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ClassicsToday.com Review Digest for Works by Zoltan Kodaly


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COMPOSER ALBUM/WORK TITLE PERFORMER LABEL CATALOG MEDIUM RATING
Works by Barber, Holst, Tormis, Raminsh, Kodály, others
CANTEMUS 2--An International Choral Collection
Ágnes Gaál (piano)
Adolf Fredriks Girls' Choir
Bo Johansson
Caprice 21498 CD 10/10
Original works and arrangements by Hildegard von Bingen, Handel, Caccini, Biebl, Rautavaara, Kodály, Chilcott, Stroope, others
CIRCLE OF TIME
The Nebraska Children's Chorus--Bel Canto
Z. Randall Stroope
NCC NCC21400 CD 8/8
Works and arrangements by Peter Maxwell Davies, John Rutter, William Byrd, Zoltán Kodály, Edmund Rubbra, Geoffrey Bush, Ian Humphris, Glen McGrath, others
A MARIAN CHRISTMAS II
St. Martin's Chamber Choir
Timothy Krueger
Cygnus Records 010 CD 9/9
BÉLA BARTÓK
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
ERNÖ DOHNÁNYI
ANDOR FÖLDES
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs; Sonatina; Sonata
Seven Piano Pieces Op. 11; Suite Háry (arr. Földes)
Pastorale: Hungarian Christmas Song
Two Miniatures; Two Little Piano Pieces
Andor Földes (piano)

Hungaroton 32055 CD 10/7
MARK O'CONNOR
BRIGHT SHENG
DAVID WILDE
ALEXANDER TCHEREPNIN
ZOLTAN KODALY
YO-YO MA: SOLO
Appalachian Waltz
Seven Tunes Heard in China
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Suite for Solo Cello
Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Sony Classical SK 64114 CD 7/9
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Cello Concerto No. 1
Sonata for Cello Solo Op. 8
Pieter Wispelwey
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti
Channel Classics 15398 CD 10/10
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Cello Sonata Op. 4; Duo for Violin & Cello Op. 7; Adagio for Violin & Piano (1910); Sonata for Solo Cello Op. 8 Anton Kontra (violin); Niels Ullner (cello); Anne Řland (piano)

Classico 353-4 CD 7/8
J.S. BACH
Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012; Chaconne BWV 1004; Chromatic Fantasy BWV 903 (arr. Kodály) Rivka Golani (viola)

CBC 1141-3 CD 9/9
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Complete Works for Cello Miklós Perényi (cello); Dénes Várjon (piano); Gábor Takács-Nagy (violin)

Hungaroton HCD 32196-98 CD 10/10
BÉLA BARTÓK
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
LEOS JANÁCEK
Concerto for Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra
Taras Bulba
Israel Philharmonic
Philharmonia Hungarica
Cleveland Orchestra
Zubin Mehta
Antal Dorati
Christoph von Dohnányi
Eloquence 467 602-2 CD 9/9
BELA BARTÓK
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Concerto for Orchestra
Psalmus hungaricus
Raymond Nilsson (tenor)
Houston Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Leopold Stokowski
János Ferencsik
Everest 9008 CD 8/7
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
Dances from Galánta; Dances of Marosszék; Háry János Suite
Caucasian Sketches
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Artur Rodzinski
Westminster 471 267-2 CD 9/5
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
BÉLA BARTÓK
Dances of Galanta
Music for Strings, Percussion, & Celesta; Divertimento
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras
Linn CKD 234 SACD 8/9
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Dances of Galánta; Dances of Marosszék; Peacock Variations; Háry János Suite SWF Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
José Serebrier
BIS 875 CD 5/8
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Glagolitic Mass
Laudes Organi; Psalm 114
Teresa Kubiak (soprano); Anne Collins (mezzo-soprano); Robert Tear (tenor); Wolfgang Schöne (baritone); John Birch (organ)
Brighton Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe
Eloquence 466 902-2 CD 9/7
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Háry János Suite; Dances of Galánta; Peacock Variations Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
Adam Fischer
Nimbus 7081 CD 8/7
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Háry János Suite; Summer Evening; Peacock Variations Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adam Fischer
BMC 141 CD 10/10
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Háry János; Dances of Galánta; Peacock Variations London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz
Eloquence 461 012-2 CD 9/8
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
IN PRAISE OF THE ORGAN--Latin Choral and Organ Music
Laudes Organi!; Veni, veni Emmanuel; Pange lingua; Ave Maria; Missa Brevis
Marilyn Keiser (organ)
The Bach Chorale Singers
William Jon Gray
Pro Organo 7027 CD 7/8
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Missa Brevis
Mass in G Minor
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys
Gerre Hancock
Koch International Classics 7418 CD 8/8
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
Missa brevis; Laudes organi
Mass in E-flat (edited by Paul Wingfield)
Andrew Reid (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Choir
James O'Donnell
Hyperion 67147 Cassette 7/8
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor (transcription from Bach); Sonatina for Cello and Piano; Adagio for Cello and Piano; Capriccio for Cello solo; Hungarian Rondo for Cello and Piano; Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7 Maria Kliegel (cello); William Preucil (violin); Jenö Jandó (piano)

Naxos 8.554039 CD 10/9
ANTONIN DVORÁK
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Requiem
Psalmus hungaricus
Pilar Lorengar (soprano); Erszébet Komlóssy (alto); Robert Ilosfalvy (tenor); Tom Krause (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
István Kertész
Decca 468 487-2 CD 9/6
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Sonata for Cello Solo Op. 8; Duo for Violin & Cello Op. 7 Xavier Phillips (cello); Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian (violin)

Harmonia Mundi 905265 CD 10/10
ZOLTAN KODALY
HENRI DUTILLEUX
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
THE SOLITARY CELLO
Sonata for solo cello Op. 8
3 Strophes Sur le Nom de Sacher
Suite No. 1 for solo cello Op. 72
Oren Shevlin (cello)

Claudio 5046-2 CD 5/7
MAURICE RAVEL
JOHAN HALVORSEN
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
J.S. BACH
Sonata for Violin & Cello
Passacaglia and Sarabande with Variations in G minor after Handel
Duo for Violin & Cello Op. 7
Two-Part Invention No. 6 in E major BWV 777
Lynn Harrell (cello); Kennedy (violin)

EMI 56963-2 CD 6/7
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Sonata Op. 8
Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 Op. 72; Tema-Sacher
Henrik Dam Thomsen (cello)

Chandos 10189 CD 7/10
ERNST VON DOHNÁNI
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
BÉLA BARTÓK
Suite in F-sharp minor
Háry János Suite
Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin
AAM Recordings Slatkin CD 9/8
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Symphony No. 5
The Peacock; Peacock Variations
L'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
István Kertész
Testament 1290 CD 7/7
ZOLTAN KODÁLY
Theater Overture; Concerto for Orchestra;, Dances of Marosszék; Symphony BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 9811 CD 9/9

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