Kodaly – Male Choruses – 1958 -HLP K 2508

Isten Csodája (The Wonder of God), Rabhazának Fia (Son of a Country in Fetters),  Élet Vagy Halál (Life or Death), Semmit Ne Bánkódjál (Don’t Worry), Bordal (Drinking Song),  Mulato Gajd (Jolly Drone) The first three are take offs from poems by Petofi. The fourth a poem by Andras Horvath. The Drinking Song a 1913 poem by Kolcsey. The Jolly Dronedone in 1917 a poem from the 17th century. German occupation hardships inspired Kodaly to revisit and release the performance of The Wonder of God and Son of a Country in Fetters in 1944. and Life or Death in 1947. This…