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Pierre Boulez has recorded all of this music before, and very successfully. Those recordings are available at mid-price on Sony, and though the recorded sound is a bit better on these newer discs, you can't really go wrong either way. Boulez has always brought a special measure of incisiveness and clarity to Bartók, sometimes at the cost of a certain emotional warmth--but that's not a criticism that applies to this pair of immaculately played performances. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra knows this music as well as any orchestra in the world, and its chorus is one of the country's finest. So if the coupling appeals to you, go for it!
--David Hurwitz
Chronique amazon.fr
Achevée en 1930 et inspirée de chansons populaires roumaines traduites en hongrois par le compositeur, cette étonnante cantate panthéiste raconte l'histoire d'un chasseur dont les neuf fils sont métamorphosés en cerfs. Cet univers immémorial, magique et légendaire est pour Bartók l'occasion d'exprimer un puissant sentiment de la nature à travers une partition orchestrale et vocale qui constitue une manière d'hommage à Bach, tout en exaltant l'esprit de la tradition folklorique.
--Michel Marmin