Bartók Recordings from Private Collections

Album by Bartók

Released 21 November 1995

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CD 1: Cylinder Recordings, 1910–15 / HMV Recording, 1929 / Broadcast Recordings, 1932–35 / The Babits/Makai Collection, 1936–39
1
For Children Sz. 42, Vol. 3 no. 22 Duhajkodó (Revelry) / Seven Sketches, Sz. 44, no. 3 Lento (incomplete)
Béla Bartók
2:10
2
Ten Easy Pieces (Tiz könnyu zongoradarab), for piano, Sz. 39, BB 51: No. 10 Medvetánc (Beer Dance) / Sketches no. 6 Oláhos / In Valachian Style
Béla Bartók
2:40
3
Bagatelles (14) for piano, Sz. 38, BB 50 (op. 6): No. 10 Allegro
Béla Bartók
2:21
4
Fourteen Bagatelles Sz. 38 no. 7 Allegretto molto capriccioso / For Children Sz. 42 Vol. 1, no. 10
Béla Bartók
2:39
5
Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 1 Jocul cu bâta (fragment)
Béla Bartók
2:37
6
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”)
Béla Bartók
2:36
7
Romanian Dances (2) (Ket román tánc), for piano, Sz. 43, BB 56 (op. 8a): No. 1 Allegro vivace
Béla Bartók
4:12
8
Improvisations (8) on Hungarian Peasant Songs for piano, Sz. 74, BB 83 (op. 20)
Béla Bartók
1:44
9
Allegro barbaro, for piano, Sz. 49, BB 63
Béla Bartók
2:31
10
Ten Easy Pieces (Tiz könnyu zongoradarab), for piano, Sz. 39, BB 51: No. 5 Este a székelyeknél (Evening in Transylvania (incomplete)
Béla Bartók
2:31
11
Ten Easy Pieces (Tiz könnyu zongoradarab), for piano, Sz. 39, BB 51: No. 10 Medvetánc (Beer Dance)
Béla Bartók
1:43
12
Romanian Dances (2) (Ket román tánc), for piano, Sz. 43, BB 56 (op. 8a): No. 1 Allegro vivace (fragment)
Béla Bartók
2:24
13
Partita for keyboard no. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): Praeambulum
Johann Sebastian Bach
2:50
14
Partita for keyboard no. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): Passepied / Gigue (fragment)
Johann Sebastian Bach
3:44
15
Pieces (7) for piano, op. 11: No. 2 Székely keserves (Székely Lament) / No. 4 Sírfelírat (Epitaph) (fragment)
Zoltán Kodály
3:25
16
Pieces (7) for piano, op. 11: No. 6 Székley Song
Zoltán Kodály
3:25
17
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo no. 4 in A major, BWV 1055: 1. Allegro (fragment)
Johann Sebastian Bach
3:23
18
Rondo for piano & orchestra in A major, K. 386: (fragment)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3:32
19
Variationen über das Motiv von Bach: Weinen, Klagen, for piano, S. 180 (LW A214) (two fragments): Bars 16–64, 96‐Animato
Franz Liszt
5:07
CD 2: The Babits/Makai Collection, 1936–39
1
Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101
Béla Bartók
16:26
2
Variations (6) on an original theme for piano in F major, op. 34 (fragment)
Ludwig van Beethoven
3:18
3
Capriccio for piano in B minor, op. 76/2
Johannes Brahms
3:11
4
Nocturne for piano no. 7 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27/1, CT. 114 (fragment)
Fryderyk Chopin
4:16
5
Bagpipe Music, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 5/138), Sz. 107/5/138, BB 105/138
Béla Bartók
1:10
6
From the Island of Bali, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 4/109), Sz.107/4/109, BB 105/109
Béla Bartók
1:16
7
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)
Béla Bartók
1:49
8
Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 1. Allegro con spirito 1–65, 136–194
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5:55
9
Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 2. Andante 1–33, 49–112
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6:42
10
Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 3. Allegro molto 1–293, 368–380
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4:32
11
En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (fragment): 1. Avec emportement 1–203
Claude Debussy
3:51
12
En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (two fragments): 2. Lent. Sombre 1–92, 144–179
Claude Debussy
6:28
13
En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (two fragments): 3. Scherzando 1–63, 114‐Fine
Claude Debussy
3:06
CD 3: The Babits/Makai Collection, 1936–39
1
Rhapsody for piano & orchestra, Sz. 27, BB 36b (op. 1) (5 fragments)
Béla Bartók
20:31
2
Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: I. Allegro non troppo
Johannes Brahms
11:06
3
Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: II. Andante, un poco adagio
Johannes Brahms
9:24
4
Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: III. Scherzo. Allegro
Johannes Brahms
8:02
5
Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: IV. Finale. Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo
Johannes Brahms
10:40
CD 4: The Babits/Makai Collection, 1936–39
1
Rhapsody for violin & piano no. 1, Sz. 86, BB 94a
Béla Bartók
12:30
2
Hungarian Folksongs, for violin & piano (transcribed from “For Children”): Part 1
Béla Bartók, arr. Tivadar Országh
5:26
3
Concerto pathétique (I & II), for 2 pianos, S. 258 (LW C18)
Franz Liszt
20:36
4
Words to Cantata profana (in Hungarian)
Béla Bartók
3:53
5
Lecture on the collecting tour in Anatolia (in Hungarian)
Béla Bartók
13:09
6
Interview with Bartók in Brussels Radio (in French)
Béla Bartók
2:56
7
Interview with Bartók from the ‘Ask the Composer’ series
Béla Bartók
5:59
8
Recordings of Bartók’s family talks (1913–33) (three fragments)
Béla Bartók
2:02