Csaba Szabó:Chamber Music for Strings and Winds Various Artists - Csaba Szabó

• Csaba Szabó (1936 - 2003): Serenade for Winds, I. Moderato energico:
• 1 Szabó: Serenade for Winds, I. Moderato energico 03:26
• Serenade for Winds, II. Lento:
• 2 Szabó: Serenade for Winds, II. Lento 02:21
• Serenade for Winds, III. Allegro vivace:
• 3 Szabó: Serenade for Winds, III. Allegro vivace 02:19
• Sonatina for Horn, I. Allegretto, poco vivace:
• 4 Szabó: Sonatina for Horn, I. Allegretto, poco vivace  04:20
• Sonatina for Horn, II. Presto:
• 5 Szabó: Sonatina for Horn, II. Presto 01:35
• Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano, Molto agitato:
• 6 Szabó: Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano, Molto agitato 04:02
• Three Spring Songs to Poems by Lajos Aprily, I. Ti-ti-ti!:
• 7 Szabó: Three Spring Songs to Poems by Lajos Aprily, I. Ti-ti-ti! 01:33
• Three Spring Songs to Poems by Lajos Aprily, II. For Buds and Birds:
• 8 Szabó: Three Spring Songs to Poems by Lajos Aprily, II. For Buds and Birds 00:52
• Three Spring Songs to Poems by Lajos Aprily, III. April Mood:
• 9 Szabó: Three Spring Songs to Poems by Lajos Aprily, III. April Mood 01:03
• Opus Parvuum Musicale - Rondo Concertante for Violin and Piano:
• 10 Szabó: Opus Parvuum Musicale - Rondo Concertante for Violin and Piano 14:46
• Youth String Quartet, I. Grave - Andante tranquillo - Grave:
• 11 Szabó: Youth String Quartet, I. Grave - Andante tranquillo - Grave 05:22
• Youth String Quartet, II. Allegro scherzando:
• 12 Szabó: Youth String Quartet, II. Allegro scherzando 04:11
• Youth String Quartet, III. Largo - Presto:
• 13 Szabó: Youth String Quartet, III. Largo - Presto 06:39
• Total Runtime 52:29

Info for Csaba Szabó:Chamber Music for Strings and Winds

The fate of Csaba Szabó (1936-2003), composer, researcher, conductor, and teacher, is a typically twentieth-century Hungarian fate. He was born in Ákosfalva in Maros-Torda county (Romania), grew up in Kecskemét (Hungary) during the years of the return of Northern Transylvania to Hungary (1941–44). Later, he graduated at a high school in Marosvásárhely, the capital of Szeklerland (Transylvania), and returned to the city, after his years at the Cluj Academy of Music (1953–59) - taking on the many challenges of the Transylvanian-Hungarian music life. The year 1988 brings a major turning point in his life: he emigrates to Hungary, and from then on, he is teaching at the Dániel Berzsenyi Teacher Training College in Szombathely, until his death in 2003. The chamber music, from a creative point of view, is the link between the composer's years in Transylvania (Romania) and his years in Szombathely (Hungary), but at the same time, the change of tone is also perceptible in these works, as the messages become more personal and more universal. The present album offers a unique perspective of the multifaceted oeuvre of the composer: includes several chamber music compositions, in various instrumental settings - with one exception, from the workshop of the young, 20-25-years-old composer, who was still studying composition - or just starting out in his career; and a composition from his last years, written more than half a century later, for a very special duo of performers. A fascinating contrast between two periods: the late simplicity written for a child's voice and appealing to the child's soul - in the company of the classical instrumental forms of his youth.

CultureTone Ensemble:
Clara Dent-Bogányi, oboe
Roland Csalló, clarinet
Bence Bogányi, bassoon
András Szabó, horn
Gabriella Pivon, flute

Szabó Ensemble:
Virginie Robilliard, violin
Noémi Molnár, violin
Barna Juhász, viola
Péter Szabó, cello

Sándor Berki, horn
József Balog, piano
Ádám Takács, singer, child soprano

Csaba Szabó
He was born in 1936 in Ákosfalva, Romania, died in 2003, Szombathely, Hungary. Composer, musicologist, college teacher. He began his studies at the Music School of Târgu Mures as a student of József Trózner Franz Schmidt, and then obtained his degree in composition at the G. Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca under the guidance of Gábor Jodál (who was a Kodály's student) and János Jagamas.

He began his career as conductor of the State Szekler Folk Ensemble of Târgu Mures. As a composer, he contributed to the development of the ensemble's repertoire (1957-1967). From 1963 to 1987 he was a teacher at the István Szentgyörgyi Institute of Theatre Arts, where he taught music theory and music history, among other subjects.

From 1961 to 1987 he was a member of the Romanian Association of Composers and Musicologists. In 1978, he won the Association's prize with his piece Five Songs to the Poems of Jenő Dsida for soprano voice and orchestra. His works were performed at the annual Târgu Mures Music Days concerts. He has written incidental theatre music for plays by József Katona, János Arany, Mihály Vörösmarty, Áron Tamási, András Sütő, Andor Bajor and others.

As a journalist he published music criticism, reviews, popular musicological articles and gave lectures in Romania, Hungary, the USA and France. In the 1960s and 1970s he was a member of the editorial board of the journal Művelődés. He was involved in the organisation of choir meetings and professional courses (Nyárádmenti and Küküllőmenti Choir Meetings; Árkosi Meeting).

In 1988 he moved to Hungary and was a teacher at the Berzsenyi Dániel College in Szombathely until his death. In 1990 his collection Csángómagyar Daloskönyv (1972-1988 Moldva) was published, and in 1999 his scholarly work Transylvanian Hungarian Harmonic Songs from the 18th Century. The latter earned him the Golden Millennium Award of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. Another significant work is his study entitled Adalékok a népzene prozódia kérdéséhez (Additions to the question of folk music prosody), written in 2002.

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