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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