Music from 1923 by Hungarian composers – part 2
Today we have another episode with music that was composed exactly one hundred years ago. Just like last month, these are works by Hungarian composers. Two of them were written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the unification of the cities Buda and Pest into Budapest.
Ernö von Dohnányi (photo): Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32a
Jenö Jandó, piano
Ernö von Dohnányi: Festival Overture, Op. 31
Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zoltán Kocsis
Zoltán Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13
Peter Svensson, tenor; Copenhagen Boys’ Choir; Danish National Radio Choir; Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras