― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― nique (nique), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.derekerdman.com/ilovemilkshakes/april2005/misc/bartok.mp3
I think it's some Romanian folk dances.
― Derek Erdman (Donkey King), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sam Song, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 13 August 2005 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― petesmith (plsmith), Saturday, 13 August 2005 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 13 August 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link
search also: concerto for orchestra, violin concerto no. 2, sonata for solo violin, music for strings, percussion & celesta, piano concertos, sonatas for violin & piano, sonata for 2 pianos & 2 percussion.
i guess bartok's always been one of my favorite composers and i can't think of much to dislike. the quartets are easy to understand once listened to progressively. the first starts off in late romantic mode, which is accessible enough. and in any case, bartok never abandoned tonality and coherence, which is his greatest strength. he's just gnarly as fuck--i suppose if you've got a problem with that quality there's no hope, but otherwise, keep on listening.
― you will be shot (you will be shot), Saturday, 13 August 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― you will be shot (you will be shot), Saturday, 13 August 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 16 September 2005 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:07 (eighteen years ago) link
I've had a rocky ride getting into twentieth century music; other classics I've never got to grips with are Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Berg's Wozzek . . . on the other hand, I can't get enough Berio, Messaien, Takemitsu. If you don't like Bartok's quartets, don't force yourself; it may be to do with sensibility.
― All Bunged Up (Jake Proudlock), Friday, 16 September 2005 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 16 September 2005 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― All Bunged Up (Jake Proudlock), Friday, 16 September 2005 12:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eppy (Eppy), Friday, 16 September 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eppy (Eppy), Friday, 16 September 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 6 July 2006 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 6 July 2006 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 6 July 2006 13:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― baaderonixx, Monday, 23 April 2007 10:24 (sixteen years ago) link
― baaderonixx, Monday, 23 April 2007 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I love music, which is why I'm wishing Bela Bartok a happy birthday
― Dominique, Monday, 25 March 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3IT0TVWEAAfnxU?format=jpg&name=medium
this is a sensational recording. I doubt there will be a better one than this.
― calzino, Saturday, 5 June 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
🖼this is a sensational recording. I doubt there will be a better one than this.
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
It's a good 'un but Kocsis/Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra takes the cake for me. Simultaneously more modernist and more Hungarian.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
thanks for the recc, pom.
― calzino, Saturday, 5 June 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
but I'd still beg to differ with merely "a good 'un" it's much better than that!
― calzino, Saturday, 5 June 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
Fair, fair, I'm just a huge Zoltán Kocsis stan and his Bartók matches my layman's understanding of his music, so I tend to get carried away sometimes. I'm also liable to say things like: the Takács Quartet's 1996 recording of the string quartets is second to none and you should accept no substitute! Anyway, I'll revisit the Anda/Fricsay – it's been too long.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 June 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 5 June 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
TS: Cats named after Bela Bartok vs cats named after Blixa Bargeld (1)(2)
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Sunday, 6 June 2021 06:28 (two years ago) link
The fanous white collar criminal Martha Stewart also had a cat named after Bela Bartok
https://www.themarthablog.com/2016/01/farewell-to-bartok-the-cat.html
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Monday, 7 June 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link