Description
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra, Janáček: Sinfonieta - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl / Supraphon Treasury / Supraphon Audio CD / DC-8038
UPC 081757803823
The Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement orchestral work composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular, and most accessible works.
The score is inscribed "15 August – 8 October 1943". It was premiered on December 1, 1944, in Symphony Hall, Boston, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. It was a great success and has been regularly performed since.
It is perhaps the best-known of a number of pieces that have the apparently contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra. This is in contrast to the conventional concerto form, which features a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment. Bartók said that he called the piece a concerto rather than a symphony because of the way each section of instruments is treated in a soloistic and virtuosic way.
| Label: | Supraphon – DC-8038 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Supraphon Treasury |
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
|
| Country: | Japan |
| Released: |
1988 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Contemporary |
Tracklist:
| Concerto For Orchestra |
| 1 | Introduczione | 9:44 | |
| 2 | Gioco Delle Copie | 7:05 | |
| 3 | Elegia | 7:37 | |
| 4 | Intermezzo | 4:17 | |
| 5 | Finale | 9:45 | |
|
Sinfonietta |
| 6 | Allegretto | 2:10 | |
| 7 | Andante | 5:25 | |
| 8 | Moderato | 4:45 | |
| 9 | Allegretto | 2:45 | |
| 10 | Allegro | 6:40 |
- Composed By – Béla Bartók (tracks: 1-5), Leoš Janáček (tracks: 6-10)
- Conductor – Karel Ančerl
- Orchestra – The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
