Brahms: Hungarian Dances and the Hungarian Tradition
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Hungarian Dances and the Hungarian Tradition
Adrienn Miksch (soprano) János Bándi (tenor) Ferenc Szecsődi (violin) / Szilvia Elek, István Kassai (fortepiano and piano)
[ Naxos / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 10 March 2023
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Brahms had long been immersed in the folk traditions and spirit of Hungary's musical repertoire, not least through the famous violinist Ede Reményi, for whom he played as piano accompanist. Brahms employed melodies that he had heard, as well as those based on sheet music, and in this album his Hungarian Dances are presented alongside their source material and variants, as well as some elements that Brahms omitted from his settings. Contextualised in this way, the heroic strength and dynamism, as well as the melancholy of the Dances can be heard as never before.
Tracks:
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (1868/80)
(for piano four hands)
Traditional folk-music transcriptions, folk-style compositions and their arrangements by 19th-century Hungarian composers.
