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Liszt, Kodály and Bartók organ transcriptions in Budapest

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“all shades of colour in between can be reached instantly by the touch of a piston”
Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 22 May 2016
Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19: Suite
Kodály, Dances of Marozzsék
Szathmáry, Mors et vita (Hungarian première)
Liszt, Les Préludes, symphonic poem no. 3, S 97
Balázs Szabó, Organ
Zsigmond Szathmáry, Organ
A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus
****1
Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia
*****
Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn
****1
Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle
****1
Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
****1
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams
****1
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