Comments on: Bartok - Music for String Instruments, Percussion and Celesta http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/ Complete, free and legal music albums with permanent hosting. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Sven DiMilo http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-3107 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:11:59 +0000 http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-3107 I just read (again) that Bartok was Charlie Parker's favorite, and found my way here to check him out. Thanks! I just read (again) that Bartok was Charlie Parker’s favorite, and found my way here to check him out. Thanks!

]]> by: bongolong http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-2261 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:14:22 +0000 http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-2261 Bartok is my favorite composer... you are right, he was very lyrical; to some ears it just takes time. I too did a lot of composing in college (of percussion music) and my stuff was heavily influenced by Bartok and Harry Partch. This is a wonderful recording; you can hear everything and brings a new appreciation for the piece. And yes, this is an incredible rip from a 78!! Thanks for sharing!!!! Bartok is my favorite composer… you are right, he was very lyrical; to some ears it just takes time. I too did a lot of composing in college (of percussion music) and my stuff was heavily influenced by Bartok and Harry Partch.

This is a wonderful recording; you can hear everything and brings a new appreciation for the piece. And yes, this is an incredible rip from a 78!!

Thanks for sharing!!!!

]]> by: Marvin http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-2238 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:20:04 +0100 http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-2238 Actually I was talking about my own early attempt at copying Bartok's style of composition. Bartok doesn't make any mistakes but I sure did. And I would love to get a hold of a recording of that recital you linked to! Actually I was talking about my own early attempt at copying Bartok’s style of composition. Bartok doesn’t make any mistakes but I sure did.

And I would love to get a hold of a recording of that recital you linked to!

]]> by: Jim http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-2237 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:31:51 +0100 http://freealbums.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/bartok-music-for-string-instruments-percussion-and-celesta/#comment-2237 Mistakes?No such thing in Bartok's book. http://www.classicalnotes.net/reviews/szigeti.html The style is no longer familiar and takes considerable adjustment for modern ears. At first, it sounds sour. Fingers and toes can be exhausted in a matter of seconds keeping count of all the "wrong" notes. But are they really wrong? Not at all. As with blue notes in jazz or microtones in blues, this music yields to emotion. The bent notes are not mistakes, but rather the expressive means by which the artists convey their unbounded feelings. Mistakes?No such thing in Bartok’s book.
http://www.classicalnotes.net/reviews/szigeti.html
The style is no longer familiar and takes considerable adjustment for modern ears. At first, it sounds sour. Fingers and toes can be exhausted in a matter of seconds keeping count of all the “wrong” notes. But are they really wrong? Not at all. As with blue notes in jazz or microtones in blues, this music yields to emotion. The bent notes are not mistakes, but rather the expressive means by which the artists convey their unbounded feelings.

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