CDA67829 - Disc 1 Track 11 - 9 Epigrams

9 Epigrams

composer

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

1954; originally for wordless voice and piano

Recordings

Kodály: Cello Sonata & other works

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

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Details

No 1: Lento

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 5 on CDA67829 [1'13]

No 2: [untitled]

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 6 on CDA67829 [1'18]

No 3: [untitled]

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 7 on CDA67829 [1'21]

No 4: Moderato

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 8 on CDA67829 [0'58]

No 5: Allegretto

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 9 on CDA67829 [0'44]

No 6: Andantino

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 10 on CDA67829 [1'11]

No 7: Con moto

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 11 on CDA67829 [1'35]

No 8: [untitled]

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 12 on CDA67829 [2'56]

No 9: [untitled]

Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano)

Track 13 on CDA67829 [1'31]

9 Epigrams

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The nine Epigrams (Epigrammák) were composed in 1954 along with several other educational works designed to exemplify Kodály’s method of musical education. They were originally conceived as vocalises, for a wordless voice and piano accompaniment, but the voice part can be adapted to almost any instrument. In these little pieces, grave, gay or lyrical, with their discreet polyphonic imitations between melody and accompaniment, the Hungarian accent is so perfectly absorbed into Kodály’s habit of discourse that there is hardly a hint of the exotic about them: they simply testify to a rare serenity of spirit and delight in music-making.