Ensemble Zene
AP316 - 1CD - 62' - Sep 1, 2023
Founded and directed by the Franco-Hungarian conductor Bruno Kele-Baujard, the Ensemble Zene (pronounced zènè, it means “music” in Hungarian) is known for its adventurous, off-the-beaten-track programmes, with a tendency to favour the Magyar vocal repertoire. The ensemble’s second recording is quite naturally devoted to the a cappella works of Bartók, Kodály, and Ligeti, on the centenary of his birth, celebrated in 2023.
Hungarica explores chronologically their different musical worlds, the diversity of their language, from the miniatures of Bartók (Four old Hungarian folk songs) to examples of Ligeti’s mysterious layers of sound. This programme also enables us to savour the fascination of the Hungarian imagination, nurtured by a folklore that permeates both text and music.
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
1. Túrót eszik a cigány
2. Mátrai képek
3. Esti dal
BÉLA BARTÓK
4. Bánat Sz 103
Négy régi magyar népdal Sz 50
5. Rég megmondtam, bús gerlice
6. Jaj istenem! kire várok
7. Ángyomaszony kertje, bertje
8. Béreslegény, jól megrakd a szekeret
9. Bolyongás Sz 103
GYÖRGY LIGETI
10-11. Éjszaka – Reggel
12. Magány
13. Pápainé
14. Lux aeterna
