Jessica Duchen - Hungarian Dances

	‘In the Shade of Forests’ – the Bohemian world of Enescu, Debussy and Ravel Marc Duplessis’s Suite ‘Dans l’ombre des forêts’ is named after this CD, on the front of which you will find a photograph showing a small Roma girl not unlike Mimi Rácz. Music includes Georges Enescu’s ‘Impressions d’enfance’, Ravel’s Sonate Op.Posth and Tzigane, and violin works by Debussy. Philippe Graffin (violin), Claire Désert (piano & luthéal) Avie Records AV2059





	Bartók: Cantata Profana Bartók’s setting of a folk legend in which nine brothers are transformed into the stags that they hunt carries a weight of significance for those living in exile and for those, too, finding their true selves…including Dénes, Karina and Mimi József Reti (tenor), József Gregor (bass), Budapest Symphony Orchestra etc conducted by Antal Dorati



	Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte Karina’s friend Lindy’s first play tells the story of Beethoven, including words drawn from this exquisite song-cycle. Matthias Goerne (baritone), Alfred Brendel (piano), recorded live at Wigmore Hall Decca 475 6011 1



	Mozart: String Quintets in G minor and C major Karina joins Rohan’s St Francis String Quartet to perform these two works on her first-ever trip to Budapest ... Alban Berg Quartett, Markus Wolf (viola) EMI Classics 7490852



	Csárdás: Hungarian Gypsy Music A classic Hungarian Gypsy band, playing as Mimi’s family would have Ferenc Santá and his Band Naxos 8.550954