Faragó Béla

OPERAS AND OPERETTAS
The Secret – Chamber Opera in One Act (1993–1994) Lib: László Magács
SR: VTCD Media – VT 002
East Side Story – Opera in Two Acts (1999–2000) Lib: György Gém
Operetta – (2003), 3 Acts Lib: Lajos Parti-Nagy Pub: Luna-Sol Edition
SR: BÁRKA KHT – BR 001
Metamorphosis – Opera in Two Acts (2009) Lib: Kristóf Kovács (after Franz
Kafka) SR: Hunnia Records HRDVD 1102
The Goose Boy – Song Opera in Two Acts (2011) Lib: Géza Szőcs
Antigoné – Opera in Two Acts (2013) Lib: Dezső Mészöly (after Sophocles)
A Glass of Water – Opera in One Act (2016) Lib: János Háy
You’re Not Going Anywhere Today – Opera/Operetta/Oratorio in Three Acts
(2019) Lib: Miklós Forgács
STAGE WORKS
The Last Waltz (1989), 11 instr. Co: Warren Spears
The Villis (1993), synth., vl., vla., db., tape Co: Yvette Bozsik
The Silver Mirror – Pantomime (1993), computer, tape Dir: László Magács
Farewell to Life – Pantomime (1998), synth. Co/Dir: Pál Regős
Beckett Symphony – Pantomime (2002), synth. Co/Dir: Pál Regős
Kaddish for Myself – Pantomime (2004), synth. Co/Dir: Pál Regős
SR: HCD 32637
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Farewell to Várad – Cantata on Janus Pannonius’ Poems (1990), S, A, Bar,
SATB, symph. orch.
Two Miniatures (Intervall-Interlude/Funeral Anthem) (2004), str. (youth) orch.
Two Interludes – Hommage à Ferenc Erkel (2010), symph. orch.
ENSEMBLE
Wind Quintet (1979), fl., ob., cl., bs., hn.
The Spider’s Revelry (1980), fl., perc., vl., vla.
The Spider’s Death (1983), fl., ob., bs., trb., 2 pno., vl., vla., vlc., db.
Pub: KZM SR: SLPX 12799, VTCD Media VT 002
Notes on a Dream (“Dream Record”) (1990), fl./A fl., ob./engl. hn., cl./B cl., bs.,
trb., pno., synth., vl., vla., vlc., db. Pub: Luna-Sol Edition SR: HCD 31192
String Quartet (1998)
Two Interludes (2000), fl., ob., cl., bs., hn., tr., trb., perc., pno., vl., vla., vlc., db.
Little Suite – Quartet of Guitars or Guitar Orchestra (2011) Pub: KZM
CHAMBER WORKS
Invention (1978), 2 pno.
On the First Day (1979), 5 perc. Pub: Luna-Sol Edition
Four Duos for Trombone (1979) Pub: KZM
Musica Ficta (1979–1987), 2/3 guitars Pub: Universal Edition
The Spider’s Wedding (1982), 5 tom-toms
Whenever You’re Away (1985), 2 guitars Pub: Akkord SR: SLPX 12946
Gregor Samsa’s Desires (1987–1991), B cl./cl., pno. Pub: Luna-Sol Edition
SR: BMC CD 023, BMC CD 048, VTCD Media VT 002
Four-Part Invention (1991), 2 pianolas
Three Dances (1991), tr., pno.
New Musica Ficta (1999), 2 guitars
Musica Realtá (2005), cl./B cl., bs. Pub: KZM
Introduction and Rondo (2016), 2 fl.
CHORAL WORKS
Prometheus – Cantata (2000), narr., SATB, perc., tape Lib: Aeschylus,
János Matuz
Silent Night (arr. on F.X. Gruber’s Music) (2000), SATB, perc.
Dustball Songs and Dances – Four-Part Choir-Suite from “Metamorphosis”
(2009), male chr. SR: BMC CD 258
VOCAL WORKS
Music for T. (1987), S, vl., org.
The Last Dinner – For the Last Time (1988), S, MS, vl., org. Lib: No Text
Gloria and Sanctus (1995), SATB, chbr. orch.
353 Days – “Mass” (1995), SATB, chbr. orch. Pub: KZM SR: BMC CD 023
Songs on Attila József’s Poems (1996), S, vl., pno. Pub: Luna-Sol Edition
Ave Maria (Aria on W.A. Mozart’s Music) (2001–2005), S, str. orch.
Lib: Paulus Diaconus
Eastern Still Life (2002), T, chbr. orch. Lib: Ferenc András Kovács
How to Find Our Lost Love? (2002) S, MS, A, Bar, chbr. orch. Lib: János Háy
Birds of Pompeii (2018), MS, fl./A fl., pno., vlc. Lib: Boglárka Cziglényi
Pub: Luna-Sol Edition
Farewell to Várad – Cantata on Janus Pannonius’ Poems (2019), S, A, Bar, fl.,
str. quartet, org. Pub: Luna-Sol Edition
SOLO WORKS
if… for piano solo (1978)
NGC 1961 M 22 (1978), pno.
Moonshadow Sonatina (1999), pno.
Serenade (2006), fl.
Hommage in Two Parts (2010)
La Nativité (2018), pno.
ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS
“SEIKO” – Music for 100 Quartz Watches (1984)
Report to the Academy (1985), tape
“…sub galli cantum…” (1991), tr., tape SR: HCD 31624
The Villis – Ballet-Suite (1993)
Dirty Work Tape-Music (1993) SR: HCD 32449
—+++one – For One Shakuhachi-Player/Actor (1994)
1101 Sounds (1997), tape
Lux Perpetua (1998), narr., fl./A fl., tr., perc., typewriter, synth., vlc. SR: HCD 31868
Janus-Face (1998), synth., vl.
