Bartok, Hindemith, & Castillo: String Works

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Label
IBS Classical
Release Date
May 1, 2026
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Bela Bartok, Manuel Castillo, Paul Hindemith
    • PERFORMER
      Camerata Gala
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 01, 2026
    • UPC
      8436597700986
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      IBS-62025
    • LABEL
      IBS Classical
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    2. II. Molto adagio

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    3. III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    4. No. 1. Langsam

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    5. No. 2. Langsam - Schnell

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    6. No. 3. Lebhaft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    7. No. 4. Sehr langsam

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    8. No. 5. Lebhaft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    9. No. 1. Anunciación

      Composer: Manuel Castillo

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    10. No. 2. Niño Jesús

      Composer: Manuel Castillo

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    11. No. 3. Virgen con el Niño

      Composer: Manuel Castillo

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz

    12. No. 4. Adoración de los Pastores

      Composer: Manuel Castillo

      Ensemble: Camerata Gala

      Conductor: Alejandro Muñoz


This album brings together three landmark works for string orchestra from the 20th century by Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, and Manuel Castillo, performed by Camerata Gala under the direction of Alejandro Muñoz. The programme offers a compelling and well-balanced journey through three highly individual and stylistically "unclassifiable" voices, each representing a distinct historical and aesthetic context while remaining firmly outside rigid compositional schools. Bartók's Divertimento for Strings, one of his last works composed in Europe, blends neoclassical clarity with the rhythmic vitality and modal language of Hungarian folk music, resulting in a score of striking energy, expressive depth, and technical brilliance. Hindemith's Fünf Stücke, Op. 44 No. 4, written within the framework of Gebrauchsmusik, stands out for it's formal precision, contrapuntal craftsmanship, and pedagogical intent, while maintaining a strong and unmistakable musical personality. The programme concludes with Cuatro cuadros de Murillo by Manuel Castillo, a work of profound spirituality and refined orchestral colour, inspired by the religious iconography of the Sevillian painter and a cornerstone of the Spanish repertoire for string orchestra. Recorded at the Auditorio del Rectorado of the University of Córdoba, this release presents a thoughtfully curated programme of major interest to general audiences, specialists, programmers, and advocates of 20th-century string repertoire.