(Photo: Sir Peter Ustinov; Pen Sketch of David Cavlovic, 1986)
Episode #41: Magyar Melodies
Uploaded: December 4, 2021
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands, WoO 1
No. 1 in G Minor: Allegro molto [3:12]
No. 2 in D Minor: Allegro non assai – Vivace [4:09]
No. 3 in F Major: Allegretto [2:48]
No. 4 in F Minor: Poco sostenuto – Vivace – Molto allegro [4:34]
No. 5 in F-sharp Minor: Allegro – Vivace [ 1:55]
No. 6 in D-flat Major: Vivace – Molto sostenuto [3:13]
No. 7 in A Major: Allegretto [1:51]
No. 8 in A Minor: Presto [2:43]
No. 9 in E Minor: Allegro non troppo – Poco sostenuto [2:25]
No. 10 in E Major: Presto [1:40]
No. 11 in A Minor: Poco andante [2:55]
No. 12 in D Minor: Presto – Poco meno presto [2:29]
No. 13 in D Major: Andantino grazioso – Vivace [1:38]
No. 14 in D Minor: Un poco andante [1:57]
No. 15 in B-flat Major: Allegretto grazioso [2:23]
No. 16 in F Minor: Con moto – Presto – Poco meno presto [2:32]
No. 17 in F-sharp Minor: Andantino – Vivace – Meno presto [3:27]
No. 18 in D Major: Molto vivace [1:18]
No. 19 in B Minor: Allegretto – Piú presto [2:07]
No. 20 in E Minor: Poco allegretto – Vivace [2:12]
No. 21 in E Minor: Vivace – Piú presto [1:23]
Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, piano
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON GALLERIA 429 160-2
Zoltán Kodály: Háry János, Op. 15 [1:39:11]
Narrator Sir Peter Ustinov
Örsze Erszébet Komlóssy
Marczi László Palócz
Háry / Napoleon György Melis
Bombazine Zsolt Bende
Marie-Louise Olga Szönyi
Empress Margit László
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
István Kertész, conductor
LONDON 443 488-2
