Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
As part of its Remastered Classics series of Quadraphonic recordings from the 1970s, Pentatone has released two impressive recordings of orchestral works by Béla Bartók in the multichannel format. Rafael Kubelik conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Concerto for Orchestra, which Bartók designed as a virtuoso showcase for that ensemble, while Seiji Ozawa led the same orchestra in the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, which Bartók originally composed for the Basel Chamber Orchestra. These performances were ...
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As part of its Remastered Classics series of Quadraphonic recordings from the 1970s, Pentatone has released two impressive recordings of orchestral works by Béla Bartók in the multichannel format. Rafael Kubelik conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Concerto for Orchestra, which Bartók designed as a virtuoso showcase for that ensemble, while Seiji Ozawa led the same orchestra in the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, which Bartók originally composed for the Basel Chamber Orchestra. These performances were recorded by Deutsche Grammophon in 1973 and 1979 respectively, and while Quadraphonic recordings and sound systems enjoyed their heyday in that decade, audiophile technology lagged in the early digital age until the advent of the multichannel hybrid SACD in the 1990s. The BSO's vivid performances benefit from the clean sound of the remastering, and the depth and presence of the orchestra are enhanced in the utterly transparent sound. Listeners using conventional CD players will also...
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