LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (Complete Opera recorded in 1970) Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Zoltán Kéléman, Helen Donath / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Classics Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1995 ] "Helga Dernesch as Leonare gives a glorious, thrilling peformance. The orchestral playing is superb." (Penguin Guide) |
DEBUSSY / GRIEG / FAURE / CHOPIN / RAVEL / BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lullabies for Lovers Severino Gazzelloni (Flute), Bruno Canino, Bella Davidovich, Zoltán Kocsis, Claudio Arrau, Sviatoslav Richter (pianos) [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] With your lover? Best friend? Alone - dreaming about Mr or Ms Right? Let the soft, soothing sounds of this gorgeous music take you on an enchanted voyage - for music is the language of love. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven For Your Beloved Zoltan Kocis, Claudio Arrau, Colin Davis, Beaux Arts Trio, Kurt Masur, etc [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Romantic Love Letters For Intimate Times |
LISZT / MUSSORGSKY / ELGAR / etc
Liszt: Piano Concerto No 2 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Elgar: Enigma Variations Denis Matsuev (piano) / St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, Zoltán Kocsis [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "What wonderful and subtle effects Yuri Temirkanov can achieve with the absolute minimum - less is more - and the sound he produces seems to reflect his podium personality." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Complete Piano Concertos (Rec 1993 & 2001) Derek Han, piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Freeman, with Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord, and Zoltan Kocsis, Dezsa Ranki and Andras Schiff (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics SACD / 11 SACD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] On 11 discs we present every single known work by Mozart for piano and orchestra. In addition to the more and less regularly performed 25 concertos with a single soloist we include some Rondos and both concertos for 2 and 3 pianos and orchestra. |
RAVEL / ENESCU / YSAYE / PROKOFIEV
Strangers in Paradise Diana Tishchenko (violin), Zoltán Fejérvári (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] This enticing album of sonatas by Ravel, Enescu, Ysaÿe and Prokofiev emerged from violinist Diana Tishchenko's victory at the 2018 Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris. Born in Ukraine, and trained in Kiev and Berlin, she has been noted by The... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Famous Baroque Concertos Emilia Csanky (oboe) Bela Sztankovitz, Zoltan Tokos (guitars) Bela Banfalvi (violin) / Budapest Strings [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] The first half of the eighteenth century brought the final flowering of music in a style that later became known as the Baroque, a term borrowed from art history and originally pejorative in its suggestion of roughness and irregularity. The music of... |
Kocsis, Zoltán / Kurtág, György ao.
Kurtág, György - Portraitkonzert Salzburg 10.8.1993 [ Col Legno / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
BARTOK
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / Hungarian Peasant Songs Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra / Zoltan Kocsis [ Hungaroton SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] SADC Surround Sound Requires multi-chanel SADC & compatible surround sound system SADC Stereo requires SACD player. CD Audio can be played on standard CD players |
GYORGY KURTAG
Musik for Streichinstrumente (music for string instruments) The Keller Quartett / Andras Keller : violin / Janos Pilz : violin / Zoltan Gal: viola / Otto Kertesz : cello / Gyorgy Kurtag : celesta / MiklA [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] The Keller Quartet, described by the Guardian as "technically masterful and musically intelligent", interpret the string music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág. |
JANACEK / HOLLIGER / ENESCU / SCHULHOFF / BARTOK
Folk Roots Maia Cabeza (violin) Zoltán Fejérvári (piano) Alexandros Giovanos (piano) [ Genuin / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "a most imaginatively planned recital." MusicWeb |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (complete ballet recorded in 1994) Royal Opera House / Viviana Durante, Zoltán Solymosi, Anthony Dowell, Benazir Hussein / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] G - 'Viviana Durante is outstanding as Aurora. Radiant and youthful, she dances with an ease and naturalness that is enchanting.' Evening Standard |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 1 Zoltan Tokos (guitar) / Danubius String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] "The playing throughout is never less than first class." Gramophone |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 2 Zoltan Tokos (guitar) / Danubius String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] "A powerful contender in any stakes." Classical Guitar Magazine |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 3 Zoltan Tokos (guitar), Gyorgy Eder (cello) / Danubius String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven For Babies Claudio Arrau (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Zoltan Kocsis (piano), Quartetto Italiano, etc [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Brain training for little ones - highly reccommended! |
EUGENE ZÁDOR
Zador: Celebration Music Bálint Képíró, Imre Kováts, Zoltán Szőke (horns), Katalin Sarkady (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁv, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Eugene Zádor was an established composer by the time he moved from Europe to the United States in 1939 where he worked as a film composer. Many of the works on this album exhibit Zádor's finest traits, blending neo-Classicism and neo-Romanticism with... |
WAGNER / LISZT
Wagner Transcriptions Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Kocsis's performance [of the "Feierlicher Marsch" from Parsifal] is excellent. The digital recording is at once lifelike and unobtrusive." (Gramophone) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CDs special price] Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips / Decca Collectors Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Kocsis penetrates to the very centre or soul of this music" The Penguin Guide to CDs |
BARTOK
Piano Concertos: No. 1 & No 2; The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Zoltan Kocsis (piano) / Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Gyargy Lehel / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sir Neville Marriner [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "A generally enjoyable disc" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
FASCH
Passio Jesu Christi / Suite in D minor Zoltan Megyesi / Peter Cser / Maria Zadori / Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis / Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra / Terey-Smith [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] Bach's predecessor at the Leipzig Thomasschule, and a prolific composer with a contemporary reputation throughout Germany, Johann Friedrich Fasch composed works for the Lutheran church service as well as secular instrumental works, including... |
PETER EOTVOS
Psalm 151 (in memoriam Frank Zappa) / Triangel (1993) Actions for a Creative Percussionist and 27 Musicians / etc Gergely Ittzas (flute) Zoltan Racz (marimba, percussion) Miklas Peranyi (cello) / UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Budapest / Pater Eatvas, conductor [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2000 ] From Hungarian percussion composer Peter Eotvos! |