classical music: Bela Bartok ...     classical music:       Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches28 reviews Bela Bartok, Fritz Reiner, ... RCA, 1993 My introduction to Bartok I'm not sure where to put my review. I actually purchased the SACD version of this album, but as I don't have an SACD player, what I'm listening to is the CD version (i.e., the product on this page). It seems as though most (all?) of the reviews of this disc are from individuals who were already familiar with and fond of Bartok's music at the time of purchase. My perspective is a bit ...             Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Hungarian Peasant Songs; Rumanian Folk Dances6 reviews Bela Bartok, Ivan Fischer, ... Philips, 1998 Some Rarely Recorded Bartok and a Great Mandarin Ivan Fischer is a Bartok expert in the tradition of Sir Georg Solti, Fritz Reiner and Antal Dorati. Like the former conductors, he has insights into the music of his countrymen that give his performances the force of authority. The recording of the Miraculous Mandarin was the initial offering by Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra and has been followed up with other equally significant ...             Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle [DVD Video]7 reviews Decca, 2008 The Missing Music Box from Dr Caligari's Cabinet Mike Birman's excellent review of this rare expressionist opera, several moths old already, was responsible for my ordering it. A few nights ago I finally watched it. His judgment of the music says everything I might want to say. The cinematography is another matter. Of course, with Georg Solti conducting, I knew I was getting a production with some miles on its chassis. I knew it had to be a ...             Icon: Dinu Lipatti Johann Sebastian Bach, Bela Bartok, ... EMI Classics, 2008 Dinu Lipatti- The Master Pianist plays Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Grieg, Schumann, Bartok and Schubert on this seven CD set. Dinu Lipatti (1917- 1950 ) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was tragically cut short by his death from Hodgkin's disease at age 33. Despite his short career and a relatively small recorded legacy, Lipatti is considered one of the finest pianists of the 20th century.             Béla Bartók: The 6 String Quartets - Takács Quartet14 reviews Bela Bartok Decca, 1998 Spectacular I bought this CD in preparation for the Takacs Quartet's performance of the Bartok cycle in January of 2005. This recording is absolutely amazing, and it brings out the liveliness and the joy that the members of the Quartet take in playing this piece. Now, make sure you get the chance to see this group live; you will be amazed and astounded by their cohesiveness and energy.             Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 5 - Bartok: Piano Concerto 2 - Emil Gilels, ...1 review Bela Bartok, Sergey Prokofiev, ... EMI Classics, 2006 A classic Tchaikovsky Second Concerto, plus astonishing Richter The reissue gods are smiling. This bargain Gemini two-fer contains four superlative concerto recordings--the Tchaikovsky Second and Third with Gilels, the Prokofiev Fifth and Bartok Second with Richter. The conductor throughout is Lorin Maazel, definitely on best behavior, and the orchestras vary between the LSO (Prokofiev), New Philharmonia (Tchaikovsky), and the Orchestre de Paris (Bartok). ...             East Meets West2 reviews Bela Bartok, Manuel de Falla, ... Warner Classics, 2004 Listen to the Tzigane When I was writing an essay about "Tzigane" in my blog, I met this CD. This is the first time I ever heard the original version of Tzigane. I bought it immediately. Although this is a violinist Daniel Hope's album, the main character here seems to be luthéal, a piano-like instrument that sounds reminds you, if you are a lover of gypsy music, a cimbalom. He plays Fella and Bartók also with the ...             The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral [Box Set]11 reviews Hans Hotter, Otto Edelmann, ... EMI Classics, 2008 More Praise I can only echo the extravagant praise of my fellow Amazon.com reviewers. This box, which contains literally everything Karajan recorded for EMI in Vienna, London and Berlin from the 1940's through the early '80's, and its companion volume, which features all of Karajan's opera/vocal recordings for this label, provide a unique opportunity to hear, enjoy and assess the developing career of a ...             Divertimenti [Hybrid SACD] [Includes Blu-Ray Disc] [Blu-ray]2 reviews 2-L, 2008 A Little Clarification This is a 2 disc set from 2L Called "Divertimenti". The first disc is an SACD Hybrid that features 69:00 mins. of works by Britten, Bacewicz, Bjorklund, and Bartok. All works for String Orchestra. The recordings are done in DXD or Digital Extreme Definition.The SACD disc is the usual Three layers DSD Stereo, DSD Surround and regular CD Stereo. On the second disc which is a Blu-Ray Disc, the ...             Bartok: Violin Concertos, Viola Concerto, 6 Duo for 2 Violins, Violin Rhapsodies; Yehudi Menuhin3 reviews Yehudi Menuhin, Bela Bartok, ... EMI Classics, 2004 As good as it gets First you have to like Bartok. Not everyone enjoys the 20th century extention of classical music. If you do like Bartok and want to hear his violin compositions - then buy this CD and hear a true master at work.             After the Storm - The American Exile of Béla Bartók / Menuhin, Solti1 review George Solti, Yehudi Menuhin KULTUR VIDEO, 2008 Revelatory film for Bartok lovers Unfortunately, you have to know a bit about Bartok, his significance to 20th-century classical music, and his last years in America before he died of leukemia to appreciate this film. Otherwise, it will be confusing, even boring. But if you do know the above, the film offers lots of details about Bartok's last years, with a number of interviews with key individuals who knew the family at the ...             Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Bartok: Cantata profanna/Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem8 reviews Nathan Gunn, Samuel Barber, ... Telarc, 1998 Lesser-known Choral Masterpieces A disk of lesser-known choral/orchestral works by great masters of composition are always a welcome addition, and this CD doesn't fail, perhaps giving these works new life and hopefully a new future of performances. The Danish-born theologian Soren Kierkegaard and his prayers from various writings are the subject of Samuel Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard. The prayers are very personal, having ...             Midori ~ Encore!14 reviews Fritz Kreisler, Niccolo Paganini, ... Sony, 1992 Even for a trained jazz musician who thinks classical artists are overhyped, this stands out as one of the best albums. Let's be honest--any kid with a violin who ever set foot in a conservatory thinks (s)he's a prodigy, the next Mehta or Yo Yo Ma, while they play the same old tired music everyone else plays, exactly as the greats play it, with hardly a shred of originality that doesn't arise out of an inability to replicate the 'masters' as well as their CD players (and that goes for jazz musicians too, but they ...             Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Kertész, Ludwig, Berry10 reviews Bela Bartok, Istvan Kertesz [conductor], ... Decca, 1999 Brilliantly sung "Bluebeard's Castle" . Source: Studio recording made in Kingsway Hall, London, November 1965. Sound: State of the art analogue stereo that received high praise when it was issued in 1966. The second digital remastering, done in 1999, has been very successful. More acute ears than mine have noted the sound of the occasional tape join and some slight hiss. I do not go searching for such things and I certainly ...             Collector's Edition5 reviews Benny Goodman, Bela Bartok, ... Sony, 1990 My Cup of Tea Goodman's performances of all the music on this disc are superb. He (along with violinist Joseph Szigeti) commissioned the Bartok score and, notwithstanding its age (mono/1940) there has never been a better recording than this one. The other performances are first-rate stereo recordings that appeared on a 1966 CBS/Columbia Lp titled "Meeting at the Summit." Morton Gould's music often sounds like ...             Bartok: The Piano Concertos10 reviews Pierre Boulez, Bela Bartok, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 Bartok's first two concertos are some of the most fun piano music around Why Bela Bartok's first two piano concertos have not entered the standard repertoire I'll never know. These, written in 1926 and 1930-31, are some of the most exhilirating pieces of music around. In both, he emphasizes more the percussive side of the piano, beating out supremely engaging dance rhythms interspersed with brief pensive moments. The scoring is novel, as the first concerto mainly ...             Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; etc. [Hybrid SACD]7 reviews Bela Bartok, Fritz Reiner RCA, 2004 A Peerless Recording I loved the previous issue of this recording, but this one is even clearer, which is some praise, since the previous issue was a brilliant pressing of a brilliant recording. I never tire of Reiner's performance. There is no other recording of these pieces that approaches this one - absolutely none (not even Leinsdorf's version). Not only is this Reiner disc the best Bartok recording ever made, ...             Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music8 reviews Bela Bartok, György Sándor Vox (Classical), 2003 Best classical value out there To put this set in perspective, for months I would go to my local Tower Records fishing for worthwhile classical CDs at least once a week. One of the discs that sat in the bins the longest was a single CD of Bartok piano music, played by Zoltan Kocsis. It was Volume 7 of a complete series. This CD listed for $17.99, and as long as I went to that Tower Records, it did not budge an inch, nor was ...             György Ligeti Edition 3: Works for Piano (Etudes, Musica Ricercata) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard20 reviews Gyorgy Ligeti, Pierre-Laurent Aimard Sony, 1997 Perfect Ligeti. The own György Ligeti was asked about who was the pianist more complete in his piano works; he talked about Pierre-Laurent Aimard, whose a close relation with the XXth Century music is very well known (Boulez, Messiaen, Berg, Schönberg, Carter...) all around the world. He talked too about Volker Banfield, who has recorded some of the Etudes for Wergo, but not so good as Aimard recordings, in my ...             Discover Music of the 20th Century3 reviews Roger Heaton, John Adams, ... Naxos, 2005 For the price you can't lose This 2 cd set consists of, as the title indicates, various 20c pieces or movements from the Naxos catalog. Sound quality is uniformly high, although for some such as Stockhausen's it's not clear if that's good or bad. What is excellent is the variety of the collection--some familiar (Debussy), others not, some pretty, others intentionally weird. Few will find every piece to his or her taste, ...              search for classical music 1946-1984, american, bluebeard, cantata, collector, complete, concerto, concertos, discover, divertimenti, hungarian, includes, kierkegaard, mandarin, miraculous, orchestra, orchestral, percussion, pierre-laurent, profanna, prokofiev, quartets, recordings, rhapsodies, ricercata, rumanian, sketches, sviatoslav, tchaikovsky, williams classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen kitchen: Lite Source LS-1099BLU Rainbow One Light Mini Pendant Lamp in Blue leave a comment home  impressum - about us