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Bartók: Four Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1; Music for Strings, Percussion and

SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra; Gielen - Ostertag; SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra; Gielen

"This Hänssler Classic disc is indispensable for Four Pieces for Orchestra, realized as never before." (Fanfare)

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Bartók: Four Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1; Music for Strings, Percussion and

01:19:02

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Bartok: Pieces (4) for orchestra, Op.12, Sz. 51, BB 64

SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra; Gielen

00:26:06

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Bartok: Violin Concerto (No. 1), Sz. 36, BB 48a

Ostertag; SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra; Gielen

00:22:11

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Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114

SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra; Gielen

00:30:45

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"The unfinished two-movement First Violin Concerto, an abortive declaration of love for the young Hungarian virtuoso Stefi Geyer, is even more of a mêlée of old and new: the soloist is rarely silent and the accompaniment attempts to stay primitively rhythmic but fights a losing battle with more pictorial excursions. Christian Ostertag and Gielen give it with a passion and edge matching Bartok's description of it as a portrait of both the personal and professional characters of his would-be muse."

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"This Hänssler Classic disc is indispensable for Four Pieces for Orchestra, realized as never before."

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Label:
Haenssler Classics

Range:
Haenssler Classics

Catalogue Number:
CD93127

Barcode:
4010276017585

Release Date:
10th Dec 2009

Recording Date:
25th Mar 2003; 5th Dec 2003; 28th May 2004

Recording Location:
Konzerthaus Freiburg

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Engineer:
Ute Hesse; Klaus-Dieter Hesse; Wolfgang Rein

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