Search - Bela Bartok, Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra :: Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2- Alternate Ending / Viola Concerto, Op. Posth.

Out of print recording worth searching for if you can find!!

Darin Tysdal | Bloomington, MN 55420 | 10/29/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the first recording that I know of the original ending of the Bartok Violin Concerto No.2. As a public service, Zuckerman and Slatkin also recorded the revised version of the last movement. So you can program your CD player accordingly. This recording is even finer, in my estimation, than the Mullova/Salonen (which is my first choice, being in print) and the valiant efforts of Tetzlaff/Gielen (Virgin Classics) and Kaplan/Foster (Koch). These are all valid realizations of this marvelous concerto, which I appreciate much more now that I am older. Zuckerman takes up the viola for the other concerto, and the same qualities in the violin concerto ring true here also. The sound quality is awesome and the playing is beyond reproach. And that original ending to the Bartok!! Highly recommended-if you can find it! (Bring it back, BMG!!!)"