Concerto for Orchestra

Album by Béla Bartók & London Symphony Orchestra & Antal Doráti

Concerto for Orchestra is an orchestral composition by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, completed in 1943. The work is characterised by its large-scale orchestration, folk-influenced motifs, bold modernist harmonies and contrasting rhythmic vitality, distributing technically demanding material across sections of the orchestra and occupying a late-period place in Bartók's output written during his years in the United States as a synthesis of folk elements and contemporary compositional techniques.

Concerto for Orchestra by Bartók - album cover

First released: June 1964

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1.
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: I. Introduction. Andante non troppo – Allegro vivace
9:38
2.
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: II. Giuoco della coppie. Allegretto scherzando
6:17
3.
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: III. Elegia. Andante, non troppo
7:14
4.
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: IV. Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto
4:25
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Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: V. Finale. Pesante – Presto
9:33