gorillatone :<br>> Do you know of any other excellent articles ?<br><br>The best, perhaps, is to look at some books like Lendvai 's works.<br><br>Riwall...
According to a french book which critique classical CD, there is two recording of Bartok's quartet by the Vegh quartet.<br>One around 1950, the second around...
We know that there is two recording of Bartok's quartet by the Vegh quartet :<br>- one around 1950,<br>- the second around 1972.<br><br>According to a french ...
One of the largest holes in my Bartok <br>record collection is a good recording of the violin works, both the sonatas and concertos...<br>Any suggestions whom...
The version from Naxos is quite inexpenive and sounds great, but I don't have any other version to compare it to. If you want one from a star violinist,...
For the violin concerto #2, one of the greatest record is the Yehudi Menuhin's one with W. Furtwangler and the Vienna Philharmonic.<br>Great, very great ...
I have severl recordings od Concerto for Orchestra, and I think the Dorati-conducted one pales to the others I have. What does everyone else think of it?...
Ok.<br>And what are the others recordings ?<br><br>Dorati seems to me to be generaly good in Bartok's works. But I have'nt the concerto for orchestra with ...
gorillatone :<br>> I like the Reiner Living Stereo recording of <br>> the Concerto for Orchestra<br>> <br><br>Oh yes ! I've heard about it as a good ...
I have the Oslo Phil under Marriss Jansons, which is a good recording on the whole, the quality of the ensemble playing is good and for me the tempos are about...
Sorry, translation of fiver for this very cosmopolitan message board. Ł5 (around 50 francs, $7.50 i think), which for Britain puts it at the cheap end of...
I was wondering which of the individual pieces from Mikrokosmos were favourites here in the Bartok club... I am awful with numbers but I really like one in ...
There are lots of Mikrokosmos pieces I like very much. I begin with Vol. 1: I like very much #35 (Choral) because it's an early reminiscence of the "Andante...
Answering to Greg "gorillatone", I go on relating my Mikrokosmos favourites.<br><br>In Vol. 4:<br>#97 (Notturno) is one on the key pieces (there are lots of ...
Most of my favourites are in Vol. 5:<br><br>#124 (Staccato) I like it very much, I don't know exactly why.<br><br>#125 (Boating) resembles to the #97...
Here are my favourites from Vol. 6:<br><br>#140 (Free Variations) This piece shows me clearly that time (metric) changes in Bartok's music aren't made by...
Here is Tim Snode's respons :<br><br>I am most familiar with volumes III, IV, and V of the Mikrokosmos.<br><br>My personal favorites in volume III are # 72,...
Well, I really enjoyed hearing all of your comments on Mikrokosmos, so I thought everyone would also have an opinion about a favourite <br>String Quartet. Mine...
Hello "gorillatone" Greg !<br><br>I have some difficulies to say what is my favorite quartet.<br>Certainly one of the 3 or 4 last quartets.<br>Perhaps the 5th ...
i actually have an easier time digesting the bartok quartets than the late beethoven!clearly the bartok are on the same level.bartok 5 and 6 hard to ...