György Kósa - Lament for a Bull - Cantata / Symphony No. 8, Five French Songs, Four Csokonai Songs / Hungaroton Classic Audio CD 2001

HCD31982

UPC 5991813198228

MADE IN HUNGARY

TOTAL TIME: 70:44

György Kósa (24 April 1897, in Budapest – 16 August 1984, in Budapest) 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.

He composed nine operas, four ballets, and incidental music for four pantomimes, as well as nine symphonies, one orchestral suite, chamber music, eleven oratorios, several cantatas, one mass, one setting of the Dies Irae, two requiems, and lieder.

His chamber works include: a string trio, a cello sonata (1965), a sonatina for cello solo (1928), a string quartet entitled "Self-portrait" (1920), a second quartet (1929), In memoriam... for solo viola (1977), a duo for violin and viola (1943), and twelve miniatures for a harp trio (1965).

Tracklist:

1 Négy Csokonai-dal: Tartózkodó kérelem 2:07

2 Négy Csokonai-dal: A tavasz 2:01

3 Négy Csokonai-dal: Még egyszer Lillához 5:41

4 Négy Csokonai-dal: A boldogság 2:06

5 Symphony No. 8: I. Andantino triste - Allegretto 9:24 –

6 Symphony No. 8: II. Allegro marcato - Andantino 8:06 –

7 Symphony No. 8: III. Andante 4:25

8 Symphony No. 8: Andante animato 2:19

9 Öt francia dal: Ima az egyszerűségért 3:29

11 Öt francia dal: Menüett 2:34

12 Öt francia dal: A zene 1:58

13 Öt francia dal: Jóság 3:35

14 Bikasirató: I. Lento 9:24 –

15 Bikasirató: II. Allegretto 4:12

16 Bikasirató: III. Maestoso 7:21

Alice Németh - soprano

Boldizsár Keönch, Sándor Palcsó tenors

György Kósa - piano

Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus

Chorus Master: Ferenc Sapszon

Hungarian State Orchestra

Conducted by Endre Kemény

Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by György Lehel