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BARTOK, B.: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / STRAVINSKY, I.: Song of the Nightingale (Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Beinum) (1955, 1956)

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BARTOK, B.: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / STRAVINSKY, I.: Song of the Nightingale (Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Beinum) (1955, 1956)

Genre Classical Music
Category Orchestral
Catalogue 9.80677
Label Naxos Classical Archives
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 3.99
 

 

   



Brilliant bargain Bartok from Beinum
Review By MS65515,May 2011

I just got lucky last week (in musical terms) when I stumbled upon a review of a CD I didn't even know existed! When I realised that it was available as a download for only £1.99 I jumped!

The performance is legendary because the chief conductor of the famous Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (before he died and Haitink took over) was the much underrated Eduard van Beinum, noted for his passionate musicianship and ability to bring out the real core of a work. I have about a dozen recordings of Bartok's "MUSPAC" but this is the most exciting as well as the swiftest, especially in the second movement; ok, in such atmospheric music modern, stereo sound is always preferable, but to be honest, once you listen to the excellence of the performance you forget about any sound more....


Review By Brian Wilson, MusicWeb International,October 2009

Two classic recordings from the mid-1950s in very well refurbished sound…what more could you want? Whatever other versions of these works you have, this is simply too good not to snap up while it’s available—in Europe only, and not much longer there, with imminent changes to the copyright laws. The Bartók in particular can withstand comparison with the best, not excluding the Reiner recording of the same vintage and the two Solti stereo recordings. The Bartók originally appeared with a less recommendable version of Kodály’s Hary Janos (Philips ABL3163); the pairing with Stravinsky is welcome. ClassicsOnline justifiably publicise this as one of the jewels of their historical catalogue.




 

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