Bela Bartok archive
Listen Takacs Quartet: Schubert Meets Bartok
April 3, 2012 – The revered group plays intricate Bartók and passionate Schubert at the Savannah Music Festival.
Listen Takacs Quartet: A Slice Of Schubert And A Bartok Palindrome
April 2, 2012 – The revered group plays intricate Bartók and passionate Schubert at the Savannah Music Festival.
Read The Budapest Festival Orchestra At Carnegie Hall WQXR
October 27, 2011 – Ivan Fischer conducted a songful symphony by Schubert and a finger-twisting concerto by Bartok. WQXR
Listen Guest DJ Leif Ove Andsnes' Liszt List
October 20, 2011 – Hear the acclaimed pianist discuss and spin his favorite Liszt recordings.
Read Around The Classical Internet: June 10, 2011
June 10, 2011 – A dissolved orchestra, handsomely paid CEOs and a viola melee: all the classical news fit to link.
Listen Chamber Music In The Greene Space: The Tokyo String Quartet WQXR
April 7, 2011 – Watch the venerable ensemble play Beethoven, Bartok and Haydn in New York City's Greene Space. WQXR
Listen Christoph Eschenbach: Husband To A Hundred
October 2, 2010 – The conductor, who could never be accused of blandness, finds a new home in Washington, D.C.
Read In Praise Of Pachyderms (And Other Critters): The 'Deceptive Cadence' Puzzler
September 22, 2010 – To mark Elephant Appreciation Day, take a "critter quiz." Match the music to the creature.
Listen 5 Operas That Are Truly Bloodier Than 'True Blood'
September 16, 2010 – Where will True Blood fans get their fix now that season three has ended? In a word: Opera.
Listen The Emerson Quartet At (Le) Poisson Rouge WQXR
April 26, 2010 – The lauded quartet played music from its broad repertoire, live from New York City. WQXR
Listen Bartok's Best 'Concerto For Orchestra'
December 1, 2009 – The Chicago Symphony, playing as if it had been set on fire, set a standard for Bartok back in 1955.
Listen Unlikely Alliance: Bluebeard and Gianni Schicchi
June 5, 2009 – Samuel Ramey does double duty in Bluebeard's Castle and Gianni Schicchi.
Listen Bartok: From The Fields To The Concert Hall WGBH
May 6, 2009 – A classical string quartet joins a Hungarian folk band to pay homage to Bela Bartok in concert. WGBH
Listen Chicago Symphony Tops U.S. Orchestras
November 21, 2008 – A new poll in Gramophone magazine ranks it among the top 20 orchestras in the world.
Read Five More In 5/4
September 26, 2008 – Five lesser known songs that employ the 5/4 time signature.