Bartók Recordings from Private Collections

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    For Children Sz. 42, Vol. 3 no. 22 Duhajkodó (Revelry) / Seven Sketches, Sz. 44, no. 3 Lento (incomplete)
    2:10
  2. 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
    2:40
  3. 3.
    Bagatelles (14) for piano, Sz. 38, BB 50 (op. 6): No. 10 Allegro
    2:21
  4. 4.
    Fourteen Bagatelles Sz. 38 no. 7 Allegretto molto capriccioso / For Children Sz. 42 Vol. 1, no. 10
    2:39
  5. 5.
    Romanian Folk Dances (6) (Román népi táncok), for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68: No. 1 Jocul cu bâta (fragment)
    2:37
  6. 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”)
    2:36
  7. 7.
    Romanian Dances (2) (Ket román tánc), for piano, Sz. 43, BB 56 (op. 8a): No. 1 Allegro vivace
    4:12
  8. 8.
    Improvisations (8) on Hungarian Peasant Songs for piano, Sz. 74, BB 83 (op. 20)
    1:44
  9. 9.
    Allegro barbaro, for piano, Sz. 49, BB 63
    2:31
  10. 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. 11.
    Ten Easy Pieces (Tiz könnyu zongoradarab), for piano, Sz. 39, BB 51: No. 10 Medvetánc (Beer Dance)
    1:43
  12. 12.
    Romanian Dances (2) (Ket román tánc), for piano, Sz. 43, BB 56 (op. 8a): No. 1 Allegro vivace (fragment)
    2:24
  13. 13.
    Partita for keyboard no. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): Praeambulum
    2:50
  14. 14.
    Partita for keyboard no. 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5): Passepied / Gigue (fragment)
    3:44
  15. 15.
    Pieces (7) for piano, op. 11: No. 2 Székely keserves (Székely Lament) / No. 4 Sírfelírat (Epitaph) (fragment)
    3:25
  16. 16.
    Pieces (7) for piano, op. 11: No. 6 Székley Song
    3:25
  17. 17.
    Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo no. 4 in A major, BWV 1055: 1. Allegro (fragment)
    3:23
  18. 18.
    Rondo for piano & orchestra in A major, K. 386: (fragment)
    3:32
  19. 19.
    Variationen über das Motiv von Bach: Weinen, Klagen, for piano, S. 180 (LW A214) (two fragments): Bars 16–64, 96‐Animato
    5:07

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101
    16:26
  2. 3.
    Variations (6) on an original theme for piano in F major, op. 34 (fragment)
    3:18
  3. 4.
    Capriccio for piano in B minor, op. 76/2
    3:11
  4. 5.
    Nocturne for piano no. 7 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27/1, CT. 114 (fragment)
    4:16
  5. 6.
    Bagpipe Music, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 5/138), Sz. 107/5/138, BB 105/138
    1:10
  6. 7.
    From the Island of Bali, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 4/109), Sz.107/4/109, BB 105/109
    1:16
  7. 8.
    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
  8. 9.
    Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 1. Allegro con spirito 1–65, 136–194
    5:55
  9. 10.
    Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 2. Andante 1–33, 49–112
    6:42
  10. 11.
    Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K. 448 (K. 375a) (two fragments): 3. Allegro molto 1–293, 368–380
    4:32
  11. 12.
    En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (fragment): 1. Avec emportement 1–203
    3:51
  12. 13.
    En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (two fragments): 2. Lent. Sombre 1–92, 144–179
    6:28
  13. 14.
    En blanc et noir, for 2 pianos, L. 134 (two fragments): 3. Scherzando 1–63, 114‐Fine
    3:06

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Rhapsody for piano & orchestra, Sz. 27, BB 36b (op. 1) (5 fragments)
    20:31
  2. 4.
    Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: I. Allegro non troppo
    11:06
  3. 5.
    Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: II. Andante, un poco adagio
    9:24
  4. 6.
    Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    8:02
  5. 7.
    Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b: IV. Finale. Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo
    10:40

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Rhapsody for violin & piano no. 1, Sz. 86, BB 94a
    12:30
  2. 5.
    Hungarian Folksongs, for violin & piano (transcribed from “For Children”): Part 1
    5:26
  3. 6.
    Concerto pathétique (I & II), for 2 pianos, S. 258 (LW C18)
    20:36
  4. 7.
    Words to Cantata profana (in Hungarian)
    3:53
  5. 8.
    Lecture on the collecting tour in Anatolia (in Hungarian)
    13:09
  6. 9.
    Interview with Bartók in Brussels Radio (in French)
    2:56
  7. 10.
    Interview with Bartók from the ‘Ask the Composer’ series
    5:59
  8. 11.
    Recordings of Bartók’s family talks (1913–33) (three fragments)
    2:02

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