Credits:

Vilde Frang, Barnabas Kelemen

Description:

[Hungarian Chamber Music Works Performed by Young Masters]A collaborative album produced by Alpha Label and the Rockenhaus Chamber Music Festival. Centered around German-French cellist Nicolas Altstedtwho succeeded Kremer as artistic director of Rockenhaus in 2012the ensemble features the rapidly rising Norwegian violinist Wilde Frang, British violist Lawrence Power, and from Hungary, violinist Barnabs Kremny and violist (who is also a violinist) Katalin Koks. Together, they present works by two pivotal figures in modern Hungarian musical history: Bartk and Veress.Born in 1907 in Kolozsvr (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), which was then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, Veres studied under Bartk and Kodly. After the war, he faced government repression for his involvement with the avant-garde of the time and went into exile in Switzerland, where he continued his musical activities for m