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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite & Rhapsodies / Ehnes, Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite & Rhapsodies / Ehnes, Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic

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Composer
BARTOK, BELA
Artist
Ehnes, Gardner
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Nov 03, 2017
Catalog #
CHSA 5189
UPC
095115518922

About

Four years after a highly successful Bartok recording with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner here returns to the composer on SACD, with James Ehnes as solo violinist, and his Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. The central piece in this recording is the Concerto for Orchestra, the largest work that Bartok completed during the last five years of his life and described by the composer, in the program notes for its 1944 premiere, as ‘a gradual transition from the sternness of the first movement and the lugubrious death-song of the third, to the life-assertion of the last one.’ It is joined by the Dance Suite, the immediate predecessor, among Bartok’s few works for full orchestra without a soloist, of the Concerto for Orchestra, though by more than two decades; and by the violin Rhapsodies, the colorful folk influences of which are revealed by James Ehnes, a specialist in the repertoire, who already has recorded the complete sonatas as well as the concertos for violin and for viola to critical acclaim.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace 10:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    10:27
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  2. 2 II. Giuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzando 06:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Giuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzando
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  3. 3 III. Elegia: Andante non troppo 07:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Elegia: Andante non troppo
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  4. 4 IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto 04:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  5. 5 V. Finale: Presto 09:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    09:40
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  6. 6 I. Lassu: Moderato - 04:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Lassu: Moderato -
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    James Ehnes, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  7. 7 II. Friss: Allegro moderato (first version) 05:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Friss: Allegro moderato (first version)
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    James Ehnes, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  8. 8 II. Friss: Allegro moderato (second version) 05:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Friss: Allegro moderato (second version)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    James Ehnes, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  9. 9 I. Lassu: Moderato - 04:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Lassu: Moderato -
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    James Ehnes
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  10. 10 II. Friss: Allegro moderato - 05:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Friss: Allegro moderato -
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    James Ehnes
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  11. 11 I. Moderato - 03:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Moderato -
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  12. 12 II. Allegro molto - 02:08
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Allegro molto -
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  13. 13 III. Allegro vivace - 02:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace -
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  14. 14 IV. Molto tranquillo - 02:49
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Molto tranquillo -
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  15. 15 V. Commodo 00:59
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Commodo
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  16. 16 VI. Finale - 03:53
    Track
    16
    Title
    VI. Finale -
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner