Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra makes the most of its solo opportunities and JoAnn Falletta keeps a firm grip on structure and rhythmic propulsion while allowing solo lines in the central...
Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
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The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra makes the most of its solo opportunities and JoAnn Falletta keeps a firm grip on structure and rhythmic propulsion while allowing solo lines in the central...
About
Zoltán Kodály, like his compatriot Béla Bartók, wrote major orchestral scores that were deeply enriched by his research into Hungarian folk music. The Dances of Galánta are full of swagger and vitality, and the Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned for the Chicago Symphony’s 50th anniversary, is lush, sparkling and vivid. Like the Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, ‘The Peacock’, a virtuoso showcase of sizzling effects, these scores reveal the brilliance of his orchestral colours and the indelible allure of gypsy themes.
Contents and tracklist
- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
- JoAnn Falletta
- Recorded: 23-24 April 2017
- Recording Venue: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, USA
Awards and reviews
March 2018
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra makes the most of its solo opportunities and JoAnn Falletta keeps a firm grip on structure and rhythmic propulsion while allowing solo lines in the central slow section to blossom unhindered…These performances manage to be both intelligent and infectious.
11th January 2018
Where Bartók is spiky, Kodály’s orchestral works have more of a lush, romantic sensibility, captured solidly here by the Buffalo Philharmonic and its longstanding music director, JoAnn Falletta. In Dances of Galánta and Dances of Marosszék the rhythms are taut and snappy, even if the former doesn’t stomp to its close in quite the frenzy it might.
