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Psalmus Hungaricus
The Psalmus Hungaricus opus 13 of Zoltn Kodly is a work for tenor , chorus and orchestra composed in 1923.
The Psalmus was commissioned to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the unification of Buda and Pest , and was created in November 1923 with the Suite of Dances of Bela Bartok , both directed by Ern Dohnnyi.
The text is based on the gloss of Psalm 55 by Mihly Kecskemeti Veg (hu) at the XVI century. This text contains passages of despair and a call to God, which specialists refer to the political situation in Hungary after the First World War , or political persecution that Zoltn Kodly had to submit shortly before.
This is one of the works performed and recorded most of Kodly.
Discography
- Ernst Haefliger and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin conducted by Ferenc Fricsay in 1959 ( Deutsche Grammophon ) (in German).
- Raymond Nilsson and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jnos Ferencsik (Everest).
- Jzsef Simndy the chorus of Budapest, the chorus of Radio and Television and the Hungarian State Orchestra Hungarian headed by Antal Dorati in 1968 ( Hungaroton ).
- Lajos Kozma , the Brighton Festival Chorus, the children's choir of Wandsworth and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Istvn Kertsz in 1970 ( Decca ).
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