Cristian Macelaru; WDR Sinfonieorchester
Release Date: 24 February 2023
Label: Outhere / Linn
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 691062071420
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Composer/Series: Bartok
Description
Following their first album for Linn (Dvo?ák: Legends Op. 59, Czech Suite Op. 39), the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Cristian M?celaru pursue the same folk vein with two orchestral works by Béla Bartók. Based on a rather childish tale (prince, princess, fairies, and of course a happy ending!), the music of the ballet The Wooden Prince – recorded in full here – has all the ingredients of a masterpiece: masterful scoring for large forces, use of musical themes, an effortless amalgam of folk and late-Romantic elements. Composed in 1923 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the merging of the towns of Buda and Pest – alongside commissions by Ernö Dohnányi and Zoltán Kodály – the century-old Dance Suite is a six-movement work that has become one of Bartók's best known compositions. Born in Timi?oara, a short distance from Hungaria, M?celaru can boast an unparalleled understanding of Bartók, as evident here.
Hugh Cutting; Audrey Hyland
Samson Tsoy
Michael Barenboim; Natalia Pegarkova-Barenboim
Magnificat; Philip Cave
Kuniko
Jonian Ilias Kadesha; CHAARTS Chamber Artists
Ensemble Moliere
Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
Cristian Macelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester
Cristian Macelaru; WDR Sinfonieorchester
