Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Béla Bartók

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Fritz Reiner, cond.)

album cover

Group Togetherness, on a Grand Scale

Read all about this recording in the book 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die.

Genre: Classical
Released: 1958, RCA
Another Interpretation: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (James Levine, cond.)
Catalog Choice: Violin Concerto No. 2, Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Pierre Boulez, cond.)
Next Stop: Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra (Pierre Boulez, cond.)
After That: Frank Zappa: Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger, Ensemble InterContemporain

Buy this Recording

Do you want to see this recording featured?

Every day, we feature a new recording and put Tom's full entry from the 1,000 Recordings book up on the site.

You can help make this a featured recording: leave a comment below and tell us why it should be featured. We'll select new featured recordings based on the comments.

Share this page:

Comments:

Post a Comment:

Name:

Email:

Location:

URL:

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Submit the word you see below:


Note that your comment will be reviewed by an editor before it appears on the site.

site design: Juxtaprose