Bartók reviews
A guide to Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.2 and its best recordings
One of the Hungarian’s great masterpieces, this richly evocative work has inspired many top violinists; Erik Levi reveals the finest recordings of Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.2
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Mika Kares, Szilvia Vörös; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (BIS)
A Sicilian Traveller (Alessio Pianelli)
Avos Chamber Orchestra/Alessio Pianelli (cello) (Rubicon)
Prism III (Danish String Quartet)
Danish String Quartet (ECM)
Bartók • Beethoven • Dvořák: String Quartets (Juilliard SQ)
Juilliard String Quartet (Sony Classical)
Virtuoso Dances
Linus Roth (violin), José Gallardo (piano) (Evil Penguin)
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Suite No. 2, etc
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (Onyx)
Plaisirs illuminés
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), et al; Camerata Bern/Francisco Coll (Alpha Classics)
Bartók • Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2, etc
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin); Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Hrůša (BIS)
Bartók: String Quartets Nos 1, 3 & 5
Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi)
Ammann • Bartók • Ravel: Piano Concertos
Andreas Haefliger (piano); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (BIS)
Carnival of the Animals (The Kanneh-Masons)
The Kanneh Masons, et al (Decca)
What's Next Vivaldi?
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin); Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha Classics)
Mythes: Works by Bartók, Ravel, Stravinsky et al
Jiyoon Lee, Henry Kramer (Champs Hill)
Bartók and Kodály: Concertos for Orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Hrůša (
Pentatone)
Motherland: Works by Bartók, Dvořák, Shor & Walton
David Aaron Carpenter; London Philharmonic Orchestra/Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski, David Parry
(Warner)
Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Christian Tetzlaff; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu
(Ondine)
Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos 1 and 2
Renaud Capuçon (violin); London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth (
Erato)
JS Bach • Bartók
Julien Libeer (piano) (Harmonia Mundi)
Racines: Works by Bartók
Florent Boffard (Mirare)
Bartók • R Schumann
Stephen Waarts & Gabriele Carcano (Rubicon)
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1; Enescu: Octet for Strings in C
Vilde Frang; with Erik Schumann, Gabriel Le Magadure, Rosanne Philippens et al; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Mikko Franck (Warner Classics)
Bartók: Suite No. 1; Concerto for Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (Onyx)
Bartók • Korngold: Piano Quintets
Piers Lane (piano); Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion)