DCCXCIV. BARTÓK, Béla (1881-1945)
Kossuth (1903)
1. Kossuth
2. Why are you so grieved, my dear husband?
3. The fatherland is in danger!
4. Formerly we had a better life ...
5. Then our fate changed for the worse ...
6. Up and fight them!
7. Come, come! You splendid lads you valiant Hungarian warriors!
8. (without title)
9. All is over!
10. Everything is quiet, very quiet ...
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, cond.
(26:07)
The 21-year-old Bartók when he discovered Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra and Ein Heldenleben. He met Strauss at the Budapest premiere of Zarathustra.
"I was aroused as by a flash of lightning by Also Sprach Zarathustra. It contained the seeds for a new life."
He then set about making a piano reduction of Ein Heldenleben -- which is always the best way to really learn an orchestral work.
He then composed this piece -- not bad for a kid in his 20's ... it shows a mastery of orchestration and the ability to set a mood, appropriate for the subject.
1. Kossuth
2. Why are you so grieved, my dear husband?
3. The fatherland is in danger!
4. Formerly we had a better life ...
5. Then our fate changed for the worse ...
6. Up and fight them!
7. Come, come! You splendid lads you valiant Hungarian warriors!
8. (without title)
9. All is over!
10. Everything is quiet, very quiet ...
He then composed this piece -- not bad for a kid in his 20's ... it shows a mastery of orchestration and the ability to set a mood, appropriate for the subject.
1. Kossuth
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