Bartok: Viola Concertos

Bartok: Viola Concertos

Bartok: Viola Concertos
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Composer: Bela Bartok
Composer: Tibor Serly
Conductor: Janos Kovacs
Orchestra: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-08-25
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
  1. Concerto For Viola And Orchestra: Allegro moderato
  2. Concerto For Viola And Orchestra: Lento
  3. Concerto For Viola And Orchestra: (Finale) Allegretto
  4. Two Pictures Sz 46: In Full Flower: Poco adagio
  5. Two Pictures Sz 46: Village Dance: Allegro
  6. Concerto For Viola And Orchestra, Sz 120: Moderato
  7. Concerto For Viola And Orchestra, Sz 120: Adagio religioso
  8. Concerto For Viola And Orchestra, Sz 120: Allegro vivace
  9. Rhapsody For Viola And Orchestra

Music reviews of Bartok: Viola Concertos

Music Review: Polished performance of a Bartok masterpiece
Rating: 5 Stars

I am really not concerned about the controversy surrounding the Bartok viola concerto. It is simply a splendid work, with many passages marked undeniably with Bartok's stamp. (Don't listen to the editorial reviewer; it's a great piece!) It is wonderful to have both the Serly and the Peter Bartok/Paul Neubauer versions together for comparison. If anything, I like the newer version better: it has many felicitous examples of orchestration and adds fewer embellishments to the original Bartok sketches. Of course, had Bartok lived, he might have added more to his concerto (for instance, the slow movement as it stands seems rather brief - though I think it works just fine). But perhaps it is better simply to stick with what Bartok wrote and leave it at that. The performances are ideal: the violist's tone is firm and rich throughout, and the orchestra provides supple dialogue with the soloist. My only complaint is that the last movement could have gone a bit faster (when I played it in my college orchestra, the soloist really went like a whirlwind). Were they perhaps worried that this movement too would sound too short? But no matter. Naxos continues to astound with its fine issues at extraordinarily low prices. I encourage music lovers to grab the best Naxos CD's (including this one) with avidity.
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Bartók did not live to finish his Viola Concerto, and Tibor Serly's completion from Bartók's sketches hasn't satisfied anyone except violists hungry for repertoire. This disc offers the Serly version and a new completion by the composer's son Peter and violist Paul Neubauer. Neither edition ranks among Bartók's masterpieces, although the new version seems a bit more convincing. The most striking element about this disc is the thrillingly dark tone and passionate playing of Xiao, a superb Chinese musician who now teaches in Michigan. Janós Kovacs and the orchestra also sound splendid. The Serly piece is just a brief suite of transcriptions from Bartók's For Children, but Bartók's Two Pictures is marvellous music. --Leslie Gerber

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