Leó Weiner, a contemporary of Bartók and Kodály, was a profoundly important teacher in Budapest whose own music developed from a more traditional Romantic model – exemplified by the songful Románc, Op. 29 – to an absorption of his native Hungarian folk music during the 1930s. The two Divertimentos for strings, vibrantly orchestrated sequences of dances, are among the best-known works of this period. The later Hungarian Nursery Rhymes and Folk Songs draw on some archaic and very popular native melodies. Volumes 1 and 2 can be heard on 8.573491 and 8.573847. This is Volume 3 of Valéria Csányi’s ongoing series of the complete orchestral works by Weiner, with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV. Vol. 1 includes the complete ballet C song or and Tünde (8.573491)in which Gramophone wrote that ‘Csányi shapes the score as if she really loves it’, while Fanfare stated that ‘this disc represents a charming discovery.’
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“… this well recorded, confidently played programme cements the attractive music of Leo Weiner as being well-worth performing. With the exception of the Pastorale, Fantasy and Fugue Op.23, this is essentially quite light but very enjoyable music that benefits from sympathetic and idiomatic performances. István Kassai's English-only liner is very helpful highlighting information about both the music and this relatively unfamiliar composer. A useful addition to Naxos' expanding catalogue of music by this skilled composer with the Romance and Pastorale, Fantasy and Fugue proving to be works worthy of much wider dissemination.”
Nick Barnard- MusicWeb-International.com – 21 July 2020
“… because of the highly musical interpretations of the Budapest Symphony MAV under the Hungarian conductor Valeria Csanyi, this CD is very attractive. In the charming program both the better known and the lesser known works can be hears in lively and inspired performances.” ****
Remy Franck & Guy Engels – Pizzicato.lu – 4 August 2020
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