Description
Zsombor Toth-Vajna - Music for a While / English Harpsichord Music / Magyar Kultura Kiado Audio CD 2018
UPC 4260599172632
Tracklist:
1 WILLIAM BYRD - Lavolta
2 GIOVANNI PICCHI - Ballo Ongaro
3 WILLIAM BYRD - The Queenes Alman
4 GIROLAMO FRESCOBALD! - Toccata Seconda (Libro II)
5-8 MATTHEW LOCKE - Suite No. 2 ing minor (from ,,Melothesia”)
9 JOHN BLOW - Morlake Ground
10 HENRY PURCELL - A New Ground in e minor Z. T682
11-14 HENRY PURCELL Suite No.1 in G major Z. 660
15 HENRY PURCELL Ground ind minor Z. D222
16-18 HENRY PURCELL Suite No. 6in D major Z. 667
19 HENRY PURCELL Ground inc minor Z. D221
20 JEREMIAH CLARKE The Prince of Denmark’s March
21-24 GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL Suite for two harpsichords in c minor HWV 446
25 JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH — Rondo in F major for four-hands Op. 18/6
- Harpsichord, fortepiano - Zsombor Toth-Vajna, Gergely Toth-Vajna
Zsombor Tóth-Vajna
Zsombor Tóth-Vajna, keyboard specialist and conductor, is one of the leading figures of the young musician generation in Hungary. He studied playing the harpsichord and the organ at the University of Miskolc and Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Borbala Dobozy, Ágnes Ratkó, László Varga and Miklós Spányi as his mentors, where he graduated with the highest honours. He continued his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and was taught by Menno van Delft (harpsichord, clavichord) and Richard Egarr (harpsichord, fortepiano), and on the organ by the legendary Jacques van Oortmerssen.
Gergely Tóth-Vajna
Gergely Tóth-Vajna was born is Miskolc. His musical gifts were apparent early on. Gergely’s studies started with the piano at the town’s music school, followed by training on percussion instruments. By this time, he has already toured the country with his twin brother, giving concerts at various locations. Gergely has been the founding music director and conductor of Hungarian baroque orchestra
Harmonia Caelestis since its formation in 2015, in which he plays the harpsichord, the organ and fortepiano. The group performs both chamber music and in orchestra.
