Amos Elkana UMZE Ensemble
Album information
Chaya Czernowin: Ayre — Hungarian premiere
Amos Elkana: Asara — world premiere
Yehuda Yannay: Janus -Chamber Symphony — European premiere
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Ayal Adler: Hidden Light — Hungarian premiere
Yair Klartag: There is No Lack of Void — Hungarian premiere
Dan Yuhas: Repercussions - Hungarian premiere
Gregory Vajda
János Benyus horn
The oldest of the composers of the works performed at the concert are represented by the 83-year-old Yehuda Yannay and 73-year-old Dan Yuhas, two pupils of Israel’s so-called second-generation composers, Ödön Pártos (1907-1977) and Alexander Uriah Boskovich (1907-1964). They are followed, in chronological order, by Chaya Czernowin (*1957), Amos Elkana (*1967), Ayal Adler (*1968) and Yair Klartag (*1985). Each composer, and consequently their music too, is linked by a thousand ties to the tradition and practice of contemporary music in the European avant-garde, yet each speaks in their own voice. Asara, Janus, Hidden Light, There is No Lack of Void: even this handful of titles shows how many different musical worlds and aesthetics feature in the concert. Compiled with the curatorial assistance of Dan Yuhas, the founder and director of the Israel Contemporary Players chamber ensemble and teacher of composition and counterpoint at Tel Aviv University, the programme’s kaleidoscopic variety aims to introduce the Hungarian audience to Israel’s new music and some of its most significant composers.
BMC Records (P) 2012 BMC CD 202
Dóra Érsek - soprano (1-9) Róbert Rezsnyák - baritone (1-9) Tibor Szervét - narrator (10-14)
Hungarian Public Service Media MR Symphonic (1-9) UMZE Ensemble (10-14) conducted by Gergely Vajda
dèdalo Ensemble (15) conducted by Vittorio Parisi
Libretto of Barbie Blue: András Almási-Tóth Text of Gulliver In Faremido was written after Frigyes Karinthy by David Hill and Gergely Vajda Recorded at Studio 6 of the Hungarian Radio, 2009 (1-9); French Institute and Auditorium at University of Pécs, 2010 (10-14); Auditorium San Barnaba, Brescia, Italy, at the "... A Camillo Togni" International Composition Competition, 2008 (15) Recording Producers: Gusztáv Bárány (1-9), Tibor Alpár (10-14) and Stefano Barzan at Studio Barzan (15) Sound Engineers: Miklós Lukács (1-9), Béla Kuklis (10-14), Massimo Mariani and Sebastian Castro (15) Mastered by Péter Erdélyi
Artwork & design > Bachman
Produced by László Gőz Label manager: Tamás Bognár
In association with MTVA (Media Support and Asset Management Fund). Supported by the National Cultural Fund Of Hungary and Presscon Publishing Ltd.
BMC Records (P) 2011 BMC CD 162
Performers: UMZE Ensemble (artistic director: Zoltán Rácz)
Soloists: Natalia Zagorinskaya - soprano Miklós Perényi - cello
UMZE Ensemble: Gergely Ittzés - flute Béla Horváth - oboe Csaba Klenyán - clarinet Lajos Rozmán - clarinet Attila Jankó - bassoon András Kovalcsik - horn György Hornyák - horn Levente Bakó - trumpet Tamás Tarkó - trumpet Lajos Kelemen - trombone Péter Magyar - trombone Attila Peresztegi - tuba Anna Mérey - violin Orsolya Winkler - violin Péter Bársony - viola Judit Szabó - cello Péter Kubina - double bass Ildikó Vékony - cimbalom Ágnes Paták - harp Ervin Nagy - piano Dávid Pavlovits - mandolin Boglárka Fábry - celesta Aurél Holló - percussion Zoltán Rácz - percussion Zoltán Váczi - percussion Károly Bojtos - percussion Lajos Tóth - percussion
Conducted by Péter Eötvös
BMC Records (P) 2008 BMC CD 138
Elizabeth Laurence - recitation (Lady Sarashina) Mike Svoboda - alto trombone with double-bell (“Alter Ego”) Gérard Buquet - contrabass trombone with double-bell and sousaphone (“Shadow of Alter Ego” and “Moon”) Blythe Holcomb, Nadia Hardman, David Hill (“Dream-voices”) UMZE Chamber Ensemble, artistic director: Zoltán Rácz Conductor: Gergely Vajda Bösendorfer computer-piano programming by Vykintas Baltakas Recorded by Rainer Lorenz, Karlsruhe
Piroska Molnár - voice (DCD Audio #8)
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams (1999) Sound theatre (in English) Scenes from 11th-century Japan Text from diary of Lady Sarashina (born in 1008, Japan) English translation: Ivan Morris, Penguin Classics Ed. 1975 Libretto: Mari Mezei Recording and mixing supervised by Péter Eötvös Recorded by Péter Dorozsmai and László Reményi at Tom-Tom Studio, Budapest, 2001-2008
Tale (1968) Realized by Péter Eötvös and Werner Scholz at Electronic Music Studio, WDR Cologne (1968)
Mixed and mastered by Péter Dorozsmai DVD authoring: József Farkas Music publisher: Edition Ricordi Munich (As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams), Edition Feedback Cologne (Tale)
Portrait photo: Péter Korniss Cover Art-Smart by GABMER
Produced by László Gőz Executive producers: György Wallner, Tamás Bognár
The recording was sponsored by the National Cultural Fund of Hungary
BMC Records (P) 2003 BMC CD 092
Performers: UMZE Chamber Ensemble Michael Svoboda - trombone Klangforum Wien
BMC Records (P) 2000 BMC CD 035
Performers: UMZE Chamber Ensemble Amadinda Percussion Group
Conducted by Héja Domonkos
BMC Records (P) 1999 BMC CD 027
Performers: Gábor Csalog - piano (1-10) György Déri - violoncelo (1-14) Csaba Klenyán - clarinet (1-14)
UMZE Chamber Ensemble (11-14)
Conducted by László Tihanyi
BIS Records (P) 1999 BIS-CD-948
Performers: Zoltán Rácz - percussion, marimba Gergely Ittzés - flaute Miklós Perényi - violoncelo
UMZE Chamber Ensemble