IDAGIO | Béla Bartók: Dance Suite - Anders Hillborg: Peacock Tales

Featuring

Duncan Ward
Valentine Michaud
Philzuid
Béla Bartók
Anders Hillborg
Claude Debussy

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Béla Bartók saw himself as a guardian of Hungarian and Romanian folk music, collecting an immense amount of it with Zoltán Kodály, a close friend and source of inspiration.

Composition History

Claude Debussy composed the greater part of La mer without seeing the sea, only completing it in Eastbourne, England, where he had traveled with his mistress.

Recording & Production

This album is a live recording, captured across multiple dates in late 2022 and early 2023 at various venues in the Netherlands and Germany.

Compositional Technique

Bartók's Dance Suite features six movements that flow seamlessly into each other, defined by a recurring ritornello, with themes related to folk music but composed by Bartók himself.

Critical Reception

Bartók's Dance Suite was initially poorly received at its 1923 premiere due to insufficient rehearsal time, but its quality was recognized two years later by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.