{"product_id":"alpha1185-strauss-bartok-violin-concertos","title":"Strauss \u0026 Bartok: Violin Concertos","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn the album \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrauss \u0026amp; Bartok: Violin Concertos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Violinist \u003cstrong\u003eAlena Baeva\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePaavo Järvi\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eDeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen\u003c\/strong\u003e pair two early concertos that show the young Richard Strauss and Béla Bartók finding their voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStrauss wrote his only Violin Concerto at 18. It has a grand, operatic solo entrance that anticipates Ein Heldenleben, playful dotted rhythms and noble octave melodies, and it is technically far tougher than the Bruch concerto a critic once predicted it would replace. Bartók heard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra in Budapest in 1902 and called the experience \"shattering.\" His Violin Concerto No. 1 grew from that influence, and its opening \"Stefi theme\" (D–F♯–A–C♯) became a love letter to violinist Stefi Geyer, who never performed it. The concerto was found among her belongings 50 years later and marks a missing link between Bartók's post-Wagnerian chromaticism and his raw, folk-inflected mature style.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe program closes with Bartók's Rhapsody No. 1, built on Hungarian and Transylvanian folk melodies he collected in the field, in the orchestral version that adds cimbalom. Baeva chose the original of Bartók's two published endings, a spiralling, minimalist whirl that collapses before the opening tune returns. The Rhapsody was recorded in the Glocke in Bremen, where Bartók himself played his First Piano Concerto 96 years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlena Baeva, Violin\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eHans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Cimbalom (Bartók)\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaavo Järvi, Conductor\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Christian, Concertmaster (Strauss)\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eAntti Tikkanen, Concertmaster (Bartók)\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Alpha Classics","offers":[{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57451357667652,"sku":null,"price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57451358388548,"sku":"ALPHA1185-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57451358421316,"sku":"ALPHA1185-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57451358454084,"sku":"ALPHA1185-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57451358486852,"sku":"ALPHA1185-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57451358519620,"sku":"ALPHA1185-5","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57451358552388,"sku":"ALPHA1185-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/ALPHA1185.jpg?v=1791795926","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/alpha1185-strauss-bartok-violin-concertos","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}