Zádor: Orchestral Works
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EUGENE ZÁDOR
Zádor: Orchestral Works
Pál Sólyomi (clarinet) András Fejér (trombone) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, Mariusz Smolij
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 20 March 2020
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The music of Eugene Zádor is both warmly expressive and colorful. The composer took great delight in writing for overlooked solo instruments, as his Trombone Concerto, garnished with elements of Hungarian folklore, clearly shows. The easy-going, gypsy-influenced Music for Clarinet and Strings is a beautifully proportioned quasi-concerto. The Sinfonia Technica, composed much earlier when he was living in Vienna, and something of a one-off, is an enchanting and exuberantly orchestrated example of 'industrial music'.
Polish conductor Mariusz Smolij has garnered much critical acclaim from the international press, and has led over 130 orchestras in 28 countries. He currently serves as music director of the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra in Louisiana, the Riverside Symphonia in New Jersey and the International Karol Lipinski Violin Festival and Competition in Torun, Poland. His recordings for Naxos include releases of works by Andrzej Panufnik (8.570032), Tadeusz Szeligowski (8.570371), Eugene Zádor (8.572548, 8.573529, 8.573274, 8.572549 and 8.573800) and Ernst Bloch (8.570829). In 2015, his recording of music by female Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz (8.573229) won the prestigious Fryderyk Award.
"The most striking moment on the disc occurs right at its outset with the garish, Hollywood-velvet opening gesture of the Tarentella-Scherzo from 1942, a date which tellingly coincides with Zádor's entrée into the movie world as his younger compatriot Miklós Rózsa's (often uncredited) assistant. Here a characteristically Hungarian tune is given an Italian makeover. There's lusty bassoon writing (another underprivileged instrument) and the piece conveys a jolly rustic countenance. It's given with plenty of vigour and engagement by the Budapest players." MusicWeb
Tracks:
Tarantella
Music for Clarinet & Strings
Trombone Concerto
In Memoriam
Sinfonia technica
