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: 1. Introduzione (Andante non troppo – Allegro vivace)
9:31
2.
Concerto for Orchestra: 2. Giuoco delle coppie (Allegretto scherzando)
6:12
3.
Concerto for Orchestra: 3. Elegia (Andante non troppo)
7:06
4.
Concerto for Orchestra: 4. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)
4:19
5.
Concerto for Orchestra: 5. Finale (Presto)
9:29