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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Lutoslawksi: Concerto for Orchestra; Fanfare for Louisville.(Sound recording review)
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Lutoslawksi: Concerto for Orchestra; Fan fare for Louisville. Paavo Jarvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Telarc CD-80618.
In the booklet note, maestro Paavo Jarvi says he is fond of coupling together similar pieces of music by different composers so that listeners can make comparisons and connections between them. In this case it's Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, written in 1943, and Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra, written a decade later in 1954. In addition, Telarc have included Lutoslawski's little Fan fare for Louisville for good measure.
If the coupling points out anything at all, it's how much better the Bartok work is. There is a reason why some pieces of music have been cherished classics, warhorses of the industry. Nevertheless, that's not to take anything away from Lutoslawski's Concerto. It is a bit shorter than Bartok's work and written in three movements rather than five; it gains something from its more concise approach. Both pieces of music use variations on folk tunes; it's just that Lutoslawki's Concerto doesn't have the ...
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