The Hungarian Soul

~ Release by Béla Bartók (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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CD 1-4 BALLET & ORCHESