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Rising conductor Cristian Măcelaru recorded mostly American music during his tenures in the U.S., but his posts in Europe have sent his career in a new direction. With the WDR Sinfonieorchester, he has recorded Dvořák and now, on this 2023 release, Bartók, with extremely promising results. Bartók's The Wooden Prince is a charming and affecting ballet about a romance controlled by a wooden puppet. The music is folk-influenced, but in place of the acerbic and rigorous later Bartók is a gentle gracefulness that Măcelaru's reading captures to the hilt, and the clean sounds he is getting from the WDR Sinfonieorchester bodes extremely well for his future outings with that ensemble. Bartók's Dance Suite can look either backward or forward in performance, and Măcelaru chooses the former; he offers a restrained Allegro molto that lets the primitivism in the score emerge naturally rather than hammering it home. Bartók rather lacks a champion right now, but this immensely satisfying recording, with excellent sound from the Kölner Philharmonie, suggests that Măcelaru may be able to fill that role.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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The Wooden Prince, Op. 13 Sz. 60 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Dance Suite, Sz. 77 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - WDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
Album review
Rising conductor Cristian Măcelaru recorded mostly American music during his tenures in the U.S., but his posts in Europe have sent his career in a new direction. With the WDR Sinfonieorchester, he has recorded Dvořák and now, on this 2023 release, Bartók, with extremely promising results. Bartók's The Wooden Prince is a charming and affecting ballet about a romance controlled by a wooden puppet. The music is folk-influenced, but in place of the acerbic and rigorous later Bartók is a gentle gracefulness that Măcelaru's reading captures to the hilt, and the clean sounds he is getting from the WDR Sinfonieorchester bodes extremely well for his future outings with that ensemble. Bartók's Dance Suite can look either backward or forward in performance, and Măcelaru chooses the former; he offers a restrained Allegro molto that lets the primitivism in the score emerge naturally rather than hammering it home. Bartók rather lacks a champion right now, but this immensely satisfying recording, with excellent sound from the Kölner Philharmonie, suggests that Măcelaru may be able to fill that role.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:23
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Cristian Măcelaru WDR Sinfonieorchester
- Composer: Béla Bartók
- Label: Linn Records
- Genre: Classical
2023 Outhere 2023 A WESTDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK COLOGNE PRODUCTION
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