Concerto for Violin
by B茅la Bart贸k
- Type: Album
- Released: 1958
- Label: Columbia Masterworks
- Country: Hungary
- Length: 59:51
- Community rating: 3.98/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This powerful recording captures a definitive interpretation of the twentieth-century masterwork, blending jagged modernist harmonies with deeply ingrained folk melodies. The soloist executes the ferocious technical demands of the score with staggering precision and emotional intensity. It stands as a monumental achievement in modern classical violin repertoire.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, instrumental, symphonic, melodic, majestic, long-form
Tracklist
- Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra, Sz. 115: I. Assai lento - Allegro molto (11:27)
- Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra, Sz. 115: II. Lento, ma non troppo (5:38)
- Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra, Sz. 115: III. Allegro non troppo (6:26)
- Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz.112: I. Allegro non troppo (15:19)
- Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz.112: II. Andante tranquillo - Allegro scherzando - Tempo I (10:05)
- Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz.112: III. Allegro molto (10:55)
Credits
- B茅la Bart贸k - primary artist, composed by
- Isaac Stern - primary artist
- Leonard Bernstein - primary artist, conductor
- Andr茅 Gertler - Primary Artist