Description
In this compelling fusion of classical disciplines and the folk traditions of Central Europe, of poetic sensibility and stark modernism, Béla Bartók is one of the most distinctive composers of the 20th century. From spectacular orchestral scores to finely chiselled miniatures, this 20-CD set, Bartók: The Hungarian Soul, encompasses the intensity and richness of his inspiration.Bartók himself, in historic recordings made between 1928 and 1937, leads a contingent of Hungarian and Romanian musicians that includes András Schiff, Dinu Lipatti, Joseph Szigeti, Antal Doráti and Desző Ránki. The collection brings them together with artists from around the world, among them Pierre Boulez, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Alban Berg Quartett, Michel Béroff, Samson François, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Vilde Frang, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
