Ferenc Farkas - Chamber Music, Vol. 5 (András Adorján; Lajos Lencsés)

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Composer: Ferenc Farkas

• Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
• Sonatina No. 1 (arr. Adorján)
• Gyógyulóban (Recovering)
• Sonatina No. 2 (arr. Adorján)
• Variazioni ungheresi (arr. Adorján)
• Meditazione
• Alla danza ungherese (arr. Adorján)
• Aria e rondo all'ungherese
• 3 Burlesques
• Sonatina No. 3 (transcr. Lencsés)
• Epithalamium
• Cantiones optimae (arr. Lencsés)
• Arioso (arr. Lencsés)

András Adorján, flute

Lajos Lencsés, oboe, oboe d'amore & cor anglais

András Csáki, guitar

Balázs Szokolay, piano

Antal Váradi, organ

Date: 2021

Label: Toccata

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Ferenc Farkas (15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungarian composer and music educator. Born in Nagykanizsa, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest under Leó Weiner and Albert Siklós, and later refining his craft in Rome with Ottorino Respighi. His compositions, over 700 works, span all genres: opera, ballet, musicals and operettas, orchestral music, concertos, chamber music and sacred music. As an educator, Farkas was one the most influential in the second half of the century. Among his students were György Kurtág, György Ligeti, László Kalmár and Miklós Kocsár.

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András Adorján was born in 1944 in Budapest, grew up in Copenhagen and lives since 1974 in Munich. After obtaining a dentist diploma in Copenhagen in 1968 he completed his musical studies under Jean-Pierre Rampal and Aurèle Nicolet. As a laureate of international flute competitions and the principal flutist of important European symphony orchestras, he was appointed professor for flute at the Musikhochschule in Cologne in 1987, then taught at the Musikhochschule in Munich from 1996 to 2013. With more than 100 recorded albums, he is today one of the best known and most prominent flutists of his generation.

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Born in 1943 in Dorog, Hungary, Lajos Lencses studied at the Budapest Academy of Music and the Paris Conservatory. He won first prize at the Geneva International Competition in 1968, then launched his international career and was soon recognized as among the finest oboists in Europe. Lencses has appeared on over 30 recordings and has actively promoted contemporary music for the oboe. He is not only a virtuoso oboist but is equally talented on the oboe d'amore and English horn. His repertory is very broad, ranging from J.S. Bach and Vivaldi to Françaix, Martinů, and contemporary Hungarian composers.

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