Lajtha László

Sacred Works · Egyházi művek

 

 

MOTET Op. 8  (1926.)

pour chant (mezzo-soprano, contralto ou baryton)

avec accompagnement de piano ou d’orgue

for voice (Ms, Ca or Bar, accompanied by piano or organ)

to texts from the Holy Bible

in Hungarian, French, German

 

	(Molto moderato)
	Le livre de Job XIV. 5 I. Chroniques XXIX. 15 Psaume CIX. 23
Duration:	6'20 [according to the note in the manuscript]
WP:	21 February 1968, Budapest
	Judit Sándor–Ms, Lóránt Szűcs–pf
Published	by Alphonse Leduc et Cie © 1934 (A. L. 18.712)

 

 

MISSA IN TONO PHRYGIO Op. 50 (1950)

”MISSA IN DIEBUS TRIBULATIONIS”

for four-part mixed choir and orchestra

Text in Latin

 

I.	Kyrie
II.	Gloria
III.	Credo. Maestoso
IV.	Sanctus
V.	Agnus Dei
Setting:	coro misto — 2 fl. (II. anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg (II. anche cfg.),
	2 tr., 3 trb., tuba, arpa, cel., cmpli., camp., archi,
Duration:	45:12 [based on Hungaroton HCD 31833]
WP:	9 September 1957, Budapest, Hungarian Radio
	Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Hungarian Radio, cond. by Zoltán Vásárhelyi
Published	by Alphonse Leduc & Cie © 1964 (A. L. 20.815)
LP:	Radioton SLPX 31388 (6 November 1989)
	King St. Stephen Oratorio Choir, Symphony Orchestra of the King Stephen I. Grammar School, cond. by Kálmán Záborszky
CD:	Hungaroton HCD 31833 (1999)
	King St. Stephen Oratorio Choir, King St. Stephen Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Kálmán Záborszky Total time = 45:12 (7:21+­10:51+­ 13:38+­5:40+­7:42)
Radio:	1. Hungarian Radio, 13 June 1957
	Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Zoltán Vásárhelyi Total time = 46:55 2. Hungarian Radio, 6 November 1989 King St. Stephen Oratorio Choir, King St. Stephen Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Kálmán Záborszky Total time 45:00

 

 

MISSA Op. 54 (1952)

pro choro mixto et organo

[for mixed choir and organ]

Text in Latin

 

Dedication:	“In Memoriam Alphonse Leduc (1878–1951)”
I.	Kyrie. Moderato
II.	Gloria
III.	Credo
IV.	Sanctus. Adagio
V.	Agnus
Duration:	26'30
WP:	1953, Paris, Radiodiffusion Française
	La Chorale de Rhené Alix
Published	by Alphonse Leduc & Cie © 1952 (A. L. 20977)
Radio:	Hungarian Radio, 11 April 1988
	Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, Endre Virág–org, cond. by Ferenc Sapszon Total time = 28:40

 

 

MAGNIFICAT Op. 60 (1954)

pour choeur de femmes et orgue

for upper voices (S. I., S. II., A.) and organ

Text from the Holy Bible in Latin

 

	(Lent mais quand męme allant)
Dedication:	“á Marguerite G. et ses petites soeurs”
Duration:	14:00 [based on CD-A 941]
WP:	1957, Budapest
	Cond. by Miklós Forrai
Published	by Alphonse Leduc & Cie © 1955 (A. L. 21370)
LP:	Hungaroton SLPX 11965
CD:	1. Hungaroton HCD 31453 (1991). Győr Girls’ Choir,
	László Hoffmann–org, cond. by Miklós Szabó. Total time = 15:45 2. CD-A 941 (May 1994) Angelica Girls’s Choir, Péter Sirák–org, cond. by Zsuzsanna Gráf Total time = 14:00
Radio:	Hungarian Radio, 3 July 1972
	HVDSZ Erzsébet Szilágyi Female Choir, Ferenc Gergely–org, cond. by Mária Katanics Total time = 14:20

 

 

TROIS HYMNES POUR LA SAINTE VIERGE Op. 65 (1958)

for upper voices (S., A.) and organ

 

Dedication:	“á Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger”
I.	Anonymus Zagrabiensis: Sequentia de Virgine Maria. Lent
II.	Anonymus Gallicus: Prosella Mariana.
III.	Petrus Cardinalis Pázmány: Canticum de Magna Hungariae Regina.
	Trés calme et souple
Duration:	14:52 [based on Hungaroton HCD 31453]
WP:	(Part I & II) 28 April 1962, Potsdam (USA)
	Choir of State University College, James Autenrith–org., cond. by Nadia Boulanger
Published	by Alphonse Leduc et Cie © 1964 (A. L. 23.359)
LP:	Hungaroton SLPX 11965
CD:	Hungaroton HCD 31453 (1991)
	Girls’ Choir of Győr, László Hoffmann–org, cond. by Miklós Szabó Total time = 14:52 (= 4:04+­5:20+­5:28)
Radio:	1. Hungarian Radio, 20 September 1986
	Girls’ Choir of Győr, László Hoffmann–org, cond. by Miklós Szabó (4:05+­5:20+­5:30) 2. Hungarian Radio, 11 April 1988 Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, Endre Virág–org, cond. by Ferenc Sapszon Total time = 13:40