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Offer, Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
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Elena Zhidkova (Judith) & Sir Willard White (Bluebeard)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
…Gergiev and his superlative orchestral forces and vocal soloists, supported by magnificent sound quality, present the enigmatic piece with great power, leaving us, as adequate performances always... — More…
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Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski
She brings great warmth to the lyrical First Concerto...then in the more ambitious and challenging Second Concerto she introduces a thrilling touch of steel into her playing. The Orchestre de... — More…
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Offer, Berliner Philharmoniker - The Asia Tour
Yuja Wang (piano), Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
The recordings are astonishingly vivid, and the whole set provides a very impressive showcase of the Berlin Phil’s current condition as it nears the end of Rattle’s reign. The highlight is definitely... — More…
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Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Rhapsodies for Violin & Orchestra
Barnabás Kelemen (violin)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis
Not only does Kelemen possess all the necessary technical brilliance to master every aspect of of Bartok's fiendishly difficult writing but he also has an instinctive and idiomatic understanding... — More…
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Lawrence Foster conducts Bartók, Kodály & Ligeti
Mihaela Costea (violin), Esther Georgie (clarinet), Cyril Dupuy (cimbalom), Jonathan Luxton & Kenneth Best (natural horns)
Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
As a leading interpreter of the music of Enescu, it's hardly surprising that Lawrence Foster should feel such a strong empathy with the Ligeti, and he delivers a committed performance with the... — More…
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Bartók & Kodály: Concertos for Orchestra
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jakub Hrůša
Hrůša takes a decidedly serious view of the Bartók, giving a finely judged account of its slow introduction, and in the ‘Elegy’ third movement eliciting some superbly atmospheric playing from... — More…
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra & Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, Seiji Ozawa
Bartók: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata for Solo Violin
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Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
Kelemen and Zoltan Kocsis respond with almost improvisatory spontaneity to Bartok's rhapsodic invention, yet ensure that the structural integrity of this tough and intellectually challenging... — More…
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Bartok: Orchestral Suite No. 2
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Bartok New Series - Vol. 6
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kocsis
Zoltán Kocsis has a world reputation as a pianist… On this evidence his conducting is equally as mesmerising, and equally insistent on never conjuring attention away from the music...In Bartók's... — More…
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Martinu: Memorial to Lidice & Klein: Partita
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Eschenbach opens with Martinů's Memorial to Lidice… this performance serves to intensify an overriding feeling of despair, the Philadelphians responding with a chilling incisiveness particularly... — More…