Bartok, Tchaikovsky – Violin Concertos – Valeriy Sokolov

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Concerto no.2, Sz.112

Valeriy Sokolov - violin
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman - conductor

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Bartok – The Piano Concertos – Bavouzet

celebrating 3 years of posts

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto no.1, Sz 83
Piano Concerto no.2, Sz 95
Piano Concerto no.3, Sz 119

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - piano
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda - conductor

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Bartok – The Miraculous Mandarin, Two Portraits, Concerto for Viola – Abbado, Barenboim

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
The Miraculous Mandarin, op.19 *
Two Portraits, op.5 +
Concerto for Viola, op.posth. #

Shlomo Mintz - violin +
Daniel Benyamini - viola #
Ambrosian Singers *
London Symphony Orchestra * +
Orchestre de Paris #
Claudio Abbado - conductor * +
Daniel Barenboim - conductor #

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Prokofiev – Piano Concerto no.3; Bartok – Piano Concerto no.2 – Lang Lang, Rattle

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, op.26
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto no.2 in G major, Sz.95

Lang Lang - piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle - conductor

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Bartok – Four Orchestral Pieces, Concerto for Orchestra – Pierre Boulez

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Four Orchestral Pieces, op.12 (Sz51)
Concerto for Orchestra (Sz 116)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez - conductor

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Bartok – Piano Concertos nos.1 & 2 – Maurizio Pollini

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Three Movements from "Petrushka" for piano

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.2

Maurizio Pollini - piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado - conductor

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Bartok, Janáček – Works for String Orchestra – Iona Brown

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Divertimento for Strings, Sz 113
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928):
Idyll for String Orchestra
Suite for String Orchestra

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown - conductor

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Bartok – Kossuth, Concerto for Orchestra – Cornelius Meister

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Kossuth - symphonic poem, Sz 21
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Romanian Folk Dances

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Cornelius Meister - conductor

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Oistrakh – Praga Edition Vol.4 – Bartok, Ravel

David Oistrakh in Prague (vol.4)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1 op.21 Sz 75 *
Hungarian Folksong Sz 42 *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Sonata for Violin and Piano *
Tzigane for Violin and Piano +

David Oistrakh - violin
Frida Bauer - piano *
Vladimir  Yampolsky - piano +

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Bartok – Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2 – Györg Pauk

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Concerto No.1, Sz 36
Violin Concerto No.2, Sz 112

Györg Pauk - violin
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Antoni Wit - conductor

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Bartok – The Piano Concertos – András Schiff

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto No.1, Sz 83
Piano Concerto No.2, Sz 95
Piano Concerto No.3, Sz 119

András Schiff - piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer - conductor

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Prokofiev – Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 3; Bartok – Piano Concerto No.3 – Martha Argerich

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto No.3, Sz 119
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26

Martha Argerich - piano
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit - conductor

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Bartok – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Divertimento – Jean-Jacques Kantorow

remembering Béla Bartók on his birthday

(March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Divertimento for String Orchestra
Suite paysanne hongroise for Flute and String Orchestra (arr.: Paul Arma) *
Romanian Folk Dances for Small Orchestra
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Hanna Juutilainen - flute *
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow - conductor

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Bartok – Bluebard's Castle – Istvan Kertesz

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Bluebard's Castle, BB62 - opera in one act

with:
Walter Berry
Christa Ludwig

London Symphony Orchestra
István Kertész - conductor

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Schubert, Chopin, Franck, Bartok – Works for Piano – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition V)

Vol.5 Melodiya Series

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Moments musicaux, D 780
Impromptu in A flat major, D 935 no.2
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Etude, Op. 10 No. 3, in E major
Etude, Op. 25 No. 5, in E minor
Polonaise, Op. 26 No. 1, in C sharp minor
César Franck (1822-1890):
Prelude, Choral et Fugue
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71

Sviatoslav Richter - piano

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Bartok – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Divertimento; Two Portraits – Ferenc Fricsay

remembering Ferenc Fricsay on the anniversary of his death

(9 August 1914 – 20 February 1963)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106
Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz 113
Two Portraits Sz 37 *

Rudolf Schulz - violin *
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Bartók, Hindemith – Works for Viola and Orchestra – Tabea Zimmermann

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Viola Concerto, op.posth.
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
"Der Schwandreher" Concerto on old folksongs for Viola and small Orchestra

Tabea Zimmermann - viola
Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
David Shallon - conductor

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Schoenberg, Veress, Bártok – Works for String Orchestra – Camerata Bern

remembering Sándor Veress on his birthday

(1 February 1907 - 4 March 1992)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Verklärte Nacht, op.4 - version for String Orchestra
Sándor Veress (1907-1992):
Four Transylvanian Dances, for String Orchestra
Béla Bartók (1885-1945):
Divertimento, for String Orchestra

Camerata Bern
Thomas Zehetmair - violin & direction

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Bartok – Bluebard's Castle – Bernard Haitink

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Bluebard's Castle, op.11 - opera in one act

with:
John Tomlinson
Anne Sofie von Otter
Sandor Èles
Berliner Philharmoniker
Bernard Haitink - conductor

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Bartok – Orchestral Works – Edward Gardner

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Suite from "The Miraculous Mandarin", op.19, BB 82
Music for Strings, Percursion and Celesta, BB 114
Four Orchestral Pieces, op.12, BB 64

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner - conductor

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