Violin Concerto no. 1, op. posth. & 2

Album by Béla Bartók & Nell Gotkovsky & Charles Gerhardt & National Philharmonic Orchestra

Violin Concerto No. 1 (Op. posth.) and Violin Concerto No. 2 are violin concertos by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed in 1907–08 and 1938 respectively. The two works contrast the first's youthful, late-Romantic lyricism and intimate scale with the second's mature integration of Eastern European folk modalities, complex rhythms, expanded harmonic language and heightened virtuosity, marking a significant progression in Bartók's compositional development.