Leo Weiner taught at the Liszt academy in Budapest for over half a century. He taught continual generations of Hungary's leading performers, and earned his country's premier awards. Weiner's composition career shot him into stardom with his creative use of tone colors, instrumentation, and intense emotion. He viewed Csongor and Tunde as his masterpiece and it's incidental music later took independent form as a ballet, which is heard on this recording in it's final 1959 version. The Ballad, Op 28, stems from an earlier piece for clarinet and piano.

Tracklist:

Ballata, Op. 28 (Version For Viola And Orchestra)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Csongor Es Mirigy (Prince Csongor And Mirigy The Witch)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Aranyalmafa - Tunderek Kara (The Golden Apple Tree - The Choir Of The Fairies)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Tundertanc Es Mirigy (Fairies' Dance And Mirigy)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Tunde Bucsuzik (Tunde Bids Farewell)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Csongor Barangol (Csongor Roams)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Az Ordogfiak (The Goblins)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Balga (Balga The Henchman)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Az Ordogfiak Marakodasa (Fight Of The Goblins)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Mirigy Es A Csableany (The Witch And The Temptress)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: A Bankodo Tunde (The Sorrowing Tunde)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Boszorkanyszombat (Witches' Sabbath)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Tunde Gyoz A Gonosz Folott (Tunde Triumphs Over Evil)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: A Nemtok (The Guardian Spirits)
Csongor És Tünde, Op. 10b: Boldog Szerelem (Endless Love)

UPC: 747313349173
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 2.12.16
Format: CD

Weiner / Szucs / Jubilate Girls Choir / Budapest - Leo Weiner: Csongor es Tunde, Ballet Suite, Op. 10 - Ballata forClarinet & Orchestra, Op. 28 (CD)