Béla Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances for String Orchestra Sz.56 BB 68

[@randomperson-oe8ff]

As a half hungarian, half romanian, I see this as an absolute win

[@pancake-de5iv]

what are your opinions on garlic and wooden crosses?

[@alexandrutraian5236]

​@@pancake-de5iv😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ArtVandelay99]

As a Romanian, it melts my heart watching how well musicians from the opposite corner of Europe are playing (and getting!) this music, itself of course proof of how positively cultures can interact. Wish this was typical of all blending of cultures that we now witness in Europe.

[@solangevoiry19]

Bartok was anti-fascist, Europe needs more music from Bartok. A lot of strength has this piece! For more peace and cultures, more open minds! ( I'm belgian y spanish ... my inglés very bad!)

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Well said, longtalker!

[@santiagovera144]

@@solangevoiry19 🌝

[@Trollpapa-s8e]

Romanian culture ???

[@Trollpapa-s8e]

This is Romanian mountain shepherd (peasant) music. Beautiful music. This was processed by the Hungarian Béla Bartók. Do not exaggerate things, Romanian culture ?? HAHAHAHA

[@FinnoUgric]

As a Hungarian, Bartók is one, if not my favorite composer, mostly because I'm an amateur ethnographer, and Bartók's love for the beautiful Hungarian Folk music is so inspiring and great. He did so much for the Hungarian traditions, history and culture. This is a wonderful selection of Romanian folktunes in classical costume. Greetings goes out from a Hungarian to Romanians,Slovakians, Serbs,Finns,Turks and to all ! We have no reason to hate each other, when we have music, culture, history and traditions like no one else has. Turn off your TV, and forget about politics. Enjoy the Internet given possibilities.

[@antoinepetrov]

You can't forget about the politics when we're talking about Hungary.

[@sole26881]

Sie sprechen mir aus dem Herzen. Musik Musik und nochmals Musik! Das ist Völkervereinend und verbindend; da hat nur Liebe Platz und keine Politik und Machtgehabe!

[@agramsci7976]

Mr. Bela Bartok, is not just a monument in western classical music but the entire culture of world music. He pioneered the idea that all musical traditions are important to preserve and study. I salute you...

[@josephrincon1802]

Am I the only one who gets moved to tears by the sheer greatness of this performance? I feel the direction of the orchestra, in particular the decisions made with the tempo changes between the dances and the articulation, just strikes me as so masterfully understood and executed. Truly amazing

[@rnbrineg]

This piece is less than 7 minutes long but I keep coming back to it over and over and feel something different each time.

[@wooftop40]

Same here. Something about it makes me come back here again and again

[@Niabambina]

As a hungarian, it melts my heart. I want to embrace and dance with the world when I listen to this. So intense and passionate. What a beautiful peace of music and the orchestral performance is so delicate. They feel the culture so hard. Such a joy; I wish it goes on for hours

[@Susan55943]

Romanian and Hungarian friends, this heavenly music has the spirit of our old lovely dear Europe and its people. Love from Italy

[@DIFrei-pu4jw]

It is a place in the world called Transylvania where people for hundreds of years live in harmony regardless of ethnicity (Magyar, Romanian, German) or religion. In 1568, the Diet of Transylvania met in Turda, and issued a decree proclaiming the freedom of conscience and religious tolerance for all the inhabitants of Transylvania. Bartok selected popular songs from among the Romanian ethnics and turned them into this masterpiece.

[@Susan55943]

@@DIFrei-pu4jw ..I find not know these details. Thanks for telling us

[@Susan55943]

@Yusuf Erdoğan greetings to you

[@Susan55943]

@@HumbleHuman-k7g I am sorry about your feelings. Of course I don't know the reason. I do hope, one day, misunderstandings will be overcome

[@sihismundo7811]

@@DIFrei-pu4jw this Diet decided for the freedom of religion of Hungarians, Transylvanian Saxons and Szeklers, BUT NOT FOR ROMANIANS. I know the sufference of romanians (for centuries) is not important for anyone. But just update a little bit your knowledge. Otherwise I love romanian, hungarian, german cultures.

