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Hungarian Choirs

Aled Jones introduces more performance from the Aswatuna choral festival. Plus a tour of the Hungarian choral scene with music from Bartók, Kodály, and the contemporary composer János Vajda.

Aled Jones introduces more performance from the Aswatuna choral festival. Recorded in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra, the event brings together Middle Eastern choirs and the Swedish vocal group Voces Nordicae for a unique collaboration. Plus a tour of the Hungarian choral scene with music from Bartók, Kodály, and the contemporary composer János Vajda.

Playlist:
György: Mundi renovation
Pro Musica
CaPm014, track 1

Lukaszewski: O Oriens
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge conducted by Stephen Layton
HYPERION CDA67639, track 11

Skempton: The Song of Songs
Exon Singers conducted by Matthew Owens
DELPHIAN CD34056, track 4

Lennon/McCartney: Julia
Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers, conducted by Philip Brunelle
VOCALESSENCE VECD0605, track 9

Trad. arr. Housam Brimo: Damascene Fugue
Syrian Chamber Choir of the Higher Institute of Music conducted by Viktor Babenko
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008)

Trad. arr. Shireen Abu-Khader: ‘Ayyam Zaman’ (Old days)
Dozan wa Awtar Singers conducted by Shireen Abu-Khader
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008)

Rahbani brothers arr. Torikian: Ana w Shadi
Roula Abou Baker (soprano), with the Fayha Choir, Tripoli, conducted by Barkev Taslakian
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008)

Olle Lindberg: Kyrie (Missa Nordica)
Voces Nordicae, conducted by Lone Larsen
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008)

trad. Indonesian arr. Budi Susanto: Janger (short excerpt)
Combined choirs of the Aswatuna Festival, conducted by Andre de Quadros
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008)

CLIP: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.3 (short excerpt)
Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer
Philips 4565702

Miklós: Maria mater Gratiae
Pro Musica conducted by Dénes Szabó
MAGNIFICAT

Ishmaru/Szabo: Aizu Bandaisan
Banchieri Singers
HASF-1004, track 1

Kodaly: King Laszló’s Men
Cantemus
HCD 31291, track 20

Liszt: Christus – Pastorale and Herald Angel’s Song
Hungarian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Zoltán Peskó
Magyar Radio MR 037, track 6

Kodaly: Este
Debrecen Kodály Chorus, conducted by Péter Erdei
HUNGARATON HCD32364, track 2

János Vajda: Variations
Budapest Academic Choral Society, Budapest Youth Choir, and the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, conducted by Gábor Hollerung
HUNGARATON HCD 32551, tracks 9-19:

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Sun 21 Sep 2008 18:30

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