If Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1 is young man's music, an expression of brooding intensity and passionate lyricism, his Violin Concerto No. 2 may be viewed as its mature complement because of its formal control, technical brilliance, and buoyant energy. Written between 1907 and 1908 for violinist Stefi Geyer, the object of Bartók's unrequited affections and also the inspiration of his contemporaneous String Quartet No. 1, the Violin Concerto No. 1 wasn't performed until 1958, having been lost for half a century and ...
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If Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1 is young man's music, an expression of brooding intensity and passionate lyricism, his Violin Concerto No. 2 may be viewed as its mature complement because of its formal control, technical brilliance, and buoyant energy. Written between 1907 and 1908 for violinist Stefi Geyer, the object of Bartók's unrequited affections and also the inspiration of his contemporaneous String Quartet No. 1, the Violin Concerto No. 1 wasn't performed until 1958, having been lost for half a century and only published after Bartók and Geyer had died. Its absence from the repertoire led many to believe the Violin Concerto No. 2, composed 30 years after the first, was Bartók's only example of the genre, though both works can now be regarded as a balanced pair. This 2018 Gramola release features violinist Benjamin Schmid as soloist, joined by the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra under Tibor Bogányi, and the recording is a marvelous showcase of Schmid's virtuosic playing and the orchestra's...
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