The Conscience – Narrative Chamber Pieces

CD 1993
first edition: Leo Records/BBS Foundation, CD LR 185
second edition: 1999 Leo records / Bahia Music, CD LR 185 / CDB 055

The Conscience / Narrative Chamber Pieces
The Conscience / Narrative Chamber Pieces
1. Skullbase Fracture (1984) 30’05”
(text by P. Havliček) for narrator and TV, chamber ensemble and Gipsyband

2. Optimistic Lecture (1988) 8’50”
(In Memoriam Miklós Erdély) concertino for record player and mixed ensemble

3. The Sex Appeal of Death (1981) 11’06”
(In Memoriam Tibor Hajas) for child narrator, chamber ensemble and tape

Skullbase Fracture – mp3 extract 1 1’58”

Skullbase Fracture – mp3 extract 2 2’12”

Mixed Ensemble
László Szegedi – piano(1); Kinga Székely – piano, celesta; Gergely Ittzés – flute; Gellért Tihanyi – clarinet, bass clarinet(2); Balázs Arnót – bassoon; Zoltán Holb – horn; Tamás Tóth – electric bass; Balázs Papp – vibraphone, glockenspiel; Zsolt Romos – flute and piccolo(2); Mihály Borbély – clarinet(2); Mihály Farkas – piano(2); Sándor Rigó – alto sax; Ferenc Kovács – trumpet; Gyula Tóth – electric guitar; Kornél Fekete Kovács – flugelhorn; László Göőz – trombone; Pál Kalmusz – baritone sax; Péter Magyar – drums(2); Lajos Gyenge – cymbals; Ágnes Apró – viola(3); Vilmos Búza – doublebass,; László Fazekas – drums(3); P.G.Havlicek – narrator(1); Tarina Szemző – narrator(3); Tibor Szemző – speaker(2) and conductor

Danubius String Quartet
Mária Zs. Szabó – 1st violine; Adél Miklós – 2nd vioiline; Enikő Nagy – viola; Ilona Ribli – cello

Jenő Oláh Gipsyband
Jenő Oláh – violine; Gábor Váradi – viola; Gyula Maka – bass; Ferenc Birkás – clarinet; János Rigó – cimbalom

Trio Lóránd
Marcel Lóránd – vocal solo

Recorded at Hungarian Radio Studios
Engineer: Péter Kerpel
Recording producer: András Soós

All music composed by Tibor Szemző © BIEM / Artisjus 1993

Front painting by Gábor Roskó Artwork: Kiss Dezső Y 21 studio
Produced by György Durst and Leo Feigin
Executive producers: Attila Bognár, Ernő Mesterházy and Géza Földesi