catalog #
TOCC0722
UPC
5060113447227

About

Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) is often viewed as a gifted miniaturist, sifting through Baroque and popular Hungarian sources to produce glittering orchestral dances of infectious energy. That Farkas does indeed exist, as in the suite from the ballet The Sly Students, but this album also shows an entirely different side to his musical personality. His Preludio e Fuga finds him experimenting with dodecaphony - but he offered a caution: 'In the twelve-tone theme of the fugue, I did not use Schoenberg's orthodox model but a softer form, more euphoric, with a rounder and more attractive sonority - I am thinking of works by Luigi Dallapiccola or [...] Frank Martin'. His only symphony was a victim of Communist orthodoxy, so severely criticised at Party meetings that Farkas shelved the score. This first complete recording reveals a work that is both big-boned and big-hearted - one of the finest of all Hungarian symphonies.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Vasar Debrecenben (Market in Debrecen) 04:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Vasar Debrecenben (Market in Debrecen)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  2. 2 II. Air de danse 02:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Air de danse
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  3. 3 III. Diakok tanca (Dance of Debrecen College Boys) 04:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Diakok tanca (Dance of Debrecen College Boys)
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  4. 4 IV. Ciganyzene (Gypsy music at the fair) 01:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Ciganyzene (Gypsy music at the fair)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Performer
    István Trejer
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  5. 5 V. Pas de deux 03:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Pas de deux
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  6. 6 VI. Finale 04:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Finale
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  7. 7 I. Overture 10:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    10:34
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  8. 8 II. Elegia 10:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Elegia
    Duration
    10:03
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  9. 9 III. Scherzo sinfonico 06:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Scherzo sinfonico
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  10. 10 IV. Finale 08:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    08:20
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  11. 11 Preludio 03:25
    Track
    11
    Title
    Preludio
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy
  12. 12 Fuga 05:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    Fuga
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Ferenc Farkas
    Ensemble
    MAV Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gábor Takács-Nagy