B?la Bart?k: 44 Duos for Two Violins
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Composer: Bela BartokComposer: Gyorgy Kurtag
Composer: Gyorgy Ligeti
Performer: Andras Keller
Performer: Janos Pilz
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-06-18
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- Bartok: 44 Duos for Two Violins
- Ligeti: Ballad and Dance
- Kurtag: Ligatura-Message To Frances-Marie op. 31b
Music reviews of B?la Bart?k: 44 Duos for Two Violins
Music Review: Fantastic Performance of Undervalued Bartok
Rating: 5 Stars
It's hard to believe that these works haven't become more popular amongst the Bartok catalog. This set of duos become increasingly difficult as they progress. Yet don't assume these are mere practice exercises, these lyrical short works display Bartok's love of folk music in ways more obvious than his catalog. Certainly they will be a more approachable side of Bartok than his middle string quartets, yet are still full of formal beauty.
As for the performance, it is full of nuance and gorgeous phrasing and the typically impeccable ECM recording standards suit this music perfectly. I've heard the Vegh performance as well but definitely prefer this release both in terms of performance and recording detail.
Description of B?la Bart?k: 44 Duos for Two Violins
Bart?k's Duos are triple-threats: progressions of very brief practice works for violinists from students to skilled artists; transformations of folk dances and songs into art works; and pieces for concert performance, either piecemeal or complete. The Keller-Pilz duo makes its own sequence of the 44 primarily to heighten contrasts and sustain interest, a practice sanctioned by Bart?k since the published order progressing from easiest to most difficult doesn't complement the pure listening experience. This revised order certainly works in these spirited performances.Keller and Pilz convey the full range of Bart?k's technical demands, even while they bring out the folk elements that pervade the music. In their opening "Transylvanian Song," they sound like village fiddlers; they quietly buzz away in the "Mosquito Dance" and seamlessly weave their contrasting lines in the more abstract Prelude and Canon. Further feats of violinism are expertly performed in the finger-breaking "Pizzicato" and the tremolos of the "Arabian Song." It's not all village fun or violinistic virtuosity either. Some of the slower pieces, such as the fragile "Ruthenian Song" and the moving "Lament," touch the heart. The brief fillers are a pair of similarly folk-based violin duos by Ligeti and Kurt?g's hushed, pianissimo "Ligatura." Vibrant sound and ECM's usual deluxe packaging complete a highly desirable production. --Dan Davis
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > Duets
- General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Bart?k, B?la
- ( L ) > Ligeti, Gy?rgy
- Forms & Genres > Ballads
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Miscellaneous > General
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( B ) - Bart?k, B?la - General
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( L ) - Ligeti, Gy?rgy - General
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