Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

Album by Béla Bartók & Saito Kinen Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta is an album pairing two orchestral works by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, originally composed in 1943 and 1936 respectively. The pieces exemplify Bartók's synthesis of Central European folk elements with modernist harmony and rhythmic drive, featuring inventive orchestration, prominent percussion and contrasting textures, with the 1936 score exploring chamber-like timbres and the 1943 concerto representing a late-career large-scale orchestral statement.

First released: 2005

Tracklist

1.
I Andante Tranquillo
7:27
2.
II Allegro
7:31
3.
III Adagio
6:53
4.
IV Allegro Molto
7:19
5.
I Introduzione: Andante Non Troppo
9:37
6.
II Giuco Delle Coppie: Allegretto Scherzando
6:22
7.
III Elegia: Andante Non Troppo
6:59
8.
IV Intermezzo Interrotto: Allegretto
4:26
9.
V Finale: Pesante
10:01