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Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartók

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Béla Bartók: Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Pictures (2) for Orchestra, Op. 10/Sz 46; Hungarian Sketches, for orch...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Grimaud, Helene; Kremer, Gidon; Norman, Jessye; Percy, Neil; Polgar, Laszlo; Shaham, Gil; Simon, ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartok's major orchestral works, the complete...continue...

50 Years: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-09-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Casa, Lisa della; Domingo, Placido; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Hetzel, Gerhart; Jurinac, Sena; Lorengar, Pilar; Moll, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Norman, Jessye...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fricsay, Ferenc; Abbado, Claudio; Rizzi, Carlo; Böhm, Karl; Mehta, Zubin; Bernstein, Leonard; Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Boulez, Pierre

The Grosses Festpielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable music events- operas, concerts and recitals- for 50 years. Here is a unique...continue...
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Bartók: Violin Concerto, etc / Gielen, Ostertag, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-09-15

Works: Béla Bartók: Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Concerto for Violin no 1, Sz 36; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Performers: Ostertag, Christian
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ostertags performances received rave reviews and the concert at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden was even recorded for broadcast on television. Ostertag attributes his special feel for...continue...

Bartók: Le Mandarin Merveilleux / Robertson, Lyon National

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-09-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73
Conductors: Robertson, David; Tetu, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Lyon National Orchestra

A story of desire and death, "The Miraculous Mandarin" is one of Bartok's most Expressionist works. Its subject provoked scandal and censorship when it was...continue...

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, etc / Botstein, London PO

1 CD / Telarc / 2001-07-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Hungarian Peasant Songs, for orchestra, Sz 100
Conductors: Botstein, Leon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Leo Botstein was recently featured for a Telarc release of the rare Richard Strauss Opera "Die Liebe der Danae", which became a runaway best...continue...