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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Reiner (CD)

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Reiner (CD)
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Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra bring remarkable precision, color and intensity to three orchestral works by Béla Bartók on this classic RCA Living Stereo recording. The collection is anchored by the Concerto for Orchestra, composed in 1943 after Reiner and violinist Joseph Szigeti helped persuade Serge Koussevitzky to commission a major new work from Bartók.

Recorded at Orchestra Hall in 1955, the Concerto for Orchestra showcases the virtuosity of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Bartók passes melodic and rhythmic material among individual instruments and sections of the ensemble. Reiner’s close connection to the composer — he had studied with Bartók at the Liszt Academy in Budapest — lends particular historical significance to this landmark interpretation.

The album also includes Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta and Hungarian Sketches, recorded with Reiner and the CSO in 1958. Those performances earned the Chicago Symphony Orchestra its first Grammy Award, for Best Classical Performance — Orchestra, and remain among the defining recordings of Bartók’s music from the Reiner era.

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