Bartók: Viola Concerto, Etc; Serly: Rhapsody /Xiao, Kovács

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 23, 1998
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BARTOK
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Hong-Mei, Janos, Xiao, Kovacs
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 23, 1998
    • UPC
      636943418321
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8554183
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    2. II. Lento

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    3. III. (Finale) Allegretto

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    4. In Full Flower: Poco adagio

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    5. Village Dance: Allegro

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    6. I. Moderato

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    7. II. Adagio religioso

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    8. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs

    9. Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra

      Composer: Tibor Serly

      Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Hong-Mei Xiao

      Conductor: Janos Kovacs


"Having a premiere recording of Bartok on Naxos makes an unmissable bargain. His Viola Concerto was the uncompleted work which, soon after his death, Tibor Serly put together from sketches. Now Bartok's son Peter, with the scholar Paul Neubauer, has re-edited those sketches. Though the differences are small, this first recording of the revised version, superbly played, proves fascinating, sounding closer to the Concerto for Orchestra. With the rich-toned Chinese violist Xiao as soloist, that version is here presented alongside Serly's. The warmly atmospheric Two Pictures and a viola work make a good coupling."

– The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs - 2005/6 Edition, page 114