Gábor Farkas

Gábor Farkas – Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:32 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hungaroton

The poet of the piano, the Paganini of the piano – to this day Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849) is known by these monikers, indeed in his own time his talent was considered to be comparable only to Mozart’s. His two early piano concertos are a favourite of conductors and pianists alike; they were both written in the sensitive, agonizing period when the composer was forced to emigrate from his homeland. Pianist Gábor Farkas is accompanied by the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (which this year celebrates its eightieth anniversary), conducted by Tamás Vásáry.

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Gábor Farkas – Soirées de Vienne (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:06 minutes | 972 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Hungaroton

Entitled “Soirées de Viene” (Vienna Evenings), this recording contains music linked to the imperial city and the piano, and to the enviable bourgeois musical culture of these time periods. The album features Schubert’s piano pieces, the waltzes of Liszt and Schubert, and the waltzes of Johann Strauss re-imagined for the piano.
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