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Con Orch/Music for Strs/Hung [Import]

~ Bela Bartok (Composer), Fritz Reiner (Conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
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1. Concerto For Orchestra: Introduzione: Andante non troppo; Allegra vivace
2. Concerto For Orchestra: Giuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzando
3. Concerto For Orchestra: Elegia: Andante non troppo
4. Concerto For Orchestra: Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto
5. Concerto For Orchestra: Finale: Pesante; Presto
6. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta: Andante tranquillo
7. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta: Allegro
8. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta: Adagio
9. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta: Allegro molto
10. Hungarian Sketches: An Evening In The Village
11. Hungarian Sketches: Bear Dance
12. Hungarian Sketches: Melody
13. Hungarian Sketches: Slighty Tipsy
14. Hungarian Sketches: Swineherd's Dance
On this CD:
  1. Concerto for Orchestra, for orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 127
    Composed by Bela Bartok
    Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Fritz Reiner

  2. Music for Strings, Percussion, & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
    Composed by Bela Bartok
    Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Fritz Reiner

  3. Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra (Magyar képek), Sz. 97, BB 103
    Composed by Bela Bartok
    Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Fritz Reiner

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Since its release on LP in the mid-1950s, Fritz Reiner's rendition of the Concerto for Orchestra has stood as the standard against which all other recordings of the work are measured. Even after all these years, the recording remains just as convincing and authoritative. Reiner's superb control of his orchestra and of Bartók's rhythms and textures is still unsurpassed, even by dozens of subsequent conductors in the digital age. Likewise, the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta shows just what an incredible ensemble the Chicago Symphony was under Reiner's direction. This umpteenth reissue, in RCA's Living Stereo series, promises to be the one to have, its sonics noticeably improved over the earlier CD release in 1989. --David Vernier


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Fritz Reiner est un amoureux du beau son. Ses enregistrements sur le prestigieux label Living Stereo sont impressionnants et vous tétanisent en quelques secondes. Le Concerto pour orchestre de Bartok est un terrain de jeu idéal pour le grand chef américain. Les cordes vous submergent, les cuivres brillent de mille feux, et le chef entraîne l'orchestre symphonique de Chicago dans un train d'enfer ! Ce disque est, tant du point de vue de l'interprétation que de la prise de son, un must insurpassable ! --Pierre Graveleau

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable!, Jun 16 2004
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These two Bartok works are indispensable to any collection of twentieth-century masterpieces. CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA is Bartok's most popular work. It is quite literally a giant virtuosic "concerto" in which the "soloist" is the whole orchestra. Bartok gives every section of the orchestra a chance to shine and to show off their virtuosity. I read that the jazz theme in the brass in the last movement can be read as a token of gratitude to the Americans, who were advancing on Nazi Germany at the time of the work's composition. Place it up there with Stravinsky's SYMPHONY IN THREE MOVEMENTS (last movement) and Profofiev's Fifth Symphony as a great work written under the impetus of that momentous occasion of victory in World War II. MUSIC FOR STRINGS, PERCUSSION, AND CELESTA is less popular in style than the CONCERTO, but it too is a masterpiece and a piece which one can grow to love. Let it take you on a remarkable sonic journey, from the eerie opening fugue to the ghostly "night music" to the exhilarating finale.

Many other reviewers have praised this recording as one of the definitive versions of these pieces. There is no doubt that all sections of the orchestra are masters of their instruments, and that the strings are on top of the rhythmic difficulties in the MUSIC, while conveying great passion and drama as well. This CD should belong in EVERYONE's collection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Speechless, Mar 5 2004
By Robert Romano (Cranford, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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I've listened to Bartok for over 30 years and have greatly admired and loved his Concerto for Orchestra during that time. I've always loved Ormandy's recording with the Philadelphia and still do, but this recording just knocks my socks off!! It's hard to believe that it was made in 1955! Reiner.. the Chicago Symphony.. Lewis Layton (legendary sound engineer during RCA's Golden Age)... it has it all. Get it. You will not be disappointed if you love and appreciate great music
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5.0 out of 5 stars Precision and control., Jan 17 2004
By ken yong (Kuala Lumpur) - See all my reviews
The recordings of works by Bartok were supposedly made by mid 1950s. What surprised me by first listening is the clarity and the ambience of the recording. Even rivalled by most high quality DDD recordings, I suppose this recording is one of the finest stereo recordings in existence.

Fritz Reiner is supposedly a top-notch taskmaster of orchestras. This recording proves the hype about him. The precision and control is no-nonsense and I recognise the characteristics that of "Reiner" trademark. This is the first recording of Chicago Symphony Orchestra for me that is lead other than Georg Solti and Daniel Barenboim. Chicago's brasses are precise, distinguished, controlled and has unbelievable power that led Chicago Symphony to have the reputation of having the best brasses in the world. No wonder under Solti, I was to believe the hype about Chicago's brasses were nonsense! I am no fan of Bartok, admittedly, but this recording definetely is a gem.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still definitive after all these years!
One can certainly make the quite reasonable argument that the Boulez recording has set the standard for the Bartok Concerto. Read more
Published on Jan 9 2004 by chefdevergue

5.0 out of 5 stars Bartok at his best
The "Concerto for Orchestra" was the first composition by Bela Bartok I ever heard. I originally had a recording Karl Ancerl and the Czech Philharmonic, probably on the old... Read more
Published on Oct 21 2003 by Robert E. Nylund

5.0 out of 5 stars To Die For!
If my house were on fire I'd run into the burning building just to rescue my copy of this recording. Fritz Reiner (Friendly Fritz to his musicians! Read more
Published on Nov 1 2002 by Jay

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive recording!! (unless you have it on vinyl)
Since Basstrombone80 got the others, I'll handle this one (I'm a tenor trombonist) Kind of ironic eh, basstrombone80? Read more
Published on Oct 22 2001 by blossom@usuarios.

5.0 out of 5 stars Unsurpassed Musically and Sonically
There are plenty of enthusiastic reviews that attest to the quality of this performance, so I can only add, emphatically, that this is the greatest recorded performance of one of... Read more
Published on Jun 5 2001 by George Grella

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sound, Outstanding Performance
I adore this CD, and I greatly admire Bartok as a composer of music and a music scholar. I first heard a recording of Charles Dutoit conducting the Concerto for Orchestra with the... Read more
Published on Feb 14 2001 by Ed Luhrs

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the one!
After all these years two recordings from the '50s still command the field: #1 the disc at hand - Reiner/CSO, #2 Dorati/LSO on Mercury. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2001 by Howard G Brown

4.0 out of 5 stars not the best performance
M.S.P.C. is an absolutely amazing piece of music, but the definitive recording is Boulez's.
Published on Dec 26 2000 by A. Temple

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST
The featured Concerto for Orchestra is a thrilling 20th century masterpiece: it contains passages of (now mild) dissonant harmony, especially the wonderful trumpet part in 2nds... Read more
Published on Nov 27 2000 by tertius3

5.0 out of 5 stars Bartok the way it should be
The Reiner/Chicago Symphony recording is truly a treasure that has and will stand the test of time. There is the magnificent illusion of a live performance as the musicians... Read more
Published on Nov 16 2000

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