Ferenc Farkas

Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) was one of Hungary's most important 20th-century composers. He studied with Leó Weiner and Albert Siklós at the Academy of Music in Budapest from 1922 to 1927, then continued...

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Ferenc Farkas arranged a handful of early Hungarian dance pieces, preserved in various late Renaissance music manuscripts, for several groups of performers. His arrangement Hungarian Dances from the 1...

Stimmensatz - 5 Violinen I; 5 Violinen II; 3 Violen; 3 Violoncelli/Kontrabässe - Streichorchester

The arrangements included in the present volume reflect the first musical impressions of my childhood. In their harmonisations reminiscences of some turns heard at my parent's home can be detected spo...

Die Missa secunda wurde 1964 komponiert. Sie ist vom Komponisten gewidmet "meiner lieben Frau Margit anlässlich unseres 25-jährigen Hochzeitstages". Das Sanctus wurde später dazukomponiert. das Credo...

Die Originalfassung der Missa secunda wurde 1964 komponiert. Sie ist vom Komponisten gewidmet seiner "lieben Frau Margit anlässlich unseres 25-jährigen Hochzeitstages". Das Sanctus wurde später dazuko...

Streicher-Ergänzungssatz - 2 Violinen I; 2 Violinen II; Violine III; Viola; Violoncello; Kontrabass Viel zu wenig bekannt ist der musikalische Barock Osteuropas. Hier sind eine Reihe von Tänzen aus Un...

This is one of the best-known and most frequently performed works of Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000). It was written in 1961 for 4-part string orchestra (with an ad libitum double bass part), and can be per...

Old Hungarian Dances

from the collection of Bela Bartok of the County Bihar for violin or viola or flute or clarinet and piano

The Concertino IV for oboe and string orchestra was composed in 1982-83 and dedicated to the renowned Swiss oboist Jean-Paul Goy. Its three short movements, following the traditional tempo order, mirr...

Two songs with flute accompaniment to poems by Artur Keleti.

Compulsory work of the Béla Bartók 24th International Choir Competition. (Hungaroton HCD32324)