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CD Review
Summary for the Busy Executive: Mini-Bartók – a shot of espresso.
Some composers thrive on limitations. Stravinsky waxed lyrical on constriction in The Poetics of Music since it cuts down on the confusing infinity of being able to do anything and reveals a clearer path.
Few composers were so economical with their notes.
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Ravel loved staying within the conventions of whatever genre he found himself, and the master of orchestral lushness in Daphnis et Chloé also turned out the Chansons madécasses for voice, flute, cello, and piano as well as the Sonata for Violin and Cello.
Something about this spareness aesthetically satisfies me. Not coincidentally, the original version of Siegfried-Idyl for thirteen players remains my favorite Wagner.
Bartók as a composer had no use for padding.
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Every note does what I'd call heavy lifting. However, he also sought other limitations. We find in his output the magnificent So