Christoph von Dohnányi – Bartok, Martinu, Janacek: Orchestral Works (1995)
Christoph von Dohnányi – Bartok, Martinu, Janacek: Orchestral Works (1995)
Classical/Early 20th Century | FLAC lossless | cuesheets+log | covers+booklet | 1h09m52s | 291mb
Label: DECCA | cat. no. 4431732
Request from a user for this particular interpretation of Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
Note: when you’re searching for this album on the net, you’ll find it mainly with a cover on which the London label is printed. This DECCA cover is slightly different in that it has the name Bartok in large black letters running under the white band, so that these are partly visible. It is obviously the same recording. I don’t know if there’s any difference in sound quality btween DECCA and London pressings; I see that this is a much discussed issue.
Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta has always been something of a Dohnányi specially. He played it at the concert that closed Carnegie Hall before its last big renovation (with Isaac Stern doing the Beethoven Violin Concerto), and his recording is one of the great ones. The first and third movements, while on the slower side, are wonderfully sustained and atmospheric. More importantly, he really digs into the quick second and fourth movements, at times approaching Bartók’s almost never-honored sectional timings. Listen to the beautiful balances between pizzicato strings, harp, piano, and percussion in the second movement, the entire episode comprising a perfectly shaped arc of sound. This is certainly one of the reference recordings of this modern masterpiece.
The Martinu Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra serves as the ideal intermediary between the Bartók and Janácek pieces. It’s one of his “concerto grosso” essays from the Paris period in the early 1930s, the first in a long line to come, and its motor rhythms and spiky harmonies, at times approaching Bartók in the brooding central slow movement, have a compelling attraction all their own. This may be a difficult disc to find, but it deserves a home in every serious collection both for its intelligence and musical excellence. It’s a minor miracle that it got made in the first place.
Even with regard to the single piece with a major solo part, Janácek’s remarkable Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Very Strange Ensemble (piccolo, flute, two trumpets, three trombones, and tenor tuba), the opportunity to get a “name” artist seems to have slipped by–not that many of them play the work. The actual soloist is Joela Jones, who isn’t even named on the booklet cover or tray card, and she’s as good as anyone who has ever recorded the piece.
Tracks:
01. Music for strings, percussion & celesta / Andante tranquillo [0:08:28.84]
02. Music for strings, percussion & celesta / Allegro [0:07:24.33]
03. Music for strings, percussion & celesta / Adagio [0:07:45.00]
04. Music for strings, percussion & celesta / Allegro molto [0:07:00.82]
05. Concerto for string quartet & orchestra / Allegro vivo [0:04:55.33]
06. Concerto for string quartet & orchestra / Adagio [0:08:39.66]
07. Concerto for string quartet & orchestra / Tempo moderato [0:04:54.33]
08. Capriccio for piano / Allegro [0:05:07.17]
09. Capriccio for piano / Adagio [0:05:36.66]
10. Capriccio for piano / Allegretto [0:03:39.49]
11. Capriccio for piano / Andante [0:06:25.17]
Performers:
The Cleveland Orchestra - Christoph von Dohnányi
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