Weiner: Orchestral Works (Complete), Vol. 4 - Violin Concerto No. 1 / Serenade

 
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LEO WEINER
Weiner: Orchestral Works (Complete), Vol. 4 - Violin Concerto No. 1 / Serenade
Júlia Pusker (violin) / MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Valéria Csányi

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Release Date: Friday 21 November 2025

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Leó Weiner was one of the most important of all Hungarian pedagogues as well as being a distinguished composer. The success of his Serenade, written when he was 21, was immediate - its light, intimate and richly melodic qualities, some of which derive from stylised Hungarian dances, are still captivating today. The Divertimento No. 3 and Variations on a Hungarian Folksong mine joyful music from a collection in Budapest's Museum of Ethnography. The Violin Concerto No. 1 is a masterly orchestration of his Violin Sonata, Op. 9, alternating between the playful and the dramatic. The performance heard here restores 115 bars that were cut from the fourth movement, making this the first complete recording.

Tracks:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 41
Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, Op. 30
Serenade, Op. 3
Divertimento No. 3, Op. 25, "Impressioni ungheresi" (Hungarian Impressions)