"I feel connected to these recordings from two positions, and being entwined with it so closely makes this double-album compilation especially dear to my heart. As a soloist, I always consider it particularly joyful if a notable interpretation reaches the audience in a taped form. Now that I'm not only a guest anymore but the Artistic Director of the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, I see that we have received a unique opportunity to create a harmony and shared wavelength that radiates from this music. Today, after the far too sterile recordings of the digital era, we yearn for a more real, life-sounding timbre. The LP player produces the sound of live music from both the studio and the concerts in 21st-century quality - music is all around us.” (István Várdai)
Disk one
Side A
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major („Kreutzer”), Op. 47, Movement I – arr. for string orchestra by Zoltán Tfirst
Bach: Arioso from Cantata BWV 156 – Soloist: István Várdai (cello)
Side B
Beethoven: Cavatina from the String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 – for string orchestra
Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 - Movement III Scherzo
Haydn: : Cello Concerto No.1 in C major Hob. VIIb:1, Movement III – Soloist: István Várdai (cello)
Disk two, side A&B
Shchedrin: Carmen Suite for Strings and Percussion after Georges Bizet – Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Price: 11.000 HUF/double album
Purchase is possible:
- in person at the Óbudai Társaskör on workdays between 9 am and 6 pm (free-of-charge pickup)
- by home delivery (3.000 HUF)
The first 50 customers will receive their albums with István Várdai’s autograph!