Monthly Archives: May 2004

BÉLA BARTÓKConcerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Hungarian Peasant SongsHungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis Hungaroton- HSACD 32187(SACD) Artistic Duality 10 / 10 Sound Duality Hungaroton's first SACD release is a knockout! Zoltán Kocsis, already acclaimed as perhaps the finest Bartók pianist alive, proves equally adept as a conductor. Indeed, there is no finer performance of the […]

I think it was about ten years ago when I guided one of my foreign friends around Budapest: Heroes' Square, Váci utca, the Castle District. At the end of the day we went to a concert at the Music Academy. It was a magical evening. Luckily, the ÁHZ (Hungarian Concert Orchestra, predecessor of the National […]

BÉLA BARTÓKConcerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Hungarian Peasant SongsHungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis Hungaroton- HSACD 32187(SACD) Artistic Duality 10 / 10 Sound Duality Hungaroton's first SACD release is a knockout! Zoltán Kocsis, already acclaimed as perhaps the finest Bartók pianist alive, proves equally adept as a conductor. Indeed, there is no finer performance of the […]