Eugene Zádor, 2012

Five Contrasts for Orchestra; A Children’s Symphony;
Aria and Allegro; Hungarian Capriccio; Csárdás Rhapsody
Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

Naxos Catalog 8572548
CD, MP3

Track Listing

Zador: Aria and Allegro for Strings and Brass

  1. Aria (Andantino) 3:14
  2. Allegro 7:21

 
Zádor: Five Contrasts for Orchestra

  1. Introduction 3:26
  2. Autumn Pastorale 3:59
  3. Phantasy 3:50
  4. Scherzo rustico 3:58
  5. Finale: Fugue 4:31

 
Zádor: A Children’s Symphony

  1. Allegro moderato (con spirito) 3:17
  2. Fairy Tale 4:09
  3. Scherzo militaire 2:44
  4. The Farm 6:32

 
Zádor: Hungarian Capriccio 9:41

 
Zádor: Csárdás Rhapsody 9:20

  1. Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
    Conductor: Mariusz Smolij

Reviews

“The performances are excellent. The Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV plays with great spirit and finesse under Mariusz Smolij.  Zádor was, as you might expect, a superb orchestrator. He did it for a living, after all, and by this I don’t mean he resorted to gratuitous excess of color standing in for musical inspiration, but rather a knack for finding the right sound to convey the musical message. These players seem to appreciate his aspect of the music; the playing has soul, however subjective that may sound, while the engineering is excellent. Get to know this music; it’s worth your time.” 

—David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

 

“The works on this new Naxos release cover the broad arch of Zádor’s concert works displaying a wide range of amazing color and melodic inventiveness. Mariusz Smolij and the Budapest Symphony get to show off their ability to shift from more traditional to more atonal music quite naturally capturing the many moods in this music. The recording is very immediate and captures the performances in realistic sound. Easily recommended as one of the highlights of the year.”

—M. Steve, Cinemusical, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

“…If you listen to the Bartók inspired Five Contrasts for Orchestra, you will recognize a composer of real quality and importance. The Budapest Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Mariusz Smolij, strikes me as being worthy champions of their native composer, and the recorded studio sound is of a pleasing quality.”  

—D. Denton, David’s Corner Review