Brief synopsis' of the most popular
classical music
compositions by
Bela Bartok...
Hungarian, 25 MAR 1881 ~ NYC, 26 SEP 1945
Stage, Orchestra, Chamber Works
Piano Pieces and Vocal Works
Bartok (1881 - 1945) Concerto
For Orchestra
Bartok Dance Suite
Bartok
Divertimento for Styrings
Bartok Hungarian
Sketches Written in 1931. Orchestral transcription of five earlier
piano pieces. "Evening In the Village", "Bear Dance", "Dirge Melody",
"Slightly Tipsey", and "Swineherd's Dance for Children"; all
originally composed in the years 1908 - 1911. Bartok spent happy days with
village peasants which inspired these pieces. All written he says, for the
money from concert performances and radio broadcasts. The first recording of
the work was on Mercury Records (CD#432 005) recorded on 35mm magnetic film
in 1956. The Minneapolis Sym Orch. under Antal Dorati.
Bartok The Miraculous
Mandarin
Bartok Music for
Strings, Percussion and Celeste Composed in 1936.
Bartok Piano Concerto
No 1
Bartok Piano Concerto
No 2
Bartok Piano Concerto
No 3
Bartok String Quartet
No 3
Bartok String Quartet No
4
Bartok VC No 1
Unheard for almost 20 years from its' being finished it was FP after the death of it's dedicatee Steffi Geyer. Bartok had a love affair with her in 1907. Their relationship cooled in 1908
No attempt was made to have her play it before she died. First heard in 1958.
Bartok VC No 2
Started in August of 1937 and finished on New Years Eve, 1938 in Budapest. Written for Zoltan Szekeley who gave its' FP in Amsterdam in March of 1938. Bartok was not there and heard it himself
for the first time in 1943 when he was living in the USA.
