Songs by Liszt, Verdi, Strauss & Schumann
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.HCD32769

By Andras Korodi, Hungarian State Orchestra, Jeno Jando, Klara Takacs, and Sandor Falvai. By Ferenc Liszt, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss, and Robert Schumann. Country of Origin: Hungary. Pop. Listening CD. Published by Hungaroton (NX.HCD32769).

This selection offers an insight into the Hungarian musical world of the 1980s. Klara Takacs, who was then the leading mezzo-soprano of her time, had been performing since the beginning of her career in three genres, each of which required a very different artistic approach. For her opera meant the variety of dramatic conflicts, Lieder, the characteristic feature of which is depth of concentration, opened up the innermost layers of the soul, and oratorio was "a dialogue with God".

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