The Hungarian Soul

~ Release by Béla Bartók (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

CD 1-4 BALLET & ORCHESTRAL WORKS Suite No. 2*. Two Pictures • Two Portraits • Four Pieces • The Wooden Prince ballet suite • Romanian Folk Dances• The Miraculous Mandarin• Dance Suite • Music for strings, percussion and celesta • Divertimento for strings • Concerto for Orchestra
CD 5-7 CONCERTANTE MUSIC Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 • Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra • Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 • Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 • Viola Concerto
CD 7 CHORAL WORKS Four Slovak Folk songs Sz. 70 • Four Hungarian Folk songs Sz. 93
CD 8 OPERA Bluebeard's Castle
CD 9-12 CHAMBER MUSIC Sonata for two pianos, percussion*. Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos for two pianos*
44 Duos for two violins Sz. 98 • Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 • Contrasts • String Quartets Nos. 1-6
CD 13-17 PIANO WORKS For Children • Study for the left hand Sz. 22 • Ten Easy Pieces • Two Elegies • Sonatinc Sz. 55 • Three Burlesques* • Romanian Folk Dances* • Romanian Christmas Carols*. Piano Suite* Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs • Dance Suite • Piano Sonata • Out of doors • Mikrokosmos VIOLIN WORKS Solo Violin Sonata
CD 18 TRANSCRIPTIONS & ARRANGEMENTS Hungarian folk melodies for violin & cello • Folk songs from the County of Czik for clarinet & piano*. Romanian Folk Dances (for clarinet & piano* | flute & guitar violin & piano | saxophone quartet) • Hungarian Peasant Suite for flute & piano • Suite No. 2 for two pianos Sz. 115a
CD 19-20 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS Bartók plays Bartók, 1928-1937 Gramophone recordings| Recordings by Dinu Lipatti & Paul Sacher • André Gertler* • Lili Kraus • Yehudi Menuhin & Wilhelm Furtwängler

* First release on CD. Newly remastered from original tapes in 192 kHz/24-bit by Art & Son Studio, Annecy

Tracklist

1CD: Bartók: Suite no. 2 / Two Pictures
2CD: Bartók: Four Pieces / The Wooden Prince / Romanian Folk Dances
3CD: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Dance Suite / Music for strings, percussion and celesta
4CD: Bartók: Divertimento for strings / Concerto for Orchestra,
5CD: Bartók: Piano Concertos nos. 1-3
6CD: Bartók: Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra / Violin Concerto no. 1 / Rhapsody nos. 1 & 2
7CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Viola Concerto, Op. posth. / Four Slovak Folk songs / Four Hungarian Folk songs
8CD: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
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1Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: I. Prelude and Opening
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
spoken vocals [Narrator]:
Sandor Elès (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Opening "Megérkeztünk" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
16:30
2Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: II. First door: The Torture Chamber
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 1 "'Jaj! Mit látsz? Mit látsz? Láncok, kések" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
4:08
3Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: III. Second door: The Armoury
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 2 "Mit látsz? Százkegyetlen szörnyü fegyver" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
4:33
4Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: IV. Third door: The Treasury
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 3 "Oh, be sok kincs! Oh, be sok kincs!" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
2:26
5Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: V. Fourth door: The Secret Garden
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 4 "Oh! virágok! Oh! ilatoskert!" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
4:59
6Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: VI. Fifth door: Bluebeard's Kingdom
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 5 "Ah! Lásdez az én birodalmam" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
6:41
7Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: VII. Sixth door: Tears
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 6 "Csendes fehér tavat látok" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
13:27
8Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62: VIII. Seventh door: Bluebeard's former wifes
bass vocals [Duke Bluebeard]:
John Tomlinson (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Judith]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 7 "Lásd a régi aszszonyokat" (from 1996-02-01 until 1996-02-04)
composer:
Béla Bartók
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
10:10
9CD: Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion / Seven Pieces from 'Mikrokosmos' / 44 Duos for two violins /
10CD: Bartók: Violin Sonatas nos. 1 & 2 / Contrasts
11CD: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 1, 2 & 4
12CD: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 3, 5 & 6
13CD: Bartók: For Children
14CD: Bartók: Four Piano Pieces / Ten Easy Pieces / Two Elegies / Sonatina / Three Burleques / Romanian Folk Dances / Romanian Christmas Carols / Piano Suite
15CD: Bartók: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs / Dance Suite / Piano Sonata / Out of doors
16CD: Bartók: Mikrokosmos (1)
17CD: Bartók: Mikrokosmos (2) / Solo Violin Sonata
18CD: Bartók: Hungarian folk melodies / Folk songs from the County of Czik / Romanian Folk Dances / Hungarian Peasant Suite / Suite no. 2 for two pianos
19CD: Historical Recordings (1)
20CD: Historical Recordings (2)