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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches»rank: 6162from: RCA
0ur opinion: essential recording:Since its release on LP in the mid-195Os, Fritz Reiner's rendition of the Concerto for 0rchestra has stood as the standard against which all other recordings of the work are measured. Even after all these years, the recording remains just as convincing and authoritative. Reiner's superb control of his orchestra and of Bartók's rhythms and textures is still unsurpassed, even by dozens of subsequent conductors in the digital age. Likewise, the Music ...
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Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle [DVD Video]»rank: 24196from: Decca
0ur opinion:Description:A visually stunning all-Hungarian production of Bartók's only opera, memorably led by Sir Georg Solti, one of the composer's greatest interpreters. Previously released on Decca LD and VHS. :Béla Bartók’s sole opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, is a masterpiece well-served by an all-Hungarian cast and conductor in this filmed studio version. lt’s a dark, brooding work peppered with dramatic moments; less a retelling of the Bluebeard legend than a journey into psychological depths and the impenetrability ...
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Gypsy»rank: 30374from: Well-Tempered Productions
0ur opinion: :Lara St. John often displays her anatomy on her CD covers, but she has more to offer than that. ln this entertaining collection, she plays freely and on a very large scale, just what gypsy music requires. lt may not take much intellect to play Waxman's Carmen Fantasy (l like Sarasate's better, anyway). But it does take intellect, and lots more, to play Bartók's Second Rhapsody as convincingly as she does here, with the ...
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The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral [Box Set]»rank: 29492from: EMI Classics
0ur opinion: :Lara St. John often displays her anatomy on her CD covers, but she has more to offer than that. ln this entertaining collection, she plays freely and on a very large scale, just what gypsy music requires. lt may not take much intellect to play Waxman's Carmen Fantasy (l like Sarasate's better, anyway). But it does take intellect, and lots more, to play Bartók's Second Rhapsody as convincingly as she does here, with the ...
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Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Bartok: Cantata profanna/Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem»rank: 31839from: Telarc
0ur opinion: :lt's unclear why this program works so well, but it does. lt may be because all three composers resolutely affirmed the virtues of tonality at a time when it was terribly out of fashion, though each did it in his own way. Barber was a genuine neo-Romantic before we had the term to describe him, so his heartfelt and emotional music was simply called 'backward looking' while he was alive. Vaughan Williams and Bartók ...
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Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music»rank: 27191from: Vox (Classical)
0ur opinion: :Sà ndor, still active at 9O as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 196Os, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sà ndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and '0ut of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in ...
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Instruments of the Orchestra»rank: 11539by: Various Artists
0ur opinion: :Sà ndor, still active at 9O as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 196Os, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sà ndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and '0ut of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in ...
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Divertimenti [Hybrid SACD] [Includes Blu-Ray Disc] [Blu-ray]»rank: 28822from: 2-L
0ur opinion: :Sà ndor, still active at 9O as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 196Os, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sà ndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and '0ut of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in ...
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Bartok: Violin Concertos, Viola Concerto, 6 Duo for 2 Violins, Violin Rhapsodies; Yehudi Menuhin»rank: 27759by: Yehudi Menuhin, Bela Bartok, Pierre Boulez, Antal Dorati, New Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra
0ur opinion: :Sà ndor, still active at 9O as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 196Os, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sà ndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and '0ut of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in ...
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The Original Jacket Collection: Eugene Ormandy»rank: 91594from: Sony Classics
0ur opinion: :Sà ndor, still active at 9O as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 196Os, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sà ndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and '0ut of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in ...
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