Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

BIS-2378 (BIS Records, SACD)

DSD
Multi-channel/Stereo
FIRST RELEASE (29 October 2021)

Playing time: 69'09"
Tracks: 9
Booklet pages: 28
℗ 2021 BIS Records AB
© 2021 BIS Records AB
Main country of recording: Finland
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Stephen Francis Vasta
Review of Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra published on 14 May 2022

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan Söderblom, leader (Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta)
Pekka Kauppinen, leader (Concerto)
Susanna Mälkki, conductor

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106 / BB 114 (1936)
1 Andante tranquillo
2 Allegro
3 Adagio
4 Allegro molto

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 / BB 123 (1943)
5 Introduzione. Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
6 Giuoco delle coppie. Allegro scherzando
7 Elegia. Andante non troppo
8 Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto
9 Finale. Presto

Recorded 30 May-1 June 2018 (Concerto) and 27, 28 and 31 May 2019 (Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta) at Helsinki Music Centre, Finland