Bartók New Series
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Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Rhapsodies for Violin & Orchestra
Barnabás Kelemen (violin)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis
Not only does Kelemen possess all the necessary technical brilliance to master every aspect of of Bartok's fiendishly difficult writing but he also has an instinctive and idiomatic understanding... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste
RecommendedHungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kocsis
Every strand in Bartók's dense contrapuntal argument emerges here with amazing clarity...The performance, too, is utterly compelling...Kocsis's steadfast refusal to let the tension sag coupled... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2015, Highly Recommended
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, Disc of the month
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Bartok: Orchestral Suite No. 2
RecommendedBartok New Series - Vol. 6
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kocsis
Zoltán Kocsis has a world reputation as a pianist… On this evidence his conducting is equally as mesmerising, and equally insistent on never conjuring attention away from the music...In Bartók's... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2013, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Orchestral Finalist
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Kocsis relishes both the impressionistic colours and the earthy Hungarian rhythms and humour of the ballet score The Wooden Prince; his account of the tone poem Kossuth is widely recognised... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Orchestral
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Bartók: Choral Works 1 - Female, Male and Mixed Choruses
Krisztián Kocsis (piano)
Hungarian National Choir & Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Zoltán Kocsis
Whether involving the Hungarian National Choir of the Slovak Philharmonic Choir…the singing is both superbly blended and subtly expressive, Zltan Kocsis and his chorusmasters combining for performances... — More…
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Zoltán Kocsis has referred to his ongoing Bartók orchestral series as resembling a critical edition in CD format. He has a point, not least regarding the gorgeously idiomatic contribution of... — More…
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