Monthly Archives: February 2007

Hungaroton HSACD 32502Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Zoltán Kocsis1 CD/SACD stereo/surround  72 Min. 2006 Mittlerweile gibt es vier Werkverzeichnisse von Béla Bartók (1881-1945): sein eigenes, das er aber nur bis zur Opusnummer 20 führte, die Auflistung der Frühwerke durch Denijs Dille (“DD”), das Szöllösy-Verzeichnis (“Sz”) und das von László Somfai propagierte Béla-Bartók-Werkverzeichnis (“BB”), umfangreicher als “Sz”, aber auch nicht […]

Werke von B. Bartók

Hungaroton HSACD 32502Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Zoltán Kocsis1 CD/SACD stereo/surround  72 Min. 2006 Mittlerweile gibt es vier Werkverzeichnisse von Béla Bartók (1881-1945): sein eigenes, das er aber nur bis zur Opusnummer 20 führte, die Auflistung der Frühwerke durch Denijs Dille (“DD”), das Szöllösy-Verzeichnis (“Sz”) und das von László Somfai propagierte Béla-Bartók-Werkverzeichnis (“BB”), umfangreicher als “Sz”, aber auch nicht […]

Bartok: The Wooden Prince, Kossuth – Kocsis

This recording is the first release in Hungaroton's 'Bartok New Series' and is sponsored by the National Cultural Fund as well as other distinguished organisations and individuals. The artists are the same as those on Hungaroton's only other SACD, an outstanding version of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and Dance Suite, that I reviewed in 2004. […]

Hungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis BMC- 107(CD)Reference Recording – K. 550: Szell (Sony) Artistic Quality: 9Sound Quality: 9 This recording documents the inaugural concert at Budapest's new National Concert Hall, and a lovely pair of performances it turns out to be. Zoltán Kocsis' Mozart strongly recalls that of his late countryman Sándor Végh, in that […]

Hungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis BMC- 107(CD)Reference Recording – K. 550: Szell (Sony) Artistic Quality: 9Sound Quality: 9 This recording documents the inaugural concert at Budapest's new National Concert Hall, and a lovely pair of performances it turns out to be. Zoltán Kocsis' Mozart strongly recalls that of his late countryman Sándor Végh, in that […]

Hungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis BMC- 107(CD)Reference Recording – K. 550: Szell (Sony) Artistic Quality: 9Sound Quality: 9 This recording documents the inaugural concert at Budapest's new National Concert Hall, and a lovely pair of performances it turns out to be. Zoltán Kocsis' Mozart strongly recalls that of his late countryman Sándor Végh, in that […]

Hungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis BMC- 107(CD)Reference Recording – K. 550: Szell (Sony) Artistic Quality: 9Sound Quality: 9 This recording documents the inaugural concert at Budapest's new National Concert Hall, and a lovely pair of performances it turns out to be. Zoltán Kocsis' Mozart strongly recalls that of his late countryman Sándor Végh, in that […]

Hungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis BMC- 107(CD)Reference Recording – K. 550: Szell (Sony) Artistic Quality: 9Sound Quality: 9 This recording documents the inaugural concert at Budapest's new National Concert Hall, and a lovely pair of performances it turns out to be. Zoltán Kocsis' Mozart strongly recalls that of his late countryman Sándor Végh, in that […]

Béla Bartók: Kossuth, DD 75a – Le Prince de bois, sz. 60

Zoltan Kocsis assume la charge de chef titulaire de l'Orchestre Philharmonique National Hongrois depuis presque dix ans. Ce qui lui a laissé le temps de perfectionner sa pratique de la direction d'orchestre (une nouvelle spécialisation pas forcément évidente au départ, meme pour un pianiste aussi polyvalent) et de bien connaitre une phalange qui affiche aujourd'hui […]

Hungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kocsis BMC- 107(CD)Reference Recording – K. 550: Szell (Sony) Artistic Quality: 9Sound Quality: 9 This recording documents the inaugural concert at Budapest's new National Concert Hall, and a lovely pair of performances it turns out to be. Zoltán Kocsis' Mozart strongly recalls that of his late countryman Sándor Végh, in that […]