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Kodály: Cellosonaten - Sonaten Opp. 8 & 4 / Coppey, Porat, Kelemen

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Details

Composer
Zoltan Kodaly
Artist
Marc Coppey, Barnabas Kelemen, Matan Porat
Format
CD
Label
Audite Musikproduktion
Released
Apr 01, 2022
Catalog #
AUD97794
UPC
4022143977946

About

The common question as to who was the most important Hungarian composer of the twentieth century - Bartók or Kodály - would have been vehemently rejected by the two like-minded friends. On the one hand, they shared many ideas and goals, such as researching Hungarian folk music, which they recorded in the countryside before and after the First World War using a wax cylinder phonograph. Bartók and Kodály made the original music of the peasant societies, which has nothing to do with the idea of Csárdás fire and Puszta romanticism, the basis of their own idioms, which they further developed in very personal ways. On the other hand, the careers of the two composers progressed in entirely different ways. While Bartók embraced international modernism and went into American exile at the height of fascist rule in Hungary, Kodály remained in his home country even under politically difficult circumstances, devoting himself unswervingly to his great task: integrating music into the school curriculum in order to make it the basis of national consciousness and social behavior. The works that Kodály composed in this spirit during the interwar period now form part of the canon of orchestral and choral music. But there is also a lesser-known Kodály who until 1918, almost unnoticed by the international music world, wrote chamber music whose boldness was met with much hostility in Hungary. At the center of these works was the cello: the virtuosos emerging from the legendary master class of the cellist David Popper in Budapest introduced Kodály to the instrument's expressive and stylistic variety. But even for the master cellists of his time, the Sonata Op. 4 with piano, the Duet Op. 7 for violin and cello and, above all, the challenging Solo Sonata Op. 8 were expeditions into new technical and musical territory.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato 08:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Marc Coppey
  2. 2 II. Adagio (con grand espressione) - Con moto - Tempo I - Più mosso 10:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio (con grand espressione) - Con moto - Tempo I - Più mosso
    Duration
    10:45
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Marc Coppey
  3. 3 III. Allegro molto vivace 11:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    11:50
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Marc Coppey
  4. 4 I. Fantasia: Adagio di molto 08:17
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Fantasia: Adagio di molto
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Marc Coppey, Matan Porat
  5. 5 II. Allegro con spirito - Molto adagio 09:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegro con spirito - Molto adagio
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Marc Coppey, Matan Porat
  6. 6 Cello Sonatina 08:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    Cello Sonatina
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Marc Coppey, Matan Porat
  7. 7 I. Allegro serioso, non troppo 07:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro serioso, non troppo
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Barnabás Kelemen, Marc Coppey
  8. 8 II. Adagio - Andante 07:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio - Andante
    Duration
    07:37
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Barnabás Kelemen, Marc Coppey
  9. 9 III. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto 07:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto
    Duration
    07:58
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Barnabás Kelemen, Marc Coppey