Born on 16 December 1882 at Kecskemét (some 50 miles south east of Budapest), Zoltán Kodály entered Pázmány University in Budapest in 1900, studying German and Hungarian while taking composition lessons at the Academy of Music with Hans Koessler. His doctoral thesis in 1906 was a study of Hungarian folk song, in the collection and investigation of which he was already preoccupied along with his contemporary Béla Bartók.
After an intensive period of study in Berlin, Kodály returned to Hungary to join the Academy, where in 1908 he took over its first year composition class. Over the following years he continued his activities both as a composer and a collector of folk song. He latterly became deputy director of the Academy, which had been granted u...
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| GALA FROM BERLIN, 2014 (Pressler, Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle) | |
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GALA FROM BERLIN, 2014 (Pressler, Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle)
Composers:
Brahms, Johannes -- Chopin, Fryderyk -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich -- Kodaly, Zoltan -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Artists:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Pressler, Menahem -- Rattle, Simon
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
| INVITATION TO THE DANCE (Barenboim) | |
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INVITATION TO THE DANCE (Barenboim)
Composers:
Abreu, Zequinha de -- Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Brahms, Johannes -- Carli, Jose -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Kodaly, Zoltan -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Salgan, Horacio -- Sibelius, Jean -- Strauss II, Johann -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Barenboim, Daniel -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
| KODALY, Z.: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8: I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato (Schwabe) (from Naxos 8.574202) | |
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KODALY, Z.: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8: I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato (Schwabe) (from Naxos 8.574202)
Composer:
Kodaly, Zoltan
Artist:
Schwabe, Gabriel
Label/Producer: Naxos Video Footage |
| KODALY, Z.: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8: II. Adagio con grand espressione (Schwabe) (from Naxos 8.574202) | |
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KODALY, Z.: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8: II. Adagio con grand espressione (Schwabe) (from Naxos 8.574202)
Composer:
Kodaly, Zoltan
Artist:
Schwabe, Gabriel
Label/Producer: Naxos Video Footage |
| KODALY, Z.: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8: III. Allegro molto vivace (Schwabe) (from Naxos 8.574202) | |
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KODALY, Z.: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8: III. Allegro molto vivace (Schwabe) (from Naxos 8.574202)
Composer:
Kodaly, Zoltan
Artist:
Schwabe, Gabriel
Label/Producer: Naxos Video Footage |
| Orchestral Excerpts -KODALY, Z. / STRAVINSKY, I. / SIBELIUS, J. (Masterclass with Vicente Alberola) (Alberola, Camara Palomares) | |
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Orchestral Excerpts -KODALY, Z. / STRAVINSKY, I. / SIBELIUS, J. (Masterclass with Vicente Alberola) (Alberola, Camara Palomares)
Composers:
Kodaly, Zoltan -- Sibelius, Jean -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists:
Alberola, Vicente -- Camara Palomares, Luis
Label/Producer: DakApp |
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SUMMER MOODS
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Brahms, Johannes -- Debussy, Claude -- Haydn, Franz Joseph -- Koechlin, Charles -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Schumann, Robert -- Vivaldi, Antonio
Artists:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra -- Altmann, Dirk -- Asatryan, Koryun -- Bagger, Boris Bjorn -- Brown, Iona -- Fey, Thomas -- Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra -- Henschel, Florian -- Jang, Eun Bae -- Marriner, Neville -- Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra -- Prandina, Luisa -- Rilling, Helmuth -- Stan, Eduard -- Strub, Patrick -- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra -- Teuffel, Gunter -- Tewes, Detlef -- Trevisani, Raffaele
Label/Producer: Hänssler Classic |
