COMPOSERS: Bartok
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Contrasts; Rhapsody No. 1; Mikrokosmos – excerpts
PERFORMER: Béla Bartók (piano), Joseph Szigeti (violin), Benny Goodman (clarinet)
CATALOGUE NO: 8.111343
A convenient compilation in excellent new Obert-Thorn transfers: this version of Contrasts has never sounded as clean. Bartók’s pianism is full of colour and life. Martin Cotton