Bartók Recordings from Private Collections

Tracklist

• 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

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Release credits

• Bartók Béla
  piano [1-5], spoken vocals [4-7]
• David LeVita
  spoken vocals [7]

Issues

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  Bartók Recordings from Private Collections

  4x CD
  21 November 1995