Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches

by B茅la Bart贸k / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches cover art

Fritz Reiner conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for this definitive 'Living Stereo' recording of the Hungarian composer's demanding 1936 masterpiece. The performance expertly navigated the spatial antiphonal effects and intense rhythmic anxiety required by the score's complex double-string orchestra arrangement.

Genres

  • Modern Classical
  • Orchestral Music

Tracklist

  1. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: I. Andante tranquillo
  2. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: II. Allegro con grazia
  3. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: III. Adagio
  4. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: IV. Allegro molto
  5. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97: I. An Evening in the Village
  6. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97: II. Bear Dance
  7. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97: III. Melody
  8. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97: IV. Slightly Tipsy
  9. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97: V. Swineherd's Dance from 脺r枚g