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GÁRDONYI – Choral Works
• Direction: Matthias Beckert
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Total playing time: 66:04
• Booklet in German, English and Hungarian included (32 pages)
• Format: 1 Audio-CD
• Label: becord

The works published on this CD were composed by the two Gárdonyis, father and son, over a period spanning more than 70 years, from 1943 to 2018. Though these sacred and secular compositions representing two generations are stylistically diverse, they reflect a significant conviction shared by both composers that the source of artistic creativity is not from the hand of man. Music is not invented, but is discovered as an ever amazing gift which is to be shared with others through both written and performed forms. Based on my personal experience, creative ideas flow through the inner world of the composer himself.

The CD was made in cooperation with Bayerischen Rundfunk.



Track
Title / Composer
Time
01
Ende September * (In the end of September)   /   Zoltán Gárdonyi (1906-1986)
05:12
02
Reggeli hat óra * (In the morning at six)
01:36
03
Du schöner Lebensbaum des Paradieses (You wonderful Tree of Life of Paradise)
01:38
04
Danklied der Erlösten (Psalm 107) * (Thanksgiving Hymn of the Redeemed)
02:56
05
Singet dem Herren (Psalm 96) (Sing to the Lord)
00:57
06
Finnisches Bußlied (Song of Repentance)
02:19
07
Der Herr ist mein Hirte (Psalm 23) (The Lord is My Shepherd)
03:30
08
God Is Our Refuge (Psalm 46) (Gott ist unsre Zuversicht)
04:18
09
Szívemnek kősziklája (Psalm 73) (Rock of my Heart)
02:03
10
Áldott legyen az Istennek neve (Praised be the Name of God)
03:36
11
Élet és békesség (Life and Peace)
09:21
12
Somebody's Knockin' +   /   Zsolt Gárdonyi (*1946)
02:22
13
Just a Closer Walk with Thee +
02:45
14
Erd und Himmel sollen singen + (Earth and Heaven shall rejoice)
02:07
15
Encore *
02:04
16
Singin' wid a Sword in Ma' Han', Lord
02:16
17
Valse triste
02:53
18
Erdő, erdő, erdő * (Forest)
01:11
19
Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt (From Heaven Above, oh AngeIs, Come)
02:13
20
Ein Tag vor dem Herrn * (The Day of the Lord)
02:26
21
Der Mond ist aufgegangen * (The moon is risen)
02:58
22
Stille Nacht * (Silent Night)
02:18

* World Première Recording
+ Maria Waloschek, piano