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Thomas Zehetmair / Ruth Killius: Manto and Madrigals
By Track review of "Duo (1902)"A brief spring morning does exist among the brooding considerationan early piece by Béla Bartók, "Duo" (1902). Not exactly juvenilia, "Duo" was composed by Bartók as an exercise for two violinist friends while all studied at the Liszt Academy. A brief 44 seconds, "Duo" is constructed in such a way that both musicians play the same melody except one plays the score upside down and from back to front. The result is a beautiful and pastoral dream fragment, a wisp of memory replete with natural counterpoint and an innocent charm that sounds nothing like later Bartók. Short, but sweet...very sweet.
Personnel
Thomas Zehetmair: violin; Ruth Killius: viola.
Album information
Title: Manto and Madrigals | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: ECM Records
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