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Dennis Russell Davies has had a long-running and highly productive association with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra – documented on exceptional ECM recordings of repertoire from Mozart to Kancheli - and is currently the orchestra’s Conductor Laureate. Here he leads them through spirited performances of Bartók’s “Divertimento”, “Romanian Folk Dances” and “Seven Songs” (on which the orchestra is joined by the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir.) This selection of lively Bartók pieces is viewed through the prism of Wittold Lutosalwaski’s “Musique funčbre”, written in memory of the great Hungarian composer, and first performed on the 10th anniversary of Bartók’s death. It’s an important, and moving, piece (and one which also led to international
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Works on This Recording
1.
Funeral Music by Witold Lutoslawski
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1958; Poland
2.
Romanian Folkdances for String Orchestra, Sz 68 by Béla Bartók
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; Budapest, Hungary
3.
Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113 by Béla Bartók
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; Budapest, Hungary
4.
Two and Three-Part Choruses, Sz 103 by Béla Bartók
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hungarian Radio/TV Children's Chorus,
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; Budapest, Hungary
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