Dances for Piano - Serenade in A minor
SZECHENYI Imre (1825-1898)
György Lázár, István Kassai (Piano)
Label : Naxos
Artikelnummer: 8574506
1 CD Spielzeit : 078:15
CHF 13.50
Széchényi was the distinguished Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Berlin, retaining the friendship and admiration of a gallery of leading figures of the age: Liszt, Johann Strauss II, Suppe, Waldteufel, Bismarck... He was also a pianist and composer, and his diplomatic career ran parallel to his musical life. Szechenyi's metier was the dance, and his series of polkas, mazurkas and serenades - infectiously engaging and ardently lyrical - were popular pieces in their day but are now little known.