Tonight...
Bartok - various compositions based on the folk tunes he collected, all on Hungaraton LPs from the 1970s. Hungaraton did a full series of all of Bartok's music and these are largely wonderful performances and recordings. Tonight's are all orchestral with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra with either Korodi or Erdelyi conducting:
...Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs
...Four Slovak Folk Songs
...Hungarian Folk Songs
...Slovak Folk Songs
...Rumanian Dance 1 - Orch Version
...Wooden Prince Suite
...Vn Conc 1 (1908)
And continuing this evening of Bartok into chamber music:
...44 Duos for Two Violins, performed by the legendary Wanda Wilkomirska (love her playing)
...Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos, for two pianos
.
Bartok - various compositions based on the folk tunes he collected, all on Hungaraton LPs from the 1970s. Hungaraton did a full series of all of Bartok's music and these are largely wonderful performances and recordings. Tonight's are all orchestral with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra with either Korodi or Erdelyi conducting:
...Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs
...Four Slovak Folk Songs
...Hungarian Folk Songs
...Slovak Folk Songs
...Rumanian Dance 1 - Orch Version
...Wooden Prince Suite
...Vn Conc 1 (1908)
And continuing this evening of Bartok into chamber music:
...44 Duos for Two Violins, performed by the legendary Wanda Wilkomirska (love her playing)
...Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos, for two pianos
.