Composer of the Week - Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) - A Patriot

Donald Macleod looks at Kodaly's efforts to create stage works, a choral tradition and orchestral pieces, as well as an educational method, all rooted in native Magyar folk music. See the Gypsy Eats Cheese Children's Choir Magnificat Ivan Fischer (conductor) Philips 462 824-2 DDD, Tr 10 Love duet and Recruiting Song (Hary Janos) Sandor Solyom-Nagy (Hary) Klara Takacs (Orzse) Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra Janos Ferencsik (conductor) Hungaroton HCD 12837-38, CD1 Tr 6, CD2 Tr 5 St Gregory Procession Children's Choir Miraculum Ivan Fischer (conductor) Philips 462 824-2 DDD, Tr 4 The Peacock Hungarian Workers Choir BBC recording - not commercially available Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (The Peacock) Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra Adam Fischer (conductor) Nimbus NI 5284, Tr 8.