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Building a Library: Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz. 112

With Andrew McGregor. Including at 9.30am Building a Library: Bartok's Violin Concerto No 2. 10.30am New chamber music releases. 11.45am Disc of the Week: Strauss: Four Last Songs.

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Building a Library: Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz. 112 Reviewer - Piers Burton-Page

First Choice:

(c/w Concerto for Orchestra Sz116; Piano Concerto No. 2 Sz95; Piano Concerto No. 3 Sz119; Violin Concerto No. 1 Sz36; Viola Concerto Op. posth. Sz120; The Miraculous Mandarin - Suite Sz73; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz106)
Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)*, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra*, Simon Rattle (conductor)*
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Orchestre de Paris, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Libor Pesek (conductor), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, David Shallon (conductor), Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
EMI 509407 2 (3 CDs, Budget)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.bartok:
bal.bartok.violin.concerto.no.2.sz.112

3 hours, 15 minutes

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Sat 23 Feb 2008 09:00

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