Music for Cello and Piano – Debussy, Bartók, Fauré, Kodály CD

UPC: N/A 

MPN: HCD 31140 

Brand Name: Hungaroton Classic

Overview

This rare and richly expressive 1994 Hungaroton Classic release brings together four master composers — Debussy, Bartók, Fauré, and Kodály — in a beautifully curated program for cello and piano. Performed by two of Hungary’s most distinguished musicians, Miklós Perényi (cello) and Zoltán Kocsis (piano), this album bridges French impressionism and Hungarian modernism with poetic intensity and refined musicianship.

The recording features Kodály’s arrangement of Three Chorale Preludes by J. S. Bach, Debussy’s Petite Suite and Sonata for Cello and Piano, Fauré’s lyrical Élégie, and Bartók’s vibrant Rhapsody No. 1. Together they form an elegant dialogue between classical tradition and 20th-century innovation.

Product Features

• Format: Audio CD, Stereo
• Label: Hungaroton Classic
• Catalogue No.: HCD 31140
• Country: Hungary
• Release Year: 1994
• Genre: Classical

• Performers:

  Recording Type: Studio Album
  • Cello: Miklós Perényi
  • Piano: Zoltán Kocsis
• Language: Instrumental (no vocals)

Interesting Facts

• The Petite Suite was arranged by Zoltán Kocsis specifically for this recording, with cello fingering and bowing marked by Miklós Perényi.
• Kodály’s reimagining of Bach’s Three Chorale Preludes demonstrates his deep respect for early music and contrapuntal clarity.
• Fauré’s Élégie offers a moving expression of late-Romantic sentimentality, perfectly balancing the modern Hungarian idiom of Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1.
• Both artists — Kocsis and Perényi — were long-time collaborators and internationally acclaimed interpreters of Central European repertoire.

Track Listing

Johann Sebastian Bach – Zoltán Kodály Three Chorale Preludes

1. Ach, was ist doch unser Leben (BWV 743)
2. Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 762)
3. Christus, der uns selig macht (BWV 747)

Claude Debussy Petite Suite (1886–1889) – arr. Zoltán Kocsis

1. En bateau – Andantino
2. Cortège – Moderato
3. Menuet – Moderato
4. Ballet – Allegro giusto

Sonata (1915)

1. Prologue – Lent
2. Sérénade et Finale – Modérément animé — Animé

Zoltán Kodály

1. Sonatina (1921–1922) 9:29

Gabriel Fauré

1. Élégie (1880) 6:19

Béla Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 (Sz. 88) – from Sz. 86, arranged by the composer

1. Prima parte (“Lassú”) – Moderato 4:37
2. Seconda parte (“Friss”) – Allegretto moderato 5:21

Publishers

• Label: Hungaroton Classic
• Producer: Hungaroton Studio, Budapest
• Performers: Miklós Perényi – cello, Zoltán Kocsis – piano
• Country: Hungary, 1994

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