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Early in 2006, Hänssler released a splendid CD featuring Béla Bartók's Four Pieces for Orchestra, the Violin Concerto No. 1, and the Music for strings, percussion, and celesta, all conducted with great vitality and acuity by Michael Gielen and played with exceptional brilliance by the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg. Later in the year, the label produced a follow-up album, this time featuring Bartók's suite from the ballet The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60 (1917), and the Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 (1943), and the success of the first album was resoundingly matched. The shimmering rendition of The Wooden Prince makes a marvelous opening for the program, for its magical atmosphere and glistening impressionistic touches prepare the listener for the evocative music of the concerto, and the two works are comparable in their textural clarity, tonal accessibility, and tunefulness. Gielen is a master at bringing out an orchestra's purest timbres, and his work here is some of the most colorful he has ever produced. The concerto especially benefits from Gielen's vivid highlights, since it sometimes can seem thick and heavy under a less exacting conductor. Additionally, Gielen's interpretation of the concerto is emphatically virtuosic, rather than symphonic in character, so the heightened colors are at the service of Bartók's technical wizardry and make the piece sound as dazzling and vibrant as it was intended to be. Furthermore, Hänssler's reproduction is astonishingly clear and crisp, so scarcely a note is lost, and the recording is imbued with a credible ensemble presence and glorious resonance.
© TiVo
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A fabol faragott kiralyfi szvit (The Wooden Prince Suite), Op. 13, BB 74 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Bela Bartok, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor - SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Album review
Early in 2006, Hänssler released a splendid CD featuring Béla Bartók's Four Pieces for Orchestra, the Violin Concerto No. 1, and the Music for strings, percussion, and celesta, all conducted with great vitality and acuity by Michael Gielen and played with exceptional brilliance by the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg. Later in the year, the label produced a follow-up album, this time featuring Bartók's suite from the ballet The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60 (1917), and the Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 (1943), and the success of the first album was resoundingly matched. The shimmering rendition of The Wooden Prince makes a marvelous opening for the program, for its magical atmosphere and glistening impressionistic touches prepare the listener for the evocative music of the concerto, and the two works are comparable in their textural clarity, tonal accessibility, and tunefulness. Gielen is a master at bringing out an orchestra's purest timbres, and his work here is some of the most colorful he has ever produced. The concerto especially benefits from Gielen's vivid highlights, since it sometimes can seem thick and heavy under a less exacting conductor. Additionally, Gielen's interpretation of the concerto is emphatically virtuosic, rather than symphonic in character, so the heightened colors are at the service of Bartók's technical wizardry and make the piece sound as dazzling and vibrant as it was intended to be. Furthermore, Hänssler's reproduction is astonishingly clear and crisp, so scarcely a note is lost, and the recording is imbued with a credible ensemble presence and glorious resonance.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:01
- Main artists: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks Michael Gielen
- Composer: Béla Bartók
- Label: SWR Classic
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
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