Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta by Béla Bartók
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"...The Concerto for Orchestra is really a five-movement symphony in arch-form, though it contains so much virtuoso writing to highlight every instrument in the orchestra that the term 'Concerto for Orchestra' was deemed most appropriate by Bartók. The Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is structured more closely to the four-movement Classical form, though again Bartók avoided naming it a symphony, perhaps to avoid limiting comparisons, and chose instead the abstract title it bears. Whatever his reasons were for denying them the designation of symphony, many listeners are drawn to these works because of their formal beauty and coherent structure, and the highly personal statements Bartók made in them are as profound as any of the greatest symphonies..." - Blair Sanderson
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Ionisation; Amériques; Density 21.5; Offrandes; Arcana; Octandre; Intégrales by Edgar Varèse
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"Pierre Boulez's insightful interpretations of Varèse's music were important additions to a once meager catalog of recordings. The 1977 release of Ionisation, Arcana, and Amériques came as a revelation and redressed the false impressions other wooden and inept performances had left of these pieces. Boulez's recordings have vivid details, room for the music to breathe, and disciplined organization in which nothing is obscured. Of the works performed by the New York Philharmonic, Arcana is transparent and brutally direct, and Amériques is rich and filled with foreboding. Ionisation is spacious and reverberant, with all of the rhythmic details placed in high relief..." - Blair Sanderson
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