Gyorgy Kosa - Home Concert - Songs And Chamber Works / Anna Korondi, Jutta Bokor, Judit Kiss-Domonos, Gabor Kosa / Hungaroton Classic Audio CD 2007 Stereo / HCD32486

UPC 5991813248626

György Kósa was a Hungarian composer. Kósa studied with Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, and Victor von Herzfeld between 1905 and 1916. From 1927, he taught piano at the Budapest Conservatory.

Tracklist:

1.     In Praise of Creation — setting of a poem by Sandor Weéres, for alto voice and cello (1936)   9:57

2-5.  Mocking - settings of poems by Sandor Weores, for voice and piano (1976)   9:52

6.     Andante and vivace — for cello and piano (1948)   10:04

7-12. A Refutation of Transitoriness — song cycle setting on posthumous poems by Gabor Devecseri for voice and piano (1972)   10:36

13.    Divertimento — for piano (1960)   5:50

14-16. Afterlife — three cantatas setting poems by Anna Hajnal for soprano and harmonium or organ (1978)   9:08

17-19. “Happy Nonsense” — settings of Edward Lear poems, translated by Anna Hajnal   23:09

• Soprano - Anna Korondi
• Mezzo-soprano - Jutta Bokor
• Cello - Judit Kiss-Domonkos
• Harmonium, piano, percussion - Gabor Kosa