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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Alsop, Baltimore Symphony
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Alsop, Baltimore Symphony

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Details

Composer
BARTOK, BELA
Artist
Alsop
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
May 29, 2012
Catalog #
8572486
UPC
747313248674

About

Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, one of his greatest works, was written in the United States after the composer was forced to flee Hungary during World War II. It is not only a brilliant display vehicle for each instrumental section but a work of considerable structural ingenuity that unites classical forms and sonorities with the pungency of folk rhythms and harmonies. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta explores darker moods through a score of marvellously poised symmetry. This release follows Marin Alsop’s ‘riveting’ (Gramophone) Baltimore Symphony recordings of Dvorák’s symphonies.

REVIEW:

Marin Alsop leads a splendid performance of the oft-recorded Concerto for Orchestra, full of character, whether in the jocular “games of pairs” second movement, the ensuing spooky elegy, or the finale that begins (seemingly) a touch reserved but takes off like a shot in the coda. It’s a memorable and wholly successful effort, excellently engineered to boot.

– ClassicsToday.com (D. Hurwitz)

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace 09:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    09:54
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  2. 2 II. Giuoco delle coppie: Allegro scherzando 06:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Giuoco delle coppie: Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  3. 3 III. Elegia: Andante non troppo 07:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Elegia: Andante non troppo
    Duration
    07:32
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  4. 4 IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto 04:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  5. 5 V. Finale: Pesante - Presto 09:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale: Pesante - Presto
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  6. 6 I. Andante tranquillo 07:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Andante tranquillo
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  7. 7 II. Allegro 07:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  8. 8 III. Adagio 07:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  9. 9 IV. Allegro molto 06:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop