Kodály: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 / Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic

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Naxos
Release Date
January 12, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      KODALY, ZOLTAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Falletta
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 12, 2018
    • UPC
      747313383870
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573838
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Galántai táncok (Dances of Galánta)

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    2. Concerto for Orchestra

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    3. The Peacock

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    4. Variation 1

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    5. Variation 2

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    6. Variation 3

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    7. Variation 4

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    8. Variation 5

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    9. Variation 6

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    10. Variation 7

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    11. Variation 8

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    12. Variation 9

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    13. Variation 10

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    14. Variation 11

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    15. Variation 12

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    16. Variation 13

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    17. Variation 14

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    18. Variation 15

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    19. Variation 16

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    20. Finale

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta

    21. Marosszéki táncok (Dances of Marosszék) (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Zoltán Kodály

      Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: JoAnn Falletta


Listen to the Naxos Podcast to learn more about this release

What’s not to love? JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic offer another appealing and wholly successful program. Granted, there are wilder version of the Dances of Galánta out there, particularly from the likes of Reiner (Sony-mono) and Ormandy (also Sony), but Falletta’s view of the work is as cogent in its steady build to a brilliant climax as just about any. She’s even more effective in a remarkably well-sustained and unified Peacock Variations, and an irresistibly lively Dances of Marosszék.

Best of all, we get a virtuosic and characterful performance of the relatively rare Concerto for Orchestra instead of the obvious Háry János Suite. That makes this collection unusually generous as well as desirable, especially when the playing of the orchestra clearly rises to the challenges that Kodály presents. The sonics, as usual from this source, as very good indeed. Here are seventy-seven minutes of music that you really can sit down and play straight through. Give it a try and listen for yourself.

– ClassicsToday (David Hurwitz)