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ZADOR, E.: 5 Contrasts / Children's Symphony / Aria and Allegro / Hungarian Caprice (Budapest Symphony MAV, Smolij)

Composer(s):Zador, Eugene
Artist(s) Smolij, Mariusz, Conductor • Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV
Genre Classical Music
Category Orchestral
Catalogue 8.572548
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 


Eugene Zádor was a remarkable colourist and orchestrator whose Hollywood film work was extensive. He described himself as a ‘middle of the road extremist’. The Aria and Allegro is a beautifully crafted work brimming with rhythmic energy. Five Contrasts for Orchestra demonstrates his rich sound world at its most vibrant; film noir jostling with a big-booted country dance. The lighter A Children’s Symphony is one of his most popular pieces—communicative, witty, accessible. We also hear two small and captivating evocations of his native Hungary.


   




Review By David Hurwitz,Listen: Life with Classical Music,June 2013

The Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV plays with great spirit and finessed under Mariusz Smolij. Get to know this music; it’s worth your time. © 2013 Listen: Life with Classical Music Read complete review



Review By MaestroSteve,Cinemusical,March 2013

Mariusz Smolij and the Budapest Symphony continue to show an affinity for these pieces with committed performances. The performances are wonderfully captured in a good overall sound with a touch of ambience that allows here for the crisp playing. Both this and the initial Naxos release (8.572548) are well worth picking up and are simply great releases to match the Rozsa concert pieces that Smolij has also recorded for the label. © 2013 Cinemusical Read complete review



Review By David Hurwitz,ClassicsToday.com,March 2013

The performances on this disc are excellent. The Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV plays with great spirt and finesse under Mariusz Smolij. Zádor was, as you might expect, a superb orchestrator. He did it for a living, after all, and by this I don’t mean he resorted to a gratuitous excess of color standing in for musical inspiration, but rather a knack for finding the right sound to convey the musical message. These players seem to appreciate this aspect of the music; the playing has soul, however subjective that may sound, while the engineering is excellent. Get to know this music; it’s worth your time. © ClassicsToday.com

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Review By Roger Hecht,American Record Guide,September 2012

I recommend this to anyone interested in American music with a foreign touch. The sound has fine clarity…The notes are informative and detailed. © 2012 American Record Guide Read complete review on American Record Guide online



Review By Juan Berberana,Ritmo,September 2012

Interesantísima producción de Naxos, en torno a la figura del compositor húngaro (emigrado a Estados Unidos en los años 30 del S.XX) Eugene Zádor (1894-1977). Zádor logró sobrevivir, en el nuevo mundo, como orquestador y armonizador de bandas sonoras de otros compositores. Sobre todo, trabajando en exclusiva para Miklós Rózsa, durante veinte años. Escuchando sus obras originales, se percibe rápidamente un talento portentoso para utilizar la orquesta como vehículo excepcional en la transmisión de emociones y narraciones. Uno llega a pensar hasta que punto algunas piezas del propio Rozsa habrían tenido un impacto muy limitado, sin el quehacer de su compatriota a la hora de enriquecerlas y

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Review By Rémy Louis,Diapason,September 2012


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Review By MaestroSteve,Cinemusical,June 2012

The works on this new Naxos release cover the broad arch of Zador’s concert works displaying a wide range of amazing color and melodic inventiveness. The recording opens with Aria and Allegro for Strings and Brass. The opening movement is a very Americana-like theme which then moves into a very dramatic second movement that is like a blend of Bartok-ian Neo-classicism and Rozsa’s 1950s scoring style. It will make for the first of several pleasant surprises, not the least is its somewhat jazzy final bars…Effective and an instant audience pleaser, this work is certainly deserving a resurrection.

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Review By Film Music: The Neglected Art,May 2012

Aria and Allegro for Strings and Brass[’]…first movement features a horn fanfare which is nicely counterpointed by the strings. A somewhat complex fugue follows in the second movement but still arranged and orchestrated to give the ear nice accessibility.

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