Peacock Variations

The Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) based almost all his works on traditional Hungarian folk music, as did his contemporary and compatriot Béla Bartók. His �Peacock Variations� (1939) are based on the melody of one of the oldest Hungarian traditional songs �Felszállott a Páva�, which means �peacock� in Hungarian, and consists of numerous variations on the main theme. Conductor and arranger Jan Cober has arranged a faithful version of this superb work.