Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite - LSO / Solti

Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite Sz.73a
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
Studio recording, London, XII.1963

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

This is what great music sounds like. You know when you hear it. It is great from beginning to end. The hand of the master is evident in every gesture. I never tire of hearing this masterpiece. Solti's performance is certainly violently erotic as it should be. Bartok at his best!

[@kyletomlinson5365]

holy hell this sounds impossible to play.

[@nimeshsingh4943]

The clarinet solos especially :X

[@jeanparke9373]

It's totally playable, especially compare to the finale from the Concerto for Orchestra 😂😂

[@slateflash]

It's actually harder than the Concerto for Orchestra

[@notaire2]

Spannende Interpretation dieser einzigartigen Suite mit farbenprächtigen und perfekt artikulierten Töne aller Instrumente. Der geniale Maestro dirigiert das ausgezeichnete Orchester im veränderlichen Tempo mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Echt Gänsehaut!

[@yl4521]

15:20

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sirook-joonlee2352]

SPLENDID!!

[@davidrehak3539]

Bartók Béla:A csodálatos mandarin-Szvit Londoni Szimfonikus Zenekar Vezényel:Solti György

[@davidrehak3539]

Köszönöm az értékelést

[@davideaton144]

SONY has reissued this piece done by Jean Martinon and the Chicago Symphony as part of a 10 CD set (for $35) of all of the RCA recordings the JM did in Chicago during his brief tenure as conductor with the SCO. Terrific stuff and the Bartok is amazingly good!

[@clydeblair9622]

I agree but irrelevant.

[@henrygingercat]

Wow, very fast but no-one could ever accuse Solti of being dull.

[@obiwan88]

If that's fast, you should see Abbado's BBC Proms 1986 performance with the same orchestra. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXWQYoqvl5mhZq8

[@clydeblair9622]

The LSO at its peak. Raw Bartok depicting serial murder. Wow. The two hawk faces. All that paprika. Oh and a superbly mystical MFSPC.

[@utaisa9397]

I like this era, too. solti & LSO performance and superb recording

[@paullewis2413]

@@utaisa9397I’ve always preferred the sound of Solti’s London recordings to those he made in Chicago probably because Decca’s recording venues there were so good.

[@bobcinquino9937]

Today, September 26th, 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the master's death. I listened to the quartet #5 and this suite in his honor.

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

Great!!!Fascination!!!!!!!

[@paullewis2413]

Though they reputedly didn’t always get on too well, Solti’s performances with the L.S.O. from the early to late 60’s are always outstanding and show his talent at its height as one of the most dynamic and exciting conductors.

[@Ahrsib]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

[@19BenZ57]

from PERSIA with Passion

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

No wonder he won all those Grammys!