Kodály: Duo, Op 7; Serenade, Op 12; Dohnányi: Serenade, Op 10

A generous and well-recorded programme of 20th-century Hungarian chamber works. The key work here is the Kodály Duo for violin and cello: there is a freshness to the playing and delight in the felicitous writing. The folk-inspired Serenade for two violins and viola is slighter, but no less appealing. The Dohnányi is the earliest piece on the disc: each movement is well-characterised and finely nuanced. Smith and his fellow musicians respond with focus and verve in a fine follow-up to last year’s solo recital on the same label.

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