Snapshots László Borbély

• József Soproni (1930 - 2021): Prelude and Fugue in G:
• 1 Soproni: Prelude and Fugue in G: I. Prelude 02:39
• 2 Soproni: Prelude and Fugue in G: II. Fugue 01:45
• József Sári (1935 - 2025): Snapshots No. 1 “In Ambush”:
• 3 Sári: Snapshots No. 1 “In Ambush” 01:13
• Snapshots No. 2 “Tale”:
• 4 Sári: Snapshots No. 2 “Tale” 02:09
• Snapshots No. 3 “The Piano-tuner”:
• 5 Sári: Snapshots No. 3 “The Piano-tuner” 02:09
• Snapshots No. 4 “Chess Players”:
• 6 Sári: Snapshots No. 4 “Chess Players” 02:37
• Snapshots No. 5 “Stubbornly”:
• 7 Sári: Snapshots No. 5 “Stubbornly” 02:09
• József Soproni: Memory Pages No. 1 “Remembering“:
• 8 Soproni: Memory Pages No. 1 “Remembering“ 01:15
• Memory Pages No. 2 “Like A Stream“:
• 9 Soproni: Memory Pages No. 2 “Like A Stream“ 00:40
• Memory Pages No. 8 “Fantasy with Fughetta“:
• 10 Soproni: Memory Pages No. 8 “Fantasy with Fughetta“: I. Fantasy 01:15
• 11 Soproni: Memory Pages No. 8 “Fantasy with Fughetta“: II. Fughetta 00:39
• Memory Pages No. 10 “Novellette“:
• 12 Soproni: Memory Pages No. 10 “Novellette“ 01:20
• Memory Pages No. 20 “Canzone“:
• 13 Soproni: Memory Pages No. 20 “Canzone“ 01:19
• Memory Pages No. 13 “Playfully“:
• 14 Soproni: Memory Pages No. 13 “Playfully“ 00:56
• József Sári: Snapshots No. 6 “Hesitating Decision“:
• 15 Sári: Snapshots No. 6 “Hesitating Decision“ 01:12
• Snapshots No. 7 “35 Candles for The Birthday of Albrecht Pfister“:
• 16 Sári: Snapshots No. 7 “35 Candles for The Birthday of Albrecht Pfister“ 01:37
• Snapshots No. 8 “Hommage a John Cage“:
• 17 Sári: Snapshots No. 8 “Hommage a John Cage“ 01:20
• Snapshots No. 9 “It is Hailing on The Tin Roof“:
• 18 Sári: Snapshots No. 9 “It is Hailing on The Tin Roof“ 02:03
• Snapshots No. 10 “The Portrait of Sisyphos“:
• 19 Sári: Snapshots No. 10 “The Portrait of Sisyphos“ 01:59
• József Soproni: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat: 
• 20 Soproni: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat: I. Prelude 03:31
• 21 Soproni: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat: II. Fugue 03:03
• Memory pages No. 23 “Postludium“:
• 22 Soproni: Memory pages No. 23 “Postludium“ 01:49
• Total Runtime 38:39

Info for Snapshots

Our album selection is both an homage and an in memoriam. The music of József Sári, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday this year, and József Soproni (who would have been 95 this year) is radically different, yet not so different that the two composers do not share similar aesthetic principles and influences, which they followed in creating most of their works. This is obviously and primarily due to the indelible (and unrivalled) magic of Béla Bartók, but perhaps also to the fact that Soproni and Sári, belonging to the same generation, approached the piano in a somewhat similar way. However, this does not mean that their music is devoid of a kind of "universality" or "eclecticism" in the noblest and best sense of the word, and bears only traces of "provincial" influences – far from it.

László Borbély, Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano, Hamburg

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