Kurt Atterberg - Piano Quintet; Suite No. 1; Horn Sonata (Ilona Prunyi; Imre Magyari; New Budapest Quartet)

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Composer: Kurt Atterberg

1. Piano Quintet in C major, Op 31a (adaption from Symphony No. 6): I. Moderato
2. Piano Quintet in C major, Op 31a (adaption from Symphony No. 6): II. Adagio
3. Piano Quintet in C major, Op 31a (adaption from Symphony No. 6): III. Vivace
4. Suite No. 1 "Orientale", for piano, 2 violins & cello: I. Ökenstämning:.Adagio
5. Suite No. 1 "Orientale", for piano, 2 violins & cello: II. Dans. Andante - Vivace - Allegro
6. Suite No. 1 "Orientale", for piano, 2 violins & cello: III. Triumfmarsch. Alla marcia con moto
7. Sonata in B minor for horn & piano, Op. 27: I. Allegro
8. Sonata in B minor for horn & piano, Op. 27: II. Adagio molto
9. Sonata in B minor for horn & piano, Op. 27: III. Allegro energico, poco pesante

Ilona Prunyi, piano
Imre Magyari, horn (7-9)

New Budapest Quartet
András Kiss & Ferenc Balogh, violin (1-6)
László Bársony, viola (1-3)
Károly Botvay, cello (1-3)
György Kertész, cello (4-6)

Date: 1993
Label: Marco Polo
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223405

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Review

This disc is not quite what it appears to be at first glance. Although all three works sound like originals, those who know their Atterberg will recognize Op. 31 as the infamous Dollar Symphony (1927–8), which won the Columbia Graphophone Company's Schubert Centenary Competition in 1928, Op. 27 (1925) as the sonata designed for a single string instrument (violin, viola or cello) with piano accompaniment, whilst the Oriental Suite is the first of several for orchestra that Atterberg composed throughout his career. This reduction of the sixth of a his nine symphonies was made in 1942. Robbed of the original's scintillating orchestration, the music bears up well within the more severe chamber medium as a work full of character and charm. The more impressionistic Oriental Suite was arranged at about the same time as the Quintet and derives from incidental music written in 1913. The unusual disposition of piano, two violins and cello lends the music a peculiar brightness of timbre.

The Horn Sonata was transcribed in 1955 and is perhaps the happiest of all the arrangements recorded here. Atterberg's language was never radical and his late romantic idiom was well-suited to the potentialities of the horn (for which he wrote a concerto in 1926). The Hungarian performers make out a good case for all three works, with plenty of commitment evident. The CD back cover gives Atterberg's dates erroneously as 1837–1914, although the booklet inside is correct: 1887–1974.

-- Gramophone

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Kurt Atterberg (12 December 1887 – 15 February 1974) was a Swedish composer and engineer, best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg composed nine symphonies, six concertante works, nine orchestral suites, three string quartets, five operas and two ballets. His works combine compositional styles of the Russians, Brahms and Reger with Swedish folk tunes. From 1924 to 1947, Atterberg was president of the Society of Swedish Composers, which he co-founded in 1918, alongside other prominent composers such as Ture Rangström, Wilhelm Stenhammar and Hugo Alfvén.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Atterberg

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Ilona Prunyi (born on 1 May 1941 in Debrecen, Hungary) is a Hungarian pianist. She attended the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, where her teachers were József Gát and András Mihály. In 1988 she began recording for Naxos and its sister label Marco Polo, appeared on more than 25 recordings. Prunyi also began recording for the Hungaroton label in 1990s. She has regularly appeared as collaborator in duo works with Zoltán Kocsis and Jeno Jandó, and in chamber works with the New Budapest Quartet and Tátrai Quartet. In recent years, she has often played the works of contemporary Hungarian composers.

http://www.naxos.com/person/Ilona_Prunyi/616.htm

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ilona-prunyi-mn0001287793

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Imre Magyari (born 1954 in Budapest) is a Hungarian horn player. He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he graduated in 1978. After taking first prize in four different international competitions for French horn, Magyari joined the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra as a principal horn player in 1975 and since 1978 has served as a member of the teaching staff of the Teacher Training Institute of the Academy. In 1980 he joined the Budapest Brass Quintet and has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe, in the United States and in Japan. He has made a number of recordings.

http://www.naxos.com/person/Imre_Magyari_364/364.htm

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