Wonder Of Wonders - Selected Works

Lajos Bardos (1899-1986), composer, musicologist, teacher, and choral conductor, laid down, together with Kodaly, the foundations of 20th-century Hungarian choral music. Through his work as a conductor, he raised the standards of Hungarian choral singing to an international level in a few decades. His compositions were directed towards cultivating Hungarian choral life: they draw on Renaissance polyphony and Hungarian folk music, following Kodaly and Bartok. His works, which are models of choral writing, deal sensitively with Hungarian prosody and radiate an inner harmony and vigor. A selection of his most popular choral works has been published with English texts by Gail Needleman in five volumes.
Contents: 1. Markus Miklos dr.: Campfire Song
2. Kovacs Mark: Stretch Thy Hands. 3. Dienes Valeria Dr.: Christmas Lullaby
4. Czikene Lovich Ilona: Holy Christmas Night