Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertimento

Album by Béla Bartók & Tapiola Sinfonietta & Jean‐Jacques Kantorow

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertimento is a pairing of two orchestral works by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed in 1936 and 1939 respectively. Both pieces showcase Bartók's late-period synthesis of folk-derived modes and modernist harmony, featuring striking contrasts of texture and colour, prominent use of percussion against strings, and a balance of contrapuntal clarity and rhythmic vitality, exemplifying his mature output.
First released: July 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Divertimento: I. Allegro non troppo
    8:56
  2. 2.
    Divertimento: II. Molto adagio
    8:31
  3. 3.
    Divertimento: III. Allegro assai
    6:53
  4. 4.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: I. Rubato
    1:02
  5. 5.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: II. Andante
    2:06
  6. 6.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: III. Poco rubato
    0:47
  7. 7.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: IV. Andante
    1:15
  8. 8.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: V. Allegro
    0:59
  9. 9.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: VI. Allegro
    0:51
  10. 10.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: VII. Allegretto
    0:55
  11. 11.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: VIII. Allegretto
    0:15
  12. 12.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: IX. L'istesso tempo (quasi trio) - (Allegretto)
    0:37
  13. 13.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: X. Assai moderato
    1:10
  14. 14.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: XI. Allegretto
    0:32
  15. 15.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: XII. Poco più vivo (quasi trio) - Allegretto
    0:34
  16. 16.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: XIII. Allegro
    1:07
  17. 17.
    Suite paysanne hongroise: XIV. Più vivo
    1:02
  18. 18.
    Romanian Folk-Dances: I. Joc cu bâtă
    1:36
  19. 19.
    Romanian Folk-Dances: II. Brâul
    0:37
  20. 20.
    Romanian Folk-Dances: III. Pe loc
    1:15
  21. 21.
    Romanian Folk-Dances: IV. Buciumeana
    1:41
  22. 22.
    Romanian Folk-Dances: V. Poargă Românească
    0:28
  23. 23.
    Romanian Folk-Dances: VI. Mărunțel
    0:13
  24. 24.
    Romanian Folk-Dances: VII. Mărunțel
    0:54
  25. 25.
    Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: I. Andante tranquillo
    7:23
  26. 26.
    Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro
    7:29
  27. 27.
    Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: III. Adagio
    7:05
  28. 28.
    Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: IV. Allegro molto
    7:12

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