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Bela Bartok, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bartók: The Orchestral Masterpieces
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Concerto For Orchestra
2. Dance Suite
3. Hungarian Sketches
4. Romanian Folk Dances
5. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
6. Divertimento
7. The Miraculous Mandarin - Suite

CD Details

All Artists: Bela Bartok, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Title: Bartók: The Orchestral Masterpieces
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Label: Decca Import
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 5/31/2002
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028947051626

Synopsis

Album Description

This Decca Double Decker release offers world class performances and recordings of Bela Bartok's most famous orchestral works. Having received Grammy awards many times for his Bartok recordings (some of which have been reincarnated and are reissued here), George Solti is recognized as one of the composers foremost interpreters. The Chicago Symphony sounds as mighty and intensely responsive as ever; and Decca's sonics are simply spectacular with remarkable clarity and depth. This is Bartok for the ages.

CD Reviews

Exciting!

Wayne D. Shen | Tucson, AZ | 09/05/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've heard a few different recordings of both the Concerto for Orchestra and Dance Suite by Bartok (and I've also played both of them in an orchestra.) In my opinion, this particular recording, while not the greatest ever, stands out from others because of the intense vigor which is always present, whether simmering beneath the mysterious opening melodies of the Concerto for Orchestra, or the gargantuan glissandos in the Dance Suite. Solti, like Bartok, was Hungarian (and he actually studied piano under him at the Budapest conservatory [which I was fortunate to visit this past summer],) so I think he captures the rustic flavor of the pieces very well, instead of just glossing over the less pretty aspects of the pieces as some orchestras are wont to do. All in all, a record that definitely has you dancing in some places, and staring into space in awe of eternity in others. Part of that is Bartok, and part of it is Solti.

If you haven't heard the Concerto for Orchestra, it's one of the masterpieces of Contemporary Classical music. It's nigh near impossible to describe music in words, so just give it a listen. If you've heard it before, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by this presentation."