SKU: BT.EMBZ14742

Hungarian-English-Germ an-French.

Györg y Orbán, born in Transylvania in 1947, is one of the most important members of the middle generation of present-day Hungarian composers: his orchestral and vocal works are performed with great success worldwide. His pieces written for children were originally composedfor the excellent piano teacher Ágnes Lakos' publication entitled 'Friendly Piano Tutor'. The works are arranged in order of difficulty, as in the piano tutor. Among these compositions there are several pieces for three or four hands, which the beginner can play together with the teacher or with another pupil. In these pieces we have marked the learner's part with a little child's head. The enclosed CD containsall the pieces in the collection. On the recording, which was made in Hungary in 2010, the pieces are played by pupils of Ágnes Lakos.

György Orbán, geb. 1947 in Siebenbürgen, ist einer der bedeutenden ungarischen Komponisten der mittleren Generation. Seine orchestralen und vokalen Werke werden weltweit mit großem Erfolg gespielt. Seine Stücke für Kinder wurden ursprünglich für die Ausgabe: ‚Freundliche Klavierschule' der ausgezeichneten Klavierpädagogin Ágnes Lakos komponiert.
Passend zu dieser Klavierschule sind die Stücke hier ebenfalls nach aufsteigendem Schwierigkeitsgrad sortiert. Unter den Kompositionen befinden sich zahlreiche Werke für vier Hände, diese können vom Klavierschüler mit dem Lehrer oder mit einem anderen Schüler gemeinsam gespielt werden. Auf der beigelegten CD findet man alle Stücke der Sammlung, die 2010 in Ungarn aufgenommene Aufnahme präsentiert sie in der Interpretation der Musikschüler von Ágnes Lakos.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14887

English-Hungarian.

Aulos to a certain degree continues Orbán's easy piano pieces for children, which he composed for Ágnes Lakos's piano tutor and which Editio Musica Budapest published in a separate volume entitled Enchanted Forest in 2011 (Z. 14742). Yet on this occasion the composer took on something which was both significantly different and more than his earlier pieces for children. On the one hand, he did not compose for beginners but for more advanced students who have studied piano for at least three years. On the other, he did not set developing the technique of piano playing as an aim, rather a systematic presentation of different polyphonic genres and compositional procedures(imitation, fugue, stretto, inversion, augmentation and diminution, double counterpoint, latent polyphony, double and triple fugue, cantus firmus technique, etc.). Orbán introduces his students to the mysteries of polyphony in a direct and practical manner, and thus actually makes them familiar with the art of composition.The educational use of the series is significantly increased by the fact that before each piece the composer presents and clarifies with demonstrative illustrations the polyphonic procedure he introduces. Orbán's explanations are not text-book-like at all, but are deliberately personal and subjective, full of lessons and individual associations taken from his practice as a composer. They were written in the same spirit as the works themselves - while they perfectly fulfil their educational purpose they are equally individual, witty and inspired pieces of music that are a joy to play.

Aulos to a certain degree continues Orbáns easy piano pieces for children, which he composed for Ágnes Lakoss piano tutor and which Editio Musica Budapest published in a separate volume entitled Enchanted Forest in 2011 (Z. 14742). Yet on thisoccasion the composer took on something which was both significantly different and more than his earlier pieces for children. On the one hand, he did not compose for beginners but for more advanced students who have studied piano for at least threeyears. On the other, he did not set developing the technique of piano playing as an aim, rather a systematic presentation of different polyphonic genres and compositional procedures (imitation, fugue, stretto, inversion, augmentation and diminution,double counterpoint, latent polyphony, double and triple fugue, cantus firmus technique, etc.). The educational use of the series is significantly increased by the fact that before each piece the composer presents and clarifies with demonstrative illustrations the polyphonic procedure he introduces. Orbáns explanations are not text-book-like atall, but are deliberately personal and subjective, full of lessons and individual associations taken from his practice as a composer. They were written in the same spirit as the works themselves - while they perfectly fulfil their educational purposethey are equally individual, witty and inspired pieces of music that are a joy to play.