Utwory na płycie:

• Divertimento, Sz 113 - 1. Allegro non troppo
• Divertimento, Sz 113 - 2. Molto adagio
• Divertimento, Sz 113 - 3. Allegro assai
• Mikrokosmos - Nr. 2 Stück Nr. 2
• Im Freien (En plain air), Sz 81 (Suite für Klavier) - Nr. 4 Klänge der Nacht
• Allegro barbaro, Sz 49
• Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta, Sz 106 - 1. Andante tranquillo
• Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta, Sz 106 - 2. Allegro
• Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta, Sz 106 - 3. Adagio
• Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta, Sz 106 - 4. Allegro molto

Divertimento for String Orchestra BB 118, Sz. 113
Piano works arranged for percussion ensemble by Bernhard Wulff - Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (Mikrokosmos, Vol. 6, BB 105, Sz. 107), No. 2
“Out of Doors”, BB 89, Sz. 81 - No. 4 “The Night's Music”
Allegro barbaro BB 63, Sz. 49
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BB 114, Sz. 106

Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936) was a roaring success from the first day it was performed, praised by critics as a masterpiece. It was also the composer’s last work published by Universal Edition in Vienna. A fierce opponent of National-Socialism, Bartók stopped co-operating with his main publisher soon after. The Divertimento (1939), though definitely not a ‘lightweight’, gives barely any indication of the political circumstances and events at the time it was created. In their original form, the piano works on the present recording, arranged for percussion ensemble, are miniatures whose strong rhythms make them natural candidates for percussion arrangements (Bartók himself experimented extensively with percussion instruments and was familiar with them). Among them the Allegro barbaro from 1911 was already during Bartók’s life considered as his musical calling card and has been one of his most popular compositions ever since.

Pietari Inkinen is one of the noted rising stars on the international conducting scene with a comprehensive experience in both operatic and symphonic repertoire. As chief conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie he has achieved superb performances.

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Recordings: 11–13.09.2020, Congresshalle Saarbrücken (Tr. 1–3); 18–19.04.2021, Großer Sendesaal des Funkhauses Halberg, Saarbrücken (Tr. 4–6); 18 & 20–23.04.2021, Großer Sendesaal des Funkhauses Halberg, Saarbrücken (Tr. 7–10).