Bartók – The Concerto Album – Various Artists

remembering Béla Bartók on the anniversary of his death

(March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):

CD 1:
Concerto for Orchestra Sz 116 *
Violin Concerto No.2 Sz 112 +

Kyung-Wha Chung - violin +
Royal Philharmonic Orchstra *
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra +
Rafael Kubelik - conductor *
Sir Simon Rattle - conductor +


CD 2:
Piano Concerto No.2 Sz 95 *
Piano Concerto No.3 Sz 119 +
Violin Concerto No.1 Sz 36 #

Sviatoslav Richter - piano *
Martha Argerich - piano +
Dmitry Sitkovetsky - violin #
Orchestre de Paris *
Orchestre Philharmonique de Montréal +
Philharmonia Orchestra #
Lorin Maazel - conductor *
Charles Dutoit - conductor +
Libor Pešek - conductor #


CD 3:
Viola Concerto op.posth. Sz 120 *
The Miraculous Mandarin - Suite Sz 73 +
Music for Strings, Percursion and Celesta Sz 106 +

Tabea Zimmermann - viola *
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks *
Philadelphia Orchestra +
David Shallon - conductor *
Eugene Ormandy - conductor +

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