Bartok Shostakovich Ogdon - Bartok Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta Divertimento Shostakovich Piano Concerto 1 (11 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Bartok, Shostakovich, Ogdon
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertimento: Shostakovich; Piano Concerto 1
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Music: I. Andante Tranquillo - James Holland/Eric Pritchard/Leslie Pearson/Osian Ellis/Roger Smalley
2. Music: II. Allegro - James Holland/Eric Pritchard/Leslie Pearson/Osian Ellis/Roger Smalley
3. Music: III. Adagio - James Holland/Eric Pritchard/Leslie Pearson/Osian Ellis/Roger Smalley
4. Music: IV: Allegro Molto - James Holland/Eric Pritchard/Leslie Pearson/Osian Ellis/Roger Smalley
5. Divert: I. Allegro Non Troppo - Alan Loveday/Trevor Connah/Stephen Shingles/Kenneth Heath
6. Divert: II. Molto Adagio - Alan Loveday/Trevor Connah/Stephen Shingles/Kenneth Heath
7. Divert: III. Allegro Assai - Alan Loveday/Trevor Connah/Stephen Shingles/Kenneth Heath
8. Pno Con No.1: I. Allegro Moderato - John Ogdon/John Wilbraham
9. Pno Con No.1: II. Lento- - John Ogdon/John Wilbraham
10. Pno Con No.1: III. Moderato- - John Ogdon/John Wilbraham
11. Pno Con No.1 - John Ogdon/John Wilbraham

CD Details

All Artists: Bartok, Shostakovich, Ogdon, Marriner, Asmf
Title: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertimento: Shostakovich; Piano Concerto 1
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 7/15/1997
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028944857726

CD Reviews

Bartok's folk spirit lively captured

uaxuctum | Madrid, Spain | 08/15/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is no doubt Bartok's masterpiece and this is sure the best performance of it I've heard, the only one I listen to again and again. I already got this recording when somewhere I read that Fricsay's rendering was allegedly the referential. So, I searched for that one and... yes, I must confess I was disappointed. It's not that Fricsay's somewhat "cerebral" performance is poor: it is very good. But when compared to Marriner's... It may be that he and the ASMIF guys are neither analytic nor virtuoso performers, nor obviously Hungarian. But their recording certainly captures that folk spirit of Bartok in a so-far unsurpassed way and reveals the human side behind Bartok's most abstract composition. The Divertimento is a fabulous companion piece and the only flaw on this CD is the inclusion of a Shostakovich concerto, not bad in itself but here looking completely out of place."