Violin Concertos

Album by Béla Bartók & Dénes Kovács & Budapesti Filharmóniai Társaság Zenekara & András Kórodi & Magyar Rádió Szimfonikus Zenekara & Ervin Lukács

Violin Concertos is a collection of two violin concertos by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed in 1908 and 1938. The works combine late-Romantic virtuosity with folk-inspired modal melodies, distinctive dissonant harmonies and rhythmic drive, and mark important stages in Bartók's development from his early influences towards his mature modernist language in 20th-century music.
First released: 2014

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Violin Concerto no. 1a, Sz. 36
    16:12
  2. 2.
    Violin Concerto no. 1b, Sz. 36
    10:25
  3. 3.
    Violin Concerto no. 2a
    11:41
  4. 4.
    Violin Concerto no. 2b
    9:44
  5. 5.
    Violin Concerto no. 2c
    12:37

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