[@茉宥仁科]

私は日本の学生です。先日この曲をブラスバンドで演奏しました。私達はこの素晴らしい曲のおかげで、最高の時間を過ごすことごできました。この曲がもっと多くの人々に知られることを祈っています。

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

This performance is probably as near to perfection as you can get it. Bravo NCO unbelievable. Audience as quiet as little mice too ;-).

[@carolworthey2067]

So beautiful! Bartok has always been one of my favorite composers! Wonderful performance, expressive, perfect tempi, both delicate at times and very powerful!!

[@marceloclodomirozavalia239]

Qué lindo!!! No conicía estas danzas.

[@thejackattack]

I'm playing Joc Cu Bâtă, Buciumeana, and Poargă Românească in my orchestra right now, and this is an amazing rendition of it. Fantastic job!

[@thejackattack]

I also added the Romanian keyboard just to type this lol

[@thejackattack]

Okay, so concert's done: 1. Joc Cu Bâtă went well 2. Buciumeana was annoyingly difficult for the violins and violas to stay together 3. Poargă Românească had some rushing in weird places

[@ioana938]

Thanks for these comments -- we're starting this right now in my community orchestra and I'll know what to look for. Excited about it, though, and looking forward to this! And yes, I'm the single Romanian in the group.

[@catkeys6911]

There's nothing I love more than compositions that flip from minor to major scale, and this is a beautiful one. Look at the smiles on the faces of the orchestra members (they're often SO serious!) - they are having fun and sounding beautiful! GReat recording -excellent sound quality; good camera coordination, too.👍👍

[@koraXro]

I can see Romanians folk dancers listening to thus rendition... the fast moving legs, the boots high, the hands holding ... wonderfully played

[@channelantoneon]

That guy on the violin is having the time of his life

[@wendychen5779]

Just FYI: If I understand the ensemble correctly, he served not only as the principal/chair, but also as the quasi-conductor. All other members look to him for guidance, if not also for inspiration for how the piece would be rendered. That partially explains his "movements" during the performance. I was positively impressed by the enthusiasm of the players: their coherence and togetherness. Bravo!

[@yanas9871]

He is the concertmaster, this is his job to guide the orchestra, especially when a conductor is absent. Hence the expressivity

[@MotorcycleBrute]

Which one, they all look crazy

[@tegwen6062]

@@MotorcycleBrute pretty sure it's the concertmaster that's being referred to, but I won't use "crazy" they're just musicians that truly enjoy what they're playing

[@MotorcycleBrute]

@@tegwen6062 oh, I was joking, I don’t actually think they’re crazy

[@jandrewscali]

I swear, the NCO breathes with one breath, lives with one heartbeat! Just superb!

[@franmarfil]

00:06 - I. Joc cu bâtǎ (Stick Dance) 01:33 - II. Brâul (Sash Dance) 02:04 - III. Pê-loc (In One Spot) 03:20 - IV. Buciumeana (Horn Dance) 05:05 - V. Poargǎ româneascǎ (Romanian Polka) 05:39 - VI. Mǎrunţel (Fast Dance)

[@papaya2648]

Thanks for listing the music in order!

[@sunsnotesunsnote8291]

thanks

[@ruweiyi]

Thanks!

[@amenwen]

謝謝您好心人(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

[@topcookies1097]

@@amenwen 你也說中文哈哈

[@hedera.hellix]

Mulțumim, Bela Bartok!

[@morebirdsandroses]

Somehow I felt that this group would play this wonderfully. So glad I chose them! Pacing, emphasis and musicality right on the mark. ❤

[@CristianASas]

I'm Romanian, and have lived in Denmark for the past 13 years (since I was 18), and even though my identity is in a state of limbo right now, when I hear these melodies, I instantly connect with them. I don't think there are other songs/melodies that portray so well the Romanian people at its core (beyond the cultural/societal issues). Whether it's the sad, longing and mournful history, or the joyful and celebratory one.

[@deanronson6331]

Even though I love this piece, I'm aware that it's a stylized version of Romanian folk music. Most Romanian people in cities or villages would maybe recognize some of it but probably not identify with it. For a true, down-to-earth Romanian folk music, you need to search YT for authentic vocal and instrumental folk sounds from that country performed by folk artists.

