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Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Miraculous Mandarin, suite.
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Miraculous Mandarin, suite. Sir Georg Solti, London Symphony Orchestra. Decca Legends 289 467 686-2.
Practice, I suppose, made perfect. Hungarian-born Georg Solti had been a page-turner for Bartok back in the thirties while studying under him. His two recordings, London and Chicago, of the "Concerto for Orchestra" display an ample understanding of the composer and his idiom. The recording Decca chose to release on its "Legendary Performances" series of remasterings is the earlier one, from London, 1965. It was probably the best choice.
Solti's later Chicago Symphony digital recording from 1981 is brighter and marginally faster, but it doesn't quite convey the feeling of the earlier effort. In the 1965 interpretation, Solti allows himself a moment's respite from time to time, slowing things down ...
- Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin and Divertimento. (George Solti; Chicago...
- Magazine article from: National Review De Toledano, Ralph August 12, 1991 700+ words
The Miraculous Mandarin and Divertimento The Miraculous Mandarin and Divertimento, recorded by Sir George Solti and the Chicago Symphony (London 430 352-2).
- Miraculous Mandarin, The
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
Miraculous Mandarin, The ( A csodálatos mandarin ). Pantomime in 1 act, Op.19, by Bartók to scenario by Menyhért...
- ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE BARTOK: VIOLA CONCERTO; PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2,...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff February 9, 1989 700+ words
...Concerto, with its great commissioner as soloist, William Primrose, and later performances (1969) of "The Miraculous Mandarin" and the Second Piano Concerto. The sound isn't great, but the performances certainly are. Primrose is recorded...
- Bela Bartok.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Notes Anderson, Rick December 1, 2006 700+ words
Bela Bartok. The Miraculous Mandarin; Dance Suite; Hungarian Pictures. Bournemouth...the pantomime ballet, The Miraculous Mandarin. The dark and gruesome story...brooding five-movement Dance Suite and the rather less ponderous...
- Hungary Honors Its Brilliant Bartok
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post September 27, 1995 700+ words
...festival opens with music from the ballet "The Miraculous Mandarin and Dance Suite," performed by pianist Zoltan Kocsis and...Two Pianos, and full performances of "The Miraculous Mandarin" and "Bluebeard." Bartok, an intense...
- Dance Suite
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE January 1, 1996 700+ words
Dance Suite ( Táncszvit ). Orch. work by Bartók comp. 1923 to celebrate 50th anniv. of merging of Buda and Pest. F.p. Budapest 19 Nov. 1923, cond. Dohnányi. Also pf. version.
- MSO'S UPCOMING SEASON HAS PLENTY OF PERSONALITY; In tune with the season...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel TOM STRINI February 25, 1996 700+ words
...orchestration of Brahms' Piano Quartet (Varga); Ives' "Thanksgiving Day," on Thanksgiving weekend (Manahan); Bartok's Dance Suite (Furst); Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra and Skrowaczewski's setting of Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D minor...
- Dance Suite for Piano Solo.
- Magazine article from: Notes Leafstedt, Carl S. June 1, 1996 700+ words
New editions of Bartok's music have been infrequent in the years following his death in 1945. The periodic appearance, in recent decades, of handsome facsimile editions or licensed reprints with scholarly supervision has done little to dispel the perception, readily acquired by those whose
Source: HighBeam Research, Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Miraculous Mandarin, suite.