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Best Performance of Bartok’s Divertimento for Strings?

Reddit r/classicalmusic·u/Calm_Feed_6077·about 1 month ago
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Bartok is my go-to for when I want to hear something edgy and unhinged. The issue is, I’ve never been able to find a good performance on Spotify that captures the full visceral terror that I feel like the second movement of his divertimento for strings is meant to convey. Specifically, I want a performance where the jump scare near the beginning (about measure 19) of the movement sounds like blood-curdling screams, not just a sharp fortissimo. Even better if it applies to all moments where the violins play loud, cutting, exposed passages.

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