Pattern Modulations, No. 2. (1999), synth., vl., B guitar
Prometheus – Cantata (2000), narr., SATB, perc., tape Lib: Aeschylus, János
Matuz
The Faces of Light – Sound Poem (2000–2001), S, T, B, synth. Lib: Aeschylus,
János Csányi, Composer SR: BMM 0203-35214539
Four Breathes for Usui (2001), shakuhachi, fl., perc., synth. SR: HCD 32347
Shadowsong (2003), S, cimb., synth., B guitar
Aerophonic Meditation (2004), voice, rec., bagpipe, perc., synth., vl.
Zazen – Hommage à L. Vidovszky (2005), vl., synth., tape
Dance Order (Suite) (2006), bs., tape
Antiphony (2008), hn., tape
Zazen, Second Version (2008), hn., cimb., tape SR: HCD 32601
Omnes Generationes (2009), fl., picc/fl., fl./A fl., tape
PERFORMANCES/MUSIC–THEATRE
Awakening of the Arts (1980)
My Wall-Newspaper (1984), 100 quartz watches, 24 typewriters, tape
recorders, slide projectors and cameras
Love in Na’Conxypan – Mystery Play (1994–1995), 3 actors, dancer, vl., trb.,
perc. Lib: Lajos Gulácsy
—+++one – For One Shakuhachi-Player/Actor (1994)
INCIDENTAL MUSIC
Holding Breath – Film Music (1985), vocal, pno. Dir: Attila Janisch
Exit the King (1989), fl., ob., cl., bs., trb., synth., vl., vla., vlc., db.
Lib: Eugène Ionesco Dir: Tamás Ascher
The Last Waltz – Ballet (1989), 10 instr. Co: Warren Spears
Károly Bari’s Poetry (1992), vocal, fl./A fl./picc., perc., harp SR: SLPX 14234
The Lower Depths (1992), vocal, synth. Lib: Maxim Gorky
Silver Age – Film Music (1992), pno. Dir: Csaba Bollók
The Villis – Ballet-Film (1993), vl., vla., db., synth. Dir: György Gém
The Silvermirror – Pantomime (1993), synth. Lib: Milán Füst Dir: László
Magács SR: BMC PCD 015
Midsummer Night’s Dream (1994), synth. Lib: William Shakespeare
Dir: János Csányi
The Crucible (1995), chr., synth. Lib: Arthur Miller Dir: János Mohácsi
The Sleeping Beauty (1995), vocal, perc., synth., vl., B guitar Lib: István
Bálint Dir: László Magács
Winnetou – Film Music (1995), synth., perc. Dir: Csaba Bollók
Don Quijote – Film Music (1996), 2 guitars Dir: Csaba Bollók
Tom Paine (1996), vocal, chbr. ens. Lib: P. Foster Dir: János Mohácsi
Prometheus Bound (1996), female chr., perc., synth. Lib: Aeschylus
Dir: Endre Gaál
A Flea in Her Ear (1997), synth. Lib: Georges Feydeau Dir: János Mohácsi
Wounded Women (1997), vocal, perc. Lib: János Arany Dir: László Magács
Winnie the Pooh (1997), vocal, synth. Lib: Alan Alexander Milne Dir: László
Magács
Ivan Vasilievich (1998), chr., syth. Lib: Mihail Bulgakov Dir: János Mohácsi
Chalk Circle (1998), vocal, chbr. ens. Dir: János Mohácsi
Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards (2000), vocal., fl., perc., zither Lib: Peter
Oswald Dir: Tim Carroll
The Paul Street Boys (2002), vl., perc., synth. Lib: Ferenc Molnár Dir: György
Vidovszky
Moonlight (2003), vlc., synth. Lib: Harold Pinter Dir: László Bérczes
Romeo and Juliet (2003), vocal, dvojnice, cl., vl., tambura, acc., tapan,
tarabuka, org., synth. Lib: William Shakespeare Dir: János Csányi
Lord of the Flies (2004), vocal, synth. Lib: William Golding Dir: György
Vidovszky
Pelléas and Melisande (2005), 3 B, perc. Lib: Maurice Maeterlinck Dir: Zoltán
Balázs
Hamlet (2005) Lib: William Shakespeare Dir: Tim Carroll
School at the Frontier (2006), vocal, synth. Lib: Géza Ottlik Dir: György
Vidovszky
Be Faithful unto Death (2006), vocal, pno., synth., perc., db. Lib: Zsigmond
Móricz Dir: Árpád Árkosi
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2007), vocal, cimb., perc., synth. Lib: Bertolt
Brecht Dir: György Vidovszky
Henry IV. (2012), vocal, org., synth. Lib: William Shakespeare Dir: Tim Carroll
Fanny and Alexander (2012), vocal, pno., synth., perc. Lib: Ingmar Bergman
Dir: György Vidovszky
Professor Hannibal (2013), vocal, synth., perc. Lib: Ferenc Móra Dir: György
Vidovszky
Island of Treasures (2014), vocal, synth., perc Lib/Dir: János Matuz
Winter (2014), pno. Lib: Jon Fosse Dir: László Bérczes
Momo (2014), vocal, synth. Lib/Dir: János Matuz
Lord of the Flies (2018), vocal, synth. Lib: William Golding Dir: György
Vidovszky