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Friday, April 4, 2025

Béla Bartók; Ernő Dohnányi; Zoltán Kodály - Piano Quartets (Notos Quartett)


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Composer: Béla Bartók; Ernő Dohnányi; Zoltán Kodály
  • Dohnányi - Piano Quartet No. 1 in F sharp minor
  • Kodaly - Intermezzo for String Trio
  • Bartók - Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 20

Notos Quartett
    Sindri Lederer, violin
    Andrea Burger, viola
    Philip Graham, cello
    Antonia Köster, piano

Date: 2017
Label: RCA

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Béla Bartók - String Quartets (Takács Quartet)


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Composer: Béla Bartók

CD1:
  • String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 (Sz 40)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (Sz 85)
  • String Quartet No. 5 (Sz 102)
CD2:
  • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 (Sz 67)
  • String Quartet No. 4 (Sz 91)
  • String Quartet No. 6 (Sz 114)

Takács Quartet
    Edward Dusinberre, violin
    Károly Schranz, violin
    Roger Tapping, viola
    András Fejér, cello

Date: 1998
Label: Decca

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Miklós Rózsa; Béla Bartók; Tibor Serly - Viola Concertos (Lawrence Power)


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Composer: Miklós Rózsa; Béla Bartók; Tibor Serly
  • Rózsa - Viola Concerto, Op. 37
  • Bartók - Viola Concerto, Sz 120 (completed by Tibor Serly)
  • Serly - Rhapsody for viola & orchestra

Lawrence Power, viola
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: Hyperion

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Bartók; Debussy; Mozart - Works for 2 Pianos (Martha Argerich; Stephen Kovacevich)


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Composer: Béla Bartók; Claude DebussyWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Bartók - Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion, BB 115 (Sz 110)
  • Mozart - Andante with five variations in G major for piano duet, K 501
  • Debussy - En blanc et noir
  • Bartók - Out of Doors, BB 99 (Sz 81)
  • Bartók - Sonatina

Martha Argerich & Stephen Kovacevich, piano
Willy Goudswaard & Michael de Roo, percussion

Date: 1977; 1969
Label: Decca

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Béla Bartók - Piano Works (Zoltán Kocsis)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Allegro Barbaro, Sz. 49
  • 3 Rondos on Folk Tunes, Sz. 84
  • 3 Hungarian Folk Tunes, Sz. 66
  • Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62
  • Piano Sonata, Sz. 80
  • Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
  • Old Dance Songs from "15 Hungarian Peasant Songs", Sz. 71

Zoltán Kocsis, piano
Date: 1975
Label: Denon

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Béla Bartók - Bluebeard's Castle (Bernard Haitink)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11

John Tomlinson
Anne Sofie von Otter
Sandor Elès

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: EMI

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Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin; Songs & Dances (Iván Fischer)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 100
  • Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97
  • Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68
  • Transylvanian Dances, Sz. 96
  • Romanian Dance, Sz. 47a

Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Philips

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Béla Bartók - Kossuth; Concerto for Orchestra (Herbert Blomstedt)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Kossuth, BB 31
  • Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Decca

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Béla Bartók - Divertimento; Dance Suite (Pierre Boulez)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Dance Suite, Sz 77
  • Two Pictures, Op. 10, Sz 46
  • Hungarian Sketches, Sz 97
  • Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Béla Bartók - The Wooden Prince; Cantata Profana (Pierre Boulez)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Cantata Profana, BB. 100, Sz. 94 - "The Nine Splendid Stags"
  • The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60 (Op. 13)

John Aler, tenor
John Tomlinson, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor

Date: 1991
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Monday, March 31, 2025

Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Seiji Ozawa)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116

Saito Kinen Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Date: 2005
Label: Philips

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Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Ferenc Fricsay)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
  • Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106

RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay, conductor

Date: 1957; 1953
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Fritz Reiner)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 127
  • Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
  • Hungarian Sketches (Magyar képek), for orchestra, Sz. 97, BB 103

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Date: 1958
Label: RCA

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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Béla Bartók - Violin Concertos (Isabelle Faust)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz 36 Op. Posth.
  • Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112

Isabelle Faust, violin
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor

Date: 2012
Label: harmonia mundi

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Béla Bartók - Violin Concertos (Arabella Steinbacher)


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Composer: Béla Bartók
  • Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117
  • Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a

Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Marek Janowski, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: PentaTone

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