Berg, Bartok: Violin Concertos. Stern

Isaac Stern (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Berg: Violin Concerto; Bartok: Violin Concerto, Rhapsody No.2

Praga presents a generous collection of concertos - immaculately remastered for SACD - that had a powerful impact on music in the pre-war years. Berg wrote his concerto in memory of Manon Gropius, the daughter of his muse Alma Mahler, who died tragically at age 19. Berg himself died shortly afterward of septicemia, making the concerto his last completed work and his own farewell piece. The Berg is paired with two works by Bartók, his Violin Concerto No.2 and Rhapsody No.2. The soloist for all three of these modern masterworks is the great Isaac Stern, accompanied by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic.

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