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Zoltán Kodály / Mária Basilides, Ferenc Székelyhidy, Imre Palló
Kodály Historicals On His Master's Voice

Compil. HU 1982 on Hungaroton label
Classical (Modern)

Hungaroton release, with Maria Basilides, Ferenc Székelyhidy, Imre Palló, etc Includes text. "Several of the ''Hary Janos'' songs, plus its gorgeous Intermezzo, are included on a disk entitled ''Kodaly Historicals'' (LPX 12420), a collection of recordings made by His Master's Voice in 1928, featuring Izabella Nagy and Imre Pallo, the soprano and baritone who created the main roles at the work's premiere, in 1926. Paired with these excerpts is a selection of the composer's simpler, more straightforward folksong settings, as well as exuberant, if not particularly tight, performances of two children's choruses. Given the antiquity of these recordings, the sound is not at all bad, thanks to the excellent transferring abilities of EMI's Keith Hardwich, an engineer responsible for many other sonic restoration projects over the last several years." (NY Times. Com 1983)

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	Zoltán Kodály , 1882-1967 HU album by
	Mária Basilides voc, album by, contralto vocals
	Ferenc Székelyhidy voc, album by, tenor vocals
	Imre Palló voc, album by, baritone vocals
	Keith Hardwick , 1923-2002 GB transferred by
	Budapesti Wesselényi Utcai Polgári iskola 120 Tagú Énekkara , chorus
	Borus Endre , conductor
	Budapesti Szilágyi Erzsébet Leányliceum 200 Tagú Énekkara , chorus
	B. Sztojanovits Adrienne , conductor
	Nándor Rékai , conductor
	Magyar Királyi Operaház Zenekara , orchestra
	Nagy Izabella , soprano vocals
	Otto Herz p, US piano
	Louis Kentner p, 1905-1987 GB piano

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