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
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1Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra, Sz. 115, BB 121: I. Assai lento: Allegro molto12:58
2Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra, Sz. 115, BB 121: II. Lento, ma non troppo6:46
3Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra, Sz. 115, BB 121: III. Allegro non troppo6:21
4Violin Concerto no. 1, Sz. 36, BB 48a: I. Andante sostenuto8:45
5Violin Concerto no. 1, Sz. 36, BB 48a: II. Allegro giocoso13:00
6Rhapsody no. 1, Sz. 87, BB 94b
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
recording of:
Rhapsody no. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 87 (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
orchestrator:
Béla Bartók (in 1929)
composer:
Béla Bartók (in 1928)
part of:
Bartók Béla válogatott zenei írásai (number: Sz. 87)
version of:
Rhapsody no. 1 for violin and piano, Sz. 86
11:29
7Rhapsody no. 2, Sz. 90, BB 96b
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
recording of:
Rhapsody no. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 90 (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
composer:
Béla Bartók
part of:
Bartók Béla válogatott zenei írásai (number: Sz. 90)
orchestration of:
Rhapsody no. 2 for violin and piano, Sz. 89
recording of:
Rhapsody no. 2 for violin and piano, Sz. 89 (from 1968-02-08 until 1968-02-09)
composer:
Béla Bartók (in 1928)
part of:
Bartók Béla válogatott zenei írásai (number: Sz. 89)
12:33
7CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Viola Concerto, Op. posth. / Four Slovak Folk songs / Four Hungarian Folk songs
8CD: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
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)