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 Bartók Recordings From Private Collections
Release Date: 11/21/1995 
Label:  Hungaroton   Catalog #: 12334   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Béla BartókJohann Sebastian BachZoltán KodályWolfgang Amadeus MozartFranz Liszt
Ludwig van BeethovenJohannes BrahmsFrédéric ChopinClaude Debussy

Performer:  Béla BartókDitta Bartók-PásztoryEde ZathureczkyErnö von Dohnányi
Conductor:  Ernö von DohnányiErnest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Budapest Philharmonic OrchestraBudapest Concert OrchestraHungarian Royal Opera Orchestra

Number of Discs: 4 
Recorded in: Mono 
Length: 4 Hours 1 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Selections include recordings from private collections, cylinder recordings (1910-15), HMV recordings (1929), broadcast recordings (1932-35) and the Babits/Makai collection (1936-39).
Selections also include several spoken word selections at the end of
disc 4. These include the words to "Cantata Profana" read in Hungarian (recorded 9/22/36 in Budapest), a lecture by Bartók in Hungarian (recorded 1/11/37 in Budapest), one interview with Bartók in French (rec. 2/3/37 in Brussels) and one interview with Bartók in English (rec. 7/2/44 in NYC).
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  For Children, Sz 42: Duhajkodň by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1909/1945; Hungary 
Date of Recording: 06/1910 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 0 Minutes 40 Secs. 
2.  Sketches (7) for Piano, Op. 9b/Sz 44: no 3, Lento by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908-1910; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 06/1910 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
3.  Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39: no 10, Bear Dance by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/31/1935 
Venue:  Hilversum, Netherlands 
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
4.  Sketches (7) for Piano, Op. 9b/Sz 44: no 6, In Wallachian Style by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908-1910; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 05/01/1912 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 0 Minutes 39 Secs. 
5.  Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38: no 10, Allegro by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 05/01/1912 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs. 
6.  For Children, Sz 42: no 10, Allegro molto "Children's dance" by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1909/1945; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 05/01/1912 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 0 Minutes 30 Secs. 
7.  Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56: no 1, Joc cu bata by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 1915 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
8.  Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56: no 3, Pe loc by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 1915 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 0 Minutes 50 Secs. 
9.  Romanian folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56: no 4, Buciumeana by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 1915 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 0 Minutes 38 Secs. 
10.  Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56: no 5, Poarga by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 1915 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 0 Minutes 33 Secs. 
11.  Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56: no 6, Maruntel by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 1915 
Venue:  Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary 
Length: 0 Minutes 31 Secs. 
12.  Allegro barbaro for Piano, Sz 49 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/31/1935 
Venue:  Hilversum, Netherlands 
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. 
13.  Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39: no 5, Evening in Transylvania by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/31/1935 
Venue:  Hilversum, Netherlands 
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
14.  Partita for Keyboard no 5 in G major, BWV 829: Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1726-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/14/1936 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
15.  Partita for Keyboard no 5 in G major, BWV 829: Passepied by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1726-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/14/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
16.  Partita for Keyboard no 5 in G major, BWV 829: Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1726-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/14/1936 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exist as a fragment only. 
17.  Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 11: no 2, Székely keserves "Sirass édesanyám..." - rubato parlando by Zoltán Kodály
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1918; Hungary 
Date of Recording: 10/14/1936 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs. 
18.  Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 11: no 4, Sírfelirat - rubato by Zoltán Kodály
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1918; Hungary 
Date of Recording: 10/14/1936 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 1 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
19.  Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 11: no 6, Székely nóta - poco rubato by Zoltán Kodály
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1917; Hungary 
Date of Recording: 10/14/1936 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs. 
20.  Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1055: 1st movement, Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Conductor:  Ernö von Dohnányi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1738-1739; Leipzig, Germany 
Date of Recording: 10/26/1936 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
21.  Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K 386 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Conductor:  Ernö von Dohnányi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1782; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 10/26/1936 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
22.  Variations on "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (JS Bach) for Piano, S 180 by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862; Rome, Italy 
Date of Recording: 10/22/1937 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 5 Minutes 7 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
23.  Concerto for Piano no 2, Sz 95 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Conductor:  Ernest Ansermet
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Budapest Concert Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1930-1931; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 03/22/1938 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 16 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
24.  Variations (6) for Piano in F major on an Original Theme, Op. 34 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 01/13/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
25.  Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 76: no 2, Capriccio in B minor by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Austria 
Date of Recording: 01/13/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs. 
26.  Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27: no 1 in C sharp minor, B 91 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Paris, France 
Date of Recording: 01/13/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
27.  Mikrokosmos, Sz 107: Book 5, no 138, Bagpipe by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1926-1939; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/13/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 1 Minutes 5 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
28.  Mikrokosmos, Sz 107: Book 4, no 109, From the Island of Bali by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1926-1939; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/13/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 1 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
29.  Mikrokosmos, Sz 107: Book 6, no 148, Dance no 1 in Bulgarian Rhythm by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1926-1939; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/13/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 1 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
30.  Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K 448 (375a): 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano), Ditta Bartók-Pásztory (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 04/23/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Mozart 
Length: 6 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
31.  Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K 448 (375a): 3rd movement, Molto allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Ditta Bartók-Pásztory (Piano), Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 04/23/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
32.  En blanc et noir: no 1, Avec emportement by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Ditta Bartók-Pásztory (Piano), Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; France 
Date of Recording: 04/23/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
33.  En blanc et noir: no 2, Lent - Sombre by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Ditta Bartók-Pásztory (Piano), Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; France 
Date of Recording: 04/23/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 6 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
34.  En blanc et noir: no 3, Scherzando by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano), Ditta Bartók-Pásztory (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; France 
Date of Recording: 04/23/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
35.  Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 1/Sz 27 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Conductor:  Ernö von Dohnányi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hungarian Royal Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1904; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 04/30/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 20 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
36.  Sonata for 2 Pianos in F minor, Op. 34b by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Ditta Bartók-Pásztory (Piano), Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1864; Austria 
Date of Recording: 10/31/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 39 Minutes 0 Secs. 
37.  Rhapsody for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 86 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Ede Zathureczky (Violin), Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1928; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 11/04/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 12 Minutes 25 Secs. 
38.  Hungarian Folksongs, Sz 33: no 1, I left my fair homeland by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Ede Zathureczky (Violin), Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1906/1938; Hungary 
Date of Recording: 11/04/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 5 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Országh 
39.  Concerto pathétique, S 365 by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Ernö von Dohnányi (Piano), Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1857; Germany 
Date of Recording: 11/04/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 20 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Bülow
This selection is followed by several spoken word selections. 
40.  Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43 by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1909-1910; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 11/05/1929 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs. 
41.  Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K 448 (375a): 1st mvt, Allegro con spirito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano), Ditta Bartók-Pásztory (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 04/23/1939 
Venue:  Budapest, Hungary 
Length: 5 Minutes 51 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists in fragments only. 
42.  Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43: no 1, Allegro vivace by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1909-1910; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/31/1935 
Venue:  Hilversum, Netherlands 
Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
43.  Improvisations (8) on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20/Sz 74: no 1, Molto moderato by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Béla Bartók (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1920; Budapest, Hungary 
Date of Recording: 01/31/1932 
Venue:  Frankfurt am Main, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: This selection exists as a fragment only. 
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