BARTÓK : Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion • STRAVINSKY : Concerto for 2 Solo Pianos · Sonata for 2 Pianos (Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky) (1977-1992) RM | 20th Century Classics Series | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)
Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion
Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Christoph Caskel, Heinz Koenig
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
Concerto for 2 Pianos
Sonata for two Pianos
Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky

PENDERECKI : Violin Concerto Nr. 2 >>Metamorphosen<< • BARTÓK : Sonata for Violin and Piano Nr. 2 (Mütter, Penderecki, Orkis) (1997) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

1-6    Metamorphosen (1992-1996)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2
(Dedicated To Anne-Sophie Mutter)
Conductor – Krzysztof Penderecki
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra
Violin – Anne-Sophie Mutter

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

6-8    Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 2 Sz 76 (1922) (19:47)
Piano – Lambert Orkis
Violin – Anne-Sophie Mutter

BARTÓK : Boulez Conducts Bartók (2009) 8xCD BOX-SET / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 CD1
Four Orchestral Pieces • Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD2
Dance Suite • Two Pictures
Hungarian Sketches • Divertimento
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD3
Piano Concerto Nrs 1-3
Zimmerman • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Andsnes • Berliner Philharmonikér
Grimaud • London Symphony Orchestra

CD4
Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra
Stefanovich • Aimard • Thomas • Percy
London Symphony Orchestra

Violin Concerto Nr. 1
Kremer • Berliner Philharmonikér

Violin Concerto Nr. 2
Bashmet • Berliner Philharmonikér

CD5
Violin Concerto Nr. 2
Rhapsodies for Violin and Orchestra Nr. 1 & 2
Shaham • Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD6
Bluebeard's Castle
Norman + Polgár • Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD7
Cantata Profana • The Wooden Prince
Aler • Tomlinson
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

CD8
The Miraculus Mandarin
Music for Strings, Percussion and celesta
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

BARTÓK · LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra (Tadaaki Otaka · Witold Lutosławski) (2008) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

BELA BARTÓK (1881-1945)    
Concerto For Orchestra    
BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
Conductor – Tadaaki Otaka

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Concerto for Orchestra    
Orchestra – BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Witold Lutosławski

BARTÓK · LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra (Andrew Davis · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra) (1996) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

BELA BARTÓK (1881-1945)
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 127

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Concerto for Orchestra    

Conductor – Andrew Davis
Orchestra –  Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

BARTÓK : Concerto for Viola & Orchestra; EÖTVÖS : Replica; KURTÁG : Movement for Viola & Orchestra (2000) FLAC (tracks), lossless

 

KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN • BÉLA BARTÓK (Zehetmair Quartett) (2001) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Debut recording of the astonishing quartet of whom The Times of London wrote: "What a group! On they come, devoid of frills, just the instruments, and the music in their heads and fingers. And then they start up, the sound so full-blooded, dangerous and raw. Though the velvet touch is not beyond them, they never dispense dainty milk and honey: you are forcefully aware that this is music-making bold and magical…" ECM
Tracklist :
1-3    Streichquartett Nr. 1 – Carillon
4-8    Streichquartett Nr. 4
Zehetmair Quartett :
Thomas Zehetmair, Violin
Ulf Schneider, Violin
Ruth Killius, Viola
Françoise Groben, Violoncello

MARTHA ARGERICH - Martha Argerich Edition : Concertos (2011) 4CD / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Martha Argerich Edition: Concertos is one of several box sets issued in 2011 in honor of her 70th birthday. These four discs gather ten complete concertos recorded between 1997 and 2009 for EMI. As an artist as well-known for her loyalty to particular repertoire and particular musicians, most of these works have been recorded by Argerich multiple times. Prokofiev's Concerto No. 3, one of the first concertos she ever recorded, is here in a 1997 performance with conductor Charles Dutoit, one of her best collaborators. The two recorded both Chopin concertos the following year, also included here. Others of Argerich's most frequent collaborators are found on Beethoven's Triple Concerto: Renaud Capuçon, Mischa Maisky, and Alexandre Rabinovitch. The recordings of fellow pianist Mikhail Pletnev's Fantasia elvetica and of Falla's Noches en los jardines de España come from her Lugano Festival, an annual event founded in 2002 where Argerich gathers friends -- her familiar collaborators and new, promising, young musicians -- for music-making. The collection unfortunately does not include Ravel's Concerto in G, the other concerto typically noted as one of Argerich's best interpretations. Yet, it should very well satisfy those who want to get to know Argerich's work in the concerto repertoire as a mature musician at the height of her talent. by Patsy Morita   

BÉLA BARTÓK : Mikrokosmos 6; Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs; Suite, Op. 14; Out of Doors; Three Burlesques (2016) FLAC (tracks), lossless

While Cédric Tiberghien's recordings consist mostly of Romantic piano music, with a strong representation of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms, he has taken an avid interest in the modernist music of Béla Bartók, which he has been recording for Hyperion since 2014. This CD, the first of three albums devoted to the solo keyboard works, offers a broad sampling of compositions dating from 1908 to 1939, showing the diversity of styles, subjects, and techniques that preoccupied Bartók, not only in his piano pieces but also in his chamber and orchestral music. One of the most evocative pieces is "The night's music" (track eight) from Out of doors, an example of the eerie nocturnal effects that Bartók exploited in his other instrumental works, such as the String Quartet No. 5 and the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta. Also notable is "A bit drunk" (track 26) from Three Burlesques, which is perhaps better known in its orchestrated version in Bartók's Hungarian Sketches. While the rest of the album is seemingly more technical and abstract, many of the pieces are infused with Hungarian and Bulgarian folk music and reveal the strong influence Bartók's musicological research had on his compositions. Tiberghien's playing is clean and energetic, and he has mastered the complexities of Bartók's rhythms and textures, which put this music in the virtuoso's repertoire. Hyperion's sound is clear but dry, which works quite well with Bartók's sharply accented music. by Blair Sanderson 

BARTÓK : 6 String Quartets (Emerson String Quartet) 2CD (1988) APE (image+.cue), lossless

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