B茅la Bart贸k wrote without compromise: his savage, sexually-charged ballet The Miraculous Mandarin was so provocative that it was actually banned in the 1920s. It鈥檚 a clich茅 to say that the Hungarian violinist Barnab谩s Kelemen has this music in his blood, but as Bachtrack puts it, his 鈥渟taggering virtuoso technique and a charismatic ability to communicate even the most complex music engagingly鈥� make him an ideal interpreter of Bart贸k. Here he plays the composer鈥檚 First Violin Concerto and the UK Premiere of Rhapsody No.2, while the enchanting Summer Evening by Bart贸k鈥檚 friend Kod谩ly begins the concert in deceptive calm.
