Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod examines how the First World War and the subsequent traumatic events in Hungary led to a time of compositional silence in the career of Kodaly in the early 1920s, a period that signalled a complete transformation of his musical output. A Red Apple Smiles (Two Folk Songs from Zobor) Gyor Girls' Choir Miklos Szabo (conductor) Hungaroton HCD 12948 Cello Sonata, Op 8 Janos Starker (cello) Philips 422 302-2, Trs 1-3 Psalmus Hungaricus, Op 13 Andras Molnar (tenor) Hungarian State Chorus Bela Bartok Children's Chorus of Gyor Budapest Festival Orchestra Ivan Fischer (conductor) Hungaroton SLPD 31324, Tr 1.