Bartók Recordings from Private Collections

classical · 1995 · 45 tracks

Bartók Recordings from Private Collections

November 21, 1995 · Hungaroton Classic

Tracklist · 45 Tracks

01

For Children Sz. 42, Vol. 3 no. 22 Duhajkodó (Revelry) / Seven Sketches, Sz. 44, no. 3 Lento (incomplete)

2:10

02

Ten Easy Pieces (Tiz könnyu zongoradarab), for piano, Sz. 39, BB 51: No. 10 Medvetánc (Beer Dance) / Sketches no. 6 Oláhos / In Valachian Style

2:40

03

Bagatelles (14) for piano, Sz. 38, BB 50 (op. 6): No. 10 Allegro

2:21

04

Fourteen Bagatelles Sz. 38 no. 7 Allegretto molto capriccioso / For Children Sz. 42 Vol. 1, no. 10

2:39

05

Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 1 Jocul cu bâta (fragment)

2:37

06

Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 3 Pe loc (Topogó) / No. 4 Buciumeana (Bucsumi tánc) / No. 5 “Poarga” româneasca (Román “Polka”)

2:36

07

Romanian Dances (2) (Ket román tánc), for piano, Sz. 43, BB 56 (op. 8a): No. 1 Allegro vivace

4:12

08

Improvisations (8) on Hungarian Peasant Songs for piano, Sz. 74, BB 83 (op. 20)

1:44

09

Allegro barbaro, for piano, Sz. 49, BB 63

2:31

10

Ten Easy Pieces (Tiz könnyu zongoradarab), for piano, Sz. 39, BB 51: No. 5 Este a székelyeknél (Evening in Transylvania (incomplete)

2:31

11

Ten Easy Pieces (Tiz könnyu zongoradarab), for piano, Sz. 39, BB 51: No. 10 Medvetánc (Beer Dance)

1:43

12

Romanian Dances (2) (Ket román tánc), for piano, Sz. 43, BB 56 (op. 8a): No. 1 Allegro vivace (fragment)

2:24

13

Partita for keyboard no. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): Praeambulum

2:50

14

Partita for keyboard no. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): Passepied / Gigue (fragment)

3:44

15

Pieces (7) for piano, op. 11: No. 2 Székely keserves (Székely Lament) / No. 4 Sírfelírat (Epitaph) (fragment)

3:25

16

Pieces (7) for piano, op. 11: No. 6 Székley Song

3:25

17

Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo no. 4 in A major, BWV 1055: 1. Allegro (fragment)

3:23

18

Rondo for piano & orchestra in A major, K. 386: (fragment)

3:32

19

Variationen über das Motiv von Bach: Weinen, Klagen, for piano, S. 180 (LW A214) (two fragments): Bars 16–64, 96‐Animato

5:07

20

Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101

16:26

21

Variations (6) on an original theme for piano in F major, op. 34 (fragment)

3:18

22

Capriccio for piano in B minor, op. 76/2

3:11

23

Nocturne for piano no. 7 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27/1, CT. 114 (fragment)

4:16

24

Bagpipe Music, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 5/138), Sz. 107/5/138, BB 105/138

1:10

25

From the Island of Bali, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 4/109), Sz.107/4/109, BB 105/109

1:16

26

Mikrokosmos Vol. 6, progressive pieces (14) for piano, Sz. 107/6, BB 105/140–153: No. 148 Hat tánc bolgár ritmusban (1.) Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (no. 1) (fragment)

1:49

27

Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 1. Allegro con spirito 1–65, 136–194

5:55

28

Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 2. Andante 1–33, 49–112

6:42

29

Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 3. Allegro molto 1–293, 368–380

4:32

30

En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (fragment): 1. Avec emportement 1–203

3:51

31

En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (two fragments): 2. Lent. Sombre 1–92, 144–179

6:28

32

En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (two fragments): 3. Scherzando 1–63, 114‐Fine

3:06

33

Rhapsody for piano & orchestra, Sz. 27, BB 36b (op. 1) (5 fragments)

20:31

34

Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: I. Allegro non troppo

11:06

35

Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: II. Andante, un poco adagio

9:24

36

Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: III. Scherzo. Allegro

8:02

37

Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: IV. Finale. Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo

10:40

38

Rhapsody for violin & piano no. 1, Sz. 86, BB 94a

12:31

39

Hungarian Folksongs, for violin & piano (transcribed from “For Children”): Part 1

5:27

40

Concerto pathétique (I & II), for 2 pianos, S. 258 (LW C18)

20:37

41

Words to Cantata profana (in Hungarian)

3:54

42

Lecture on the collecting tour in Anatolia (in Hungarian)

13:09

43

Interview with Bartók in Brussels Radio (in French)

2:57

44

Interview with Bartók from the ‘Ask the Composer’ series

6:00

45

Recordings of Bartók’s family talks (1913–33) (three fragments)

2:03

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