Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra / Peter

Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra / Peter Eötvös: Replica / György Kurtág: Movement for Viola & Orchestra - Kim Kashkashian

Kim Kashkashian's interpretation of three Hungarian composers' works for viola is peerless. The viola is a perplexing, complex instrument that always seems out of time, almost out of place with the modern repertory. But the melancholy and directness of the instrument, especially in the hands of such an accomplished performer as Kashkashian, make for a listening experience that is profoundly contemporary. BartÃ³k's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra was one of the last pieces the composer wrote. In a sense unfinished, fragmentary (Paul Griffiths, in his liner notes, says the piece is "partial, imminent, not yet arrived"), the work is balanced by EÃ¶tvÃ¶s's Replica, written especially for Kashkashian and recorded here for the first time. KurtÃ¡g's Movement, his graduation exercise presented to the Liszt Academy in Budapest in 1954, has a clear BartÃ³kian hue, but also shows the influence of Brahms and Haydn. While it is a youthful work, it is no minor piece and, especially in the context of KurtÃ¡g's usual miniatures, is a fascinating listening experience. EÃ¶tvÃ¶s shows himself to be a wonderful director, drawing from Kashkashian a precision and subtlety that the masculine viola sometimes lacks, while encouraging the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra to support the fullest exploration of the pieces in hand. This is a remarkable, beautiful, and haunting recording. --Mark Thwaite
Country USA
Brand ECM RECORDS
Manufacturer ECM
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 028946542026
ReleaseDate 2000-06-13
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 028946542026
EANs 0028946542026

Country	USA
Brand	ECM RECORDS
Manufacturer	ECM
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	028946542026
ReleaseDate	2000-06-13
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
UPCs	028946542026
EANs	0028946542026

Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra / Peter Eötvös: Replica / György Kurtág: Movement for Viola & Orchestra - Kim Kashkashian

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