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Béla Bartók - Four Pieces for Orchestra op. 12, Concert for Violin and Orchestra No. 1, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

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Catalogue number093.127.000
Release date2005-09-01
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz

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Michael Gielen's reading of Four Pieces for Orchestra is notably different from those of Pierre Boulez, Leon Botstein, and David Robertson. Whereas they emphasize the beauties of Bartók's orchestration, Gielen probes deeply, uncovering awesome dramatic power. Connections to Bartók's stage works become obvious: The second movement Scherzo could be inserted into The Miraculous Mandarin with nary a hiccup (Four Pieces was written prior to The Mandarin, but orchestrated after it), and the finale, Marcia funebre, an epilogue to Bluebeard's Castle. Suddenly Four Pieces, usually considered a Romantic early effort, becomes pure Bartók.
After which, the 1908 First Violin Concerto seems a treacly mess, youthful indulgence in romantic excess. Not even Gielen can rescue the opening Andante sostenuto. He does make a case for the Allegro giocoso, finding a certain sincerity and dignity in its calmer moments and wallowing in the few explosive outbursts. Christian Ostertag fiddles to perfection throughout.
 
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  Composer: Bartók, Béla
  Four Pieces for Orchestra 26:06
01 Preludio (Moderato) 09:28 $ 1.70 USD
02 Scherzo (Allegro) 06:38 $ 1.19 USD
03 Intermezzo (Moderato) 04:49 $ 0.87 USD
04 Marcia funebre (Maestoso) 05:11 $ 0.93 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bartók, Béla
  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 22:11
05 Andante sostenuto 09:29 $ 1.71 USD
06 Allegro giocoso 12:42 $ 2.29 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bartók, Béla
  Music for Strings, Percussions and Celesta 30:45
07 Andante tranquillo 07:42 $ 1.39 USD
08 Allegro 07:58 $ 1.43 USD
09 Adagio 07:45 $ 1.40 USD
10 Allegro molto 07:20 $ 1.32 USD
 
  Album total 79:02

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