Having said all that, if you can't find this recording/performance any place else on CD format then by all means buy this immediately before it disappears forever. Great RCA Living Stereo CD of Bartok by Reiner, Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2021. Please try again. Elegia. As much as I have tried to find better, more more modern recordings of Bartok's 'Concerto for Orchestra' and 'Music for Strings, Precussion and Celesta' over the decades, none of them have been recordings I could live with. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. In fact, the booklet doesn't even fit the case. The Concerto for Orchestra is easily the most popular work by Bartok and it is presented here in two-channel stereo, just as it was recorded. Very misleading product. LM-1934; Vinyl LP). Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2020. Fourteen tracks. Reiners classic Bartok is emotional and energetic, Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2017. I have had other SACDs from this label before and they have been very good, so I didn't suspect any issue, but when I was examining it, I noticed that on my copy, there was not a mention of SACD, and the CD logo was present. They were recorded with just 2 or 3 omnidirectional mikes, straight with no mixing or tweaking. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2017. Koussevitzky was not disappointed and the Concerto was an immediate success. I bought this out of curiosity having heard how good the old Living Stereo recordings were. Bartok fled to the US from Hungary in 1940 and was short of funds. Play tested and plays strong. The prices are starting to climb on these, so grab them while the grabbing's good. Label: RCA. By Bla Bartk Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner. Released in April 1956 on RCA Victor (catalog no. The score is inscribed "15 August 8 October 1943". When first released these "Living Stereo" discs were hybrid SACDs, but Sony has lost interest in the format and I reckon these are now nothing more than DSD Compact Disc releases. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2019. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! In 1943, Bartok's compatriot, Fritz Reiner, persuaded Serge Koussevitzky, the conductor of the Boston Symphony, to commission this Concerto. Reiner's superb control of his orchestra and of Bartk's rhythms and textures is still unsurpassed, even by dozens of subsequent conductors in the digital age. This is a must for serious Bartok collectors. Brilliant Bartok in Living Stereo and SACD, Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020. I found that it lived up to expectations. Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016. As for the performance, there's no-one - certainly no living conductor! For all its virtuosity, the concerto is structurally symphonic, and Reiner ensures that the music formally coheres. Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner. In fact, the booklet doesn't even fit the case. I bought this thinking it was going to be an SACD, as it has the logo on the picture of the album. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement orchestral work composed by Bla Bartk in 1943. Bartk* Chicago Symphony Orchestra*, Fritz Reiner - Concerto For Orchestra Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta Hungarian Sketches (1993, CD) | Discogs. , these are beautifully recorded by RCA and sound excellent as remastered for CD from the original edited tapes Living. Formats and editions Hide other formats and editions previous page of related Sponsored Products, in Mikes, straight with no mixing or tweaking 1473 of all-time album containing music recorded on three tracks in and. 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