Summary, Vol. 2 Miklós Perény, iDénes Várjon, Concerto Budapest & András Keller

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): Variations concertantes for Cello & Piano in D Major, Op. 17, MWV Q 19:
• 1 Mendelssohn: Variations concertantes for Cello & Piano in D Major, Op. 17, MWV Q 19 08:51
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): La plus que lente, L. 121 (Arr. Z. Kocsis for Cello & Piano):
• 2 Debussy: La plus que lente, L. 121 (Arr. Z. Kocsis for Cello & Piano) 04:03
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129:
• 3 Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: I. Nicht zu schnell 11:40
• 4 Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: II. Langsam 03:47
• 5 Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft 08:09
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959): Variations on a Slovak Theme for Cello & Piano, H. 378:
• 6 Martinů: Variations on a Slovak Theme for Cello & Piano, H. 378 09:33
• Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): Magyar rondó, K. 41 (Version for Cello & Piano):
• 7 Kodály: Magyar rondó, K. 41 (Version for Cello & Piano) 10:55
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Violin Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87 (Arr. Cello & Piano):
• 8 Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87 (Arr. Cello & Piano): I. Lassú. Moderato [1] 04:18
• 9 Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87 (Arr. Cello & Piano): II. Friss. Allegretto moderato 05:24
• 10 Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87 (Arr. Cello & Piano): I. Lassú. Moderato [2] 04:18
• 11 Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87 (Arr. Cello & Piano): II. Friss. Allegretto moderato [Alternative Ending] 05:04
• Total Runtime 01:16:02

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There are always musical child prodigies. Faster, more powerful, more perfect than previously imaginable. But there are also "senior prodigies". They reveal not only structure and inner sense of great works. At the same time they talk about themselves and their lives, where they come from or where they are going, on the basis of pieces that they have often carried around with them since youth. About their dreams, which are also those of youth.

"What would you most like to play?" I asked 74-year-old Miklós Perényi when we were thinking together about the programme for this recording. The result was an unusual recital, volume 2 of the TACET series "Summary".

Miklos Perenyi, cello
Denes Varjon, piano
Concerto Budapest
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Andras Keller, conductor

Miklós Perényi
is recognized as one of the great cellists of his generation, with a distinctive, subtly nuanced sound matched by extraordinary musicality.

Born in Hungary, he began cello lessons at the age of five with Miklós Zsámboki, a student of David Popper. At the age of nine, he gave his first concert in Budapest and studied between 1960 and 1964 with Enrico Mainardi in Rome and with Ede Banda in Budapest. In 1963 he became a prizewinner at the International Pablo Casals Cello Competition in Budapest. Casals invited him to his master classes in Puerto Rico in 1965 and 1966. Since then Miklós Perényi became a frequent visitor to the Marlboro Festival.

In 1974, Miklós Perényi joined the faculty at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, where he holds a professorship until today. He was honored with the Kossuth-Prize in 1980, with the Bartók-Pásztory-Prize in 1987 and with the Hungarian “Artist of the Nation" Award in 2014.

Perényi has appeared in the world’s major musical centers, performing with the best orchestras around Europe, Asia and North and South America – among them a tour with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle in 2013. His festival engagements have included Edinburgh, Lucerne, Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, Hohenems, Warsaw, Berlin, Kronberg, and the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades in France.

His repertoire ranges from the 17th century to the present. One of his closest chamber music partners is the pianist András Schiff. Beyond performing and teaching, he also devotes his energies to composition of works for solo cello and for instrumental ensembles of various sizes.

Miklós Perényi’s numerous recordings include releases for Hungaroton, EMI-Quint, Sony Classical, Decca, col legno, Teldec, Erato and Wigmore Hall’s own label. Perényi’s ECM release of Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano, with András Schiff, won the Cannes Classical Award 2005; his latest solo recording with ECM, of works by Britten, Bach and Ligeti, was released in early 2012 to critical acclaim. Miklós Perényi’s latest chamber music CD, featuring the Schubert Quintet with the Kuss Quartet, has been released in October 2013 under the Onyx Classics label.

Exactly forty years after his first complete recording of the six Bach Suites, Miklós Perényi recorded them again for the label Hungaroton, published in October 2020.

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