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Title: Exciting Bartok
Review: It is a shame there is not more video of this conductor. He should be viewed by every conducting student out there. His baton technique is so plain and, almost, textbook-like that one could almost say amaturish. But, the results are excellent. Both the Mendelssohn and Strauss are pretty stright-forward (Solti's video of the Mendelssohn with Chicago is better). The Bartok, on the other-hand, gets a spirited peformance. This suite was composed, some might say it was also a reaction to, Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". So, it is not a piece one can sit back and mellow-out to. This work, and the performance, is highly charged and one helleva wild ride. It's a shame he didn't do the entire ballet (which is only 15 minutes longer), but, that would have required the addition of a chorus.This would make a good addition to any collection.Frankly, I am eager to see what other videos DGG has out there to release.
