Bartók
20th Century Classics Vol. 5 (Beulah)
Kubelík the modernist at his wizardly best [DMD]
Eudice Shapiro (violin): Sonatas and duos (Biddulph)
The admirable art of violinist Eudice Shapiro, heard in core repertory [JW]
The Wild Sound of the 20s – 1923 (BR Klassik)
A good example of 1920s music in outstanding performances, let down by lack of texts [LW]
Bartók: Chamber Works (Decca)
A stunning CD – fantastic performances of strongly contrasting works [PBW]
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Superb modern versions of these works [JP]
Bartók: Piano Concertos (Sony)
(Déjà Review) Marvellously subtle and polished … delightfully witty [TH]
Janácek, Brahms, Bartók: Violin Sonatas (Alpha Classics)
Two firecracker performers strike a storm of sparks off one another [DMD]
The Making of a Medium Vol. 1 (Crystal Records)
(Déjà Review) A fine selection [RB]
Bartok: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (DG)
No lover of Bartók’s music or of modern 20th century classics should be without this exceptional issue [GFe]
Der wilde Sound der 20er – 1923 (BR Klassik)
Four works reflect the time between modernity and tradition, revolution and republic, jazz and dance music [JF]
Janáček, Brahms, Bartók: Violin Sonatas (Alpha)
A varied program by performers who are clearly at one about the music [LP]
Nelson Freire (piano): The Unreleased Recordings (Decca)
Previously unreleased Nelson Freire recordings enrich the catalogue [JW]
Henryk Szeryng (violin) Rediscovered (Rhine)
One of the twentieth century’s greatest violinists, a musical aristocrat with superb polished technique and a phenomenal intellect [SG]
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