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Perhaps you think my "slug" is a joke. But it is true that this is the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the excellent leadership of Charles Dutiot. I don't think of Dutiot as a Bartokian or that a Canadian orchestra would be a great interpreter, but I am wrong on both counts. This is quite good. Why is more than good it's excellent. I would plug in 4.5 stars, but I will give the MSO and there leader the extra 0.5 points to make it a five star recommendation. The playing is the best that could be expected and the sound is very good DDD. In fact I almost think that the engineering is better than the playing, but I will have to listen again. I honestly don't know who I would recommend above this recording. Perhaps one with Ivan Fischer (yes, Ivan not the other Fischer) and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, but I don't even know if one by that group and conductor exists. What does exist is this CD with Dutiot and his band doing their best Hungarian accent.
The Concerto for Orchestra is one of the greatest works of the 20th century for orchestra. Perhaps it is even the best. I saying this while trying not to bite my tongue because I love Shostakovich so much. It is in arch-like form and demonstrates the orchestra so well. You have to like this work. It has emotional appeal that many contemporary works today lack. In fact the Concerto for Orchestra is fairly conventional in expression. Yet it does dazzle.
The Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste is perhaps a more advanced work although older. It was done on commission. Few know that it actually quotes Arnold Bax note for note in the first movement of one of Bax's symphonies. This is a fact Bartok lover's won't tell you often. I love Bartok, but I hate plagerism. Other than that it is quite a work full of atmosphere. It was used in the movie "The Shining" along with Penderecki's music. So maybe it will strike terror into your heart too. I am just kidding. It's a great piece.
Both pieces, the Concerto for Orchestra and the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste, are often paired together for Bartok. I should also mention that the celeste, a fairly quiet instrument, is heard clearly in the later work. I highly recommend this CD to anyone interested in this repetoire.
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