Decca served Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály well over the years. This new collection brings together Decca’s recordings (from the 1960s and 1970s) of his mostly folksy, colourful and tuneful ...

The Hary Janos Suite by Kodaly and Scheherazade, Op. 35 by Rimsky-Korsakov will be the highlight of the season-ending afternoon concent from the CSO.

Háry János, the title character of the 1926 opera by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, is a spinner of tall tales about his own heroism. He claims to have won the heart of Napoleon’s wife and ...

Mephisto Magic (Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Bartok: Hungarian Sketches, Romanian Folk Dances; Weiner: Prinz Csongor und die Kobolde, Introduction and Scherzo; Kodaly: Hary ...

Háry János, the title character of the 1926 opera by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, is a spinner of tall tales about his own heroism. He claims to have won the heart of Napoleon’s wife and ...

The hour opens with a bit of music by Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly before we hear more of his music in concert later. For now, Kurt Masur leads the New York Philharmonic in the Intermezzo from ...

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This is the story of a returning soldier whose tales of his ‘heroic’ exploits abroad can only be fantasy. Yet he keeps his audience captivated with his charisma and personality. With its prominent use ...