Canticum Pannonicum (2022) – Hungarian sacred arias
Canticum Pannonicum (2022) – Hungarian sacred arias

On Canticum Pannonicum, you can hear Hungarian sacred arias performed by opera singer Jennyfer Schultz, accompanied by Dr. Sándor Balatoni on the organ. The CD begins with András Vásárhelyi’s 16th-century chant, but after the works of Esterházy (Ave, dulcis virgo) and Liszt (Ave maris stella), the 20th-21st century will be in the center. In addition to the multi-movement cycles of Koloss (Amor sanctus) and Balatoni (Hymni Eucharistiae), works by Farkas (Ave Maria), Lisznyay (La Vierge á midi), Tóth (O salutaris hostia) and Gyöngyösi (Propter sororem lunam et stellas) were also included on the CD. The recording was made by Krisztián Horváth in the St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, Pécs.

Chorus Pannonicus (2022) – Hungarian choral music
Chorus Pannonicus (2022) – Hungarian choral music

There are 14 Hungarian a cappella choral compositions on the latest recording of the Mecsek Choir and their conductor, Dr. Sándor Balatoni. Among the well-known compositions of Kodály (See the Gypsies munching cheese), Bárdos (Old dancing song) and Orbán (Daemon irrepit callidus) the recording also contains some rarities like the French-texted juvenile composition of Liszt (L’Éternel est son nom), the grand ballad of Karai (Beautiful is the spring, beautiful is the summer) just as the premiere recordings of Balatoni (Oh come, oh come Saviour) and Tóth (Winesong). The recording was made by Krisztián Horváth in the Kodály Center, Pécs.

Organum Pannonicum II (2021) – Hungarian organ music
Organum Pannonicum II (2021) – Hungarian organ music

The second volume of Organum Pannonicum contains 8 Hungarian organ works and transcriptions. The center is definitely the premier recording of the Dance Suite by Béla Bartók, but there are other gap filling recordings like the complete series of Epigrams by Zoltán Kodály, the Six pieces for organ by Erzsébet Szőnyi and the premier recording of Hungarian Suite by Dr. Sándor Balatoni. The recording was made by Krisztián Horváth in the St Stephen Cathedral, Budapest.

Organum Pannonicum (2017) – Hungarian organ music
Organum Pannonicum (2017) – Hungarian organ music

Organum Pannonicum contains 11 Hungarian organ works and transcriptions from different eras of music history. In addition to the popular works by Liszt (Prelude and fugue on the Name BACH), Antalffy (Sportive Fauns) and Gárdonyi (Mozart changes) the disc also includes several premiere recordings, such as Pál Esterházy’s Ave, rosa sine spina, Béla Bartók’s Hungarian Diptych or Sándor Balatoni’s Pastoralpartita. The recording was made by László Dobos in the St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, Pécs.