Szechenyi: Dances for Piano

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 26, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Imre Szechenyi
    • PERFORMER
      Gyorgy Lazar, Istvan Kassai
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 26, 2023
    • UPC
      747313450671
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574506
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Wiesbaden-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    2. Herbst-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    3. La Brigantine Polka-Mazurka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    4. Bliktri-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    5. Datscha-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    6. Valdine Polka-Mazurka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    7. Zither-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    8. Velloni-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    9. La Marguerite Mazurka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    10. Leopoldinen-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    11. Tommy-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    12. Polka-Mazurka in A Minor

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    13. Serenade in A Minor

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár, István Kassai

    14. La Tulipe Mazurka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    15. La Neige (Schnee) Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    16. Les Vagues Polka-Mazurka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    17. Une polka prétentieuse

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    18. Felicetta-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    19. L'Éventail Polka-Mazurka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    20. Georginen-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár

    21. Pretchistinka-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: István Kassai

    22. Le Caprice-Polka

      Composer: Imre Széchényi

      Performer: György Lázár


Imre Széchényi was a distinguished diplomat who rose to become the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Berlin, retaining the friendship and admiration of a gallery of leading figures of the age: Liszt, Johann Strauss ii, Suppé, Waldteufel, Bismarck, and many others. He was also a pianist and composer, and his diplomatic career ran parallel to his musical life. Széchényi’s métier was the dance, and his series of polkas, mazurkas and serenades – infectiously engaging and ardently lyrical – were popular pieces in their day but are now little known. orchestrations of many of these dances were made by the composer (Naxos 8.573807) but five that were never scored for orchestra are included here.