Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Part Three
Wednesday 10 August 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Wednesday 17 August 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
'Musical life in Budapest may be summed up in just one word - Dohnányi. As pianist, as conductor and in chamber music, he is indefatigably working for his country's art'. So wrote Bela Bartók of Dohnányi, who single-handedly kept concert life in the capital going during some of Hungary's darkest years of the 20th Century. Donald Macleod looks at the works Dohnányi wrote during those inter-war years, including his Sextet and the symphonic Ruralia Hungarica, both subtly imbued with evocations of his native land.
Playlist
Concert Etudes Op.28 1 & 6
NAXOS 8.553332
Tracks 1 & 6
Markus Pawlik (piano)
Pastorale on a Hungarian Christmas Song op.18
ASV CD DCA 863
Track 8
Martin Roscoe (piano)
Sextet - 3 rd & 4 th mvts 1
ASV CD DCA 943
Tracks 3&4
Endymion Ensemble
Ruralia Hungarica
CHANDOS CHAN 9649
Tracks 1-5
BBC Philharmonic
conductor Matthias Bamert
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