Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta performed by The Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Rafael Kubelík

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COMPOSERS: Bartok
LABELS: PentaTone
ALBUM TITLE: Bartók
WORKS: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta*
PERFORMER: The Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Rafael Kubelík
CATALOGUE NO: PTC 5186 247 (hybrid CD/ SACD) (1973/76)

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Recorded with startling clarity, Rafael Kubelík and the Boston Symphony’s 1973 account of Bartók’s Concerto-in-exile blazes with passion and nostalgia. Seiji Ozawa’s fill up* is efficiently done, if less characterful. 

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Bayan Northcott