[@peterkovacs8354]

@@deanronson6331 well, hard to tell, some people there came from a culture, that hungarians glorifies about kind of nation-deffenders since 1000 years. ( exactly) (they are the Transylvanians) And Bartók was hun, so.

[@deanronson6331]

@@peterkovacs8354 Your English and logic are not comprehensible enough.

[@danioancea7201]

Try to Watch the movie with Anthony Quinn- The 25th hour (1967) about Romania

[@zsoltmikola7282]

Ez nem a romãnokrol szòl.Ez a szëkelyekròl íródott.

[@wamonzgti]

Wow, what an amazing sound! It just has one of those beautiful melodies.

[@algo3766]

L'Orchestre de chambre norvégien interprète cette oeuvre avec brio. Bravo. The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra performs this work brilliantly. Bravo !

[@zsuzsannarakonczai7089]

Imádom ezt az együttest! Rengeteg változatban ismerem, hallgattam Bartók eme csodálatos zenéjét, de ilyen élvezetes, színes, gazdag előadást nem találtam még. Van olyan együttes, amelyik elmegy az üres, csillogó virtuozitás felé, van olyan, akik szünetekkel megszakítják, megtörik a zene ívét... De ilyen lélekkel, gondolatokkal teli előadást nem hallottam még! Minden hang, minden vonás tartalmat rejt. Benne van mindegyik muzsikus lelke, egyénisége, öröme, szárnyalása... Nem tudom megunni, egymás után ötször, tízszer is meghallgatom. Nagyon szeretem őket!

[@viktormartoni2888]

Érdekes: nekem is az egyik kedvenc zeném, de ez az előadás nem tetszik, többször is szinte fölszisszenek a hallgatása közben. Persze ízlések és pofonok... Mindenesetre a non plus ultra nálam a Muzsikásék és a Danubia együtt-örömzenélése: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqaTf356pbugi6M.

[@zsuzsannarakonczai7089]

@@viktormartoni2888 Igen! Az azért számomra is díjnyertes!

[@sirsytham1588]

@@viktormartoni2888 I prefer this version, maybe it's just me... (Jobban szeretem ezt a verziót, talán csak én ... Google Transelate)

[@Niabambina]

Nem lehetne szebben kifejezni eszt az elöadàst. Majdnem hihetetlen, mennyire tellt, nehéz, perfekt, direkt ugy jàtszàk, mint ha kicsuszna egy pàr pohàr bor utàn, még is könnyü mint a pehely. Nem tudom hàny verziot meghalgattam, de ez a leg csodàlatosabb!

[@wooftop40]

Such a beautiful music ❤️ Love from Korea

[@fernansolos]

Energy! Yes! Great leadership! That 3rd movement, neolithic.

[@dumnezeucunoidumnezeucunoi7294]

Abia asta e Muzicã adevãratã. Splendid. Multumim oamenilor simpli ce au cântat si dansat pe aceste ritmuri, lui Bela Bartok, Orchestrei din Norvegia si tuturor iubitorilor de muzicã bunã ❤️🇷🇴🇲🇩🇭🇺🇧🇻🌐❤️

[@erlekont]

Such great playing!!! Bravo-bravo-bravo!!

[@efarkas1703]

I am Hungarian, and i am impressed! Thank you!!!

[@FionaBrice1]

Inspired. Incredible performance. World class musicianship.

[@mikdumancas5635]

the energy you guys put in this piece was amazing!!! every orchestra should play with this enthusiasm, in my opinion of course. Very well done!

[@stevephillips7884]

Had an acquaintance from Hungary. An English professor. His name was Bela. Always loved Liszt. I never knew Bartok was Hungarian. Should have put 2 and 2 together. Loved these songs. Norwegians did them great.

[@auctionsimperial2054]

Thank you, thank you to the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra for this wonderful, nuanced performance!

[@Violinlesson-Venice]

Esecuzione spettacolare!

[@niallbuchanan8825]

Outstanding string playing of a masterpiece.

[@h...5657]

The best version of Bartok's Romanian folk dances. Love it❤️❤️

[@dweeb99]

An extraordinary ensemble of handsome musicians! I have played this music on the piano for over fifty years, and every arrrangement I've heard is wonderful, this performance especially so.

[@johcafra]

Simply outstanding.

[@邓梓薇]

So full of passion !!

[@BrachaWaldman]

Thank you so much! Its a wonderfull performance. This music is so enthusiastic and make my heart dance together..... Thank you and congratulations!

[@KugleeKuglee]

Beautiful. Bravooo!!! I constant smiled :) and I happy to see that the musicians have fun too! Thank you!

[@TheMANDOLINLOVER]

Flawless performance....Bela must be very happyyy

[@julieandrews730]

Love, love, love this. Will take it on a continuous loop throughout the day! NCO the best!

[@sutrakl]

I am learning the pieces now and enjoyed listening to this. Thank you NCO from New Zealand.

[@sole26881]

Sehr grosse und musikalische Leistung mit Hingabe!!! Danke sehr💐💐💐

[@efarkas1703]

What can I say, it is just beautiful!!!

[@山川川山]

Best recording I’ve heard

[@Ariela_Soare]

at the end, exactly how the music makes the romanias to dance like all are one, the same the end of this songs makes all this singers to live one momemnt, same momemnt and to be there , to sing with passion...and the music is a wonderfull..so happy that they choose this

[@AndreJorgeOliveira1]

Loved it! Wonderful rythmic work and dynamic

[@ClockworkDave]

Bravo! This is such an amazing piece of music, it must have felt wonderful to play that.

[@musiquemacabre]

0:55 The smile after the pizzicato 💜

[@javierr999]

I'm addicted to this

[@paulagrierson]

Wonderful playing with such verve. Really bravo, simply first class.

[@eugenen3676]

Beautiful performance! Thank you so much!

[@robertcucinotta4071]

Thank you for this beautiful performance!

[@MegaTubetiger]

Bravo! Bravo!

[@dazzecheverria378]

Gracias por compartir estas piezas de arte tan portentosas

[@staffanolofsson8201]

It is a wonder how this amount of human wisdom can be gathered together in less than seven minutes. Think of all the lives lived before this, and how their thoughts and music habits led to this masterwork. Just folk music, as everywhere, but Bartók rescued it from oblivion. And think of all music that was not rescued.

[@benhanley2087]

I love these pieces.

[@renatoviolino22]

This "Jeremy Irons" on the violin is fantastic!

[@邓梓薇]

Lol

[@Niabambina]

Brilliant

[@zsoltbona9457]

A mi Bartókunk, gyönyörű zene!!!!!!!!

[@ebruilhan2864]

Beautiful piece from with an outstanding performance! It is magical and somewhat sad.

[@Lexicatlove]

Its beatifull i love it❤❤❤🤩🤩🥰🥰😘😘😻😻

[@rogergoodman326]

My 102 yo client introduced me to Bela Bartok. Thank you P.

[@zsuzsannarakonczai7089]

Még ilyen csodálatos, átélt muzsikálást...! Bartók zenéje teljesen magával ragadja a norvég zenészeket is!

[@frugalhousewife9878]

BRAVO 👏 👏 👏

[@stephenhall3515]

This performance reminds me of hearing Lehel conducting in Budapest decades ago. The Norwegians here get a similar plangent tone. This is a very special rendering of a great work.

[@jeansimon326]

Magnificent! Thank You.

[@prestokrevlar]

I love this so much!

[@HelionLucien]

Honestly I really am in love

[@azearaazymoto461]

i don't who arranged this, but I love them, and I love the orchestra. It genuinely sounds like this was made for orchestra.

[@coopb4073]

We are playing this in 8th grade but it’s not the same one. This sounds great

[@1n9-b3c]

Outstanding performance

[@jeromecognet8822]

Superbe....

[@mariagraziacaproni9126]

Quando tutto il corpo parla di musica...!onore al merito di Terje Tonnesen

[@StudioB7]

one of the best version

[@Blomhert]

What a pure musical gift !

[@elishiakershom2020]

Happy birthday to Bartòk Bèla

[@pghagen]

What a delicious music! Never heard these dances before!

[@ChrisBECKETT-k4x]

wickedly difficult stuff, bravi tutti !! so much joy and energy throughout

[@efarkas1703]

It was fantastic! Thank you!

[@martamatray2744]

csodálatos!!!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra , what is it that makes them always sound so swell, so up to the point, so accurate? It can be Richard Strauss or Arnold Schönberg or, as this time, Béla Bartók. With or without notes. I dont know, but always when I listen to them I think: "This is something extraordinary!" And it is. Something quite special.

[@Thefare1234]

Staffan Olofsson I think unlike some other orchestras most of the seem you be enjoying the music

[@smcaqua1079]

Love how the violas are right next to the 1st violins. For me, this is a great setup as it allows for the violas and cellos to be heard easier (because even with the 2nd violins facing away from the audience they are still heard whereas violas often aren't)

[@alanwood4717]

STUNNING.

[@catalinamalebran9718]

Que Esplendido Me Encanta ésta pieza, parece que en ella se inspiro Cristobal Meza Cuando hizo la musica para la pelicula Chilena Fuga :) 👍Gran Referente el Maestro Bartok.

[@TONIKOBLER]

magnifique play , great composer and musicologue

[@Wynter1888]

I find it awesome that they didn't even need a director!

[@shawnhampton8503]

So beautiful. First heard these on a film of Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. This version is played with a lot more folksy character and I love it. This hall where they are playing is so beautiful. Is it in Oslo? Amazing how similar the folk dances of cultures can be...I could almost hear this as Norwegian folk tunes.

[@kobej1749]

For me it was Solti and the Chicagoans, I believe. This performance definitely adds character, but loses none of the beauty. I hear some Levantine folk music in Bartok's music; the Maharaja of Mysore (a classical music enthusiast and funder) heard Indian folk music in it. It's a testament to Bartok's universality, and that of music in general, I like to think.

[@fingerhorn4]

Fantastic Playing by all.

[@marcosevero1523]

Bartok was one of the favorites of the late writer, Nobel prize winner, Gabriel García Márquez.

[@bootlegsbeyondgorski9596]

Glory to Romania! From the UK x

[@oocarlaaa]

I love this so so much, I always return

[@sutaindra]

beautiful sound!

[@madfeldor]

Hi and I "have to" say that I love this. Nothing else to say :) Cheers...

[@eugeniaalvarez4151]

Fantástica la interpretación, creo que la mejor que escuche

[@nazabektur4974]

Wow!!!! Bravo!!!! The best 👍

[@missprettyjackson95]

Perfection!

[@grandmajoyce2]

Fantastic! Bravo!

[@mateuszmachaa9710]

Very good!

[@estebanrojascastro6177]

Hablar de Bela Bartok y de su música nos lleva a hablar de su procedencia para entender un poco más su estilo compositivo. Bartok nació en 1881 en el Banato austrohúngaro, la cual es una región donde confluyen culturas como la húngara, rumana y serbia, foco tradicional de oposición al dominio de la casa Habsburgo y más tarde al régimen de Miklos Horthy. Su sistema compositivo fue descrito por el musicólogo húngaro Ermo Lendvai quien dedicó gran parte de su vida a descubrir las bases de este sistema ya que Bartok nunca habló de su técnica compositiva. Según Lendvai, la música de Bartok está basada en gran parte en sus investigaciones con el Folclor, en especial del Húngaro, y podría dividirse en dos grandes bloques distintos en cuanto a concepción pero complementarios entre sí: el sistema diatónico y el sistema cromático, que se subdivide en el sistema axial y proporción aurea. Esta obra fue escrita durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, en esta época Bartok se desempeñaba como profesor de piano en la real academia de Budapest, durante este tiempo también escribió otras obras musicales importantes

[@etme1000]

Very accurate and important that he was born in the intercultural region of Banat - where, actually, nine (9) different ethnic groups coexisted - and coexist.

[@sovra6734]

@@etme1000 Proud to be born in same town .

[@shylockwesker5530]

BEAUTIFUL.

[@luciavallesi123]

Stupende