Contrasts, Sz111 (Bartók)
from Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin & other works (SIGCD466)
1 Verbunkos 'Recruiting Dance': Moderato ben ritmato [5'30]
2 Pihenö 'Relaxation': Lento [4'39]
3 Sebes 'Fast Dance': Allegro vivace [6'50]
16 minutes 59 seconds 3 tracks
'Salonen keeps this highly graphic and emotionally potent music on the move' (Gramophone)
The Guardian
'Salonen and the Philharmonia relish the rhythmic barbarity, which rivals that of The Rite of Spring—the strings digging deep in the furious allegro. Salonen is in his element in Bartok’s hardcore mod ...