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Bartók: Kossuth, 2 Portraits & Orchestral Suite No. 1

3/2/2015, 8 Tracks, 1:09:23

Featuring

  • JoAnn Falletta
  • Michael Ludwig
  • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Béla Bartók

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Performer Biography

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1935, is a GRAMMY® Award-winning ensemble and has performed at Carnegie Hall 24 times.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bartók was greatly inspired by Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, which he heard in 1902, leading him to intensively study Strauss's work.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Bartók's Two Portraits were inspired by his infatuation with violinist Stefi Geyer; the first portrait uses material from a violin concerto he wrote for her, and the second quotes a piano piece derived from a motif associated with her.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Bartók's Kossuth, a narrative tone poem, was composed when he was 22, inspired by the historical figure Lajos Kossuth, a Hungarian freedom fighter.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Bartók's Suite No. 1, completed in 1905, caused a sensation in Vienna at its premiere, despite the composer noting its 'Hungarianisms'.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In Kossuth, Bartók quotes the former Austrian national hymn, Gott Erhalt, which was originally written by Franz Joseph Haydn and is now Germany's national anthem.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Béla Bartók, the composer, began piano lessons at age five with his mother and later studied at the Budapest Academy of Music.

Source: Booklet

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