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Barati: Symphony No. 1; Chant of Darkness *; Chant of Light.(Sound Recording Review)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra/Laszlo Kovaks; * Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Valek (Naxos 8.559063)
Hungarian-born composer George Barati (1913-1986) spent the majority of his life in the United States; this CD appears in Naxos's "American Classis" series. It can be judged from the music on this CD that Barati had a rich musical imagination, especially when it came to scoring. Strings, brass, percussion, woodwinds--everybody in the orchestra gets a chance to have some fun and make a contribution to the musical proceedings.
His Symphony No. 1 (1963) reminds me in some ways of the music of Shostakovich, but not in an imitative way. There is plenty of energy, but it is more a nervous, frittering energy than a blasting of power; the scoring is quite effective, with sounds coming from around the orchestra, often from only a few instruments at a time. This work may not be a masterpiece, but it is certainly a fine composition, and well worth hearing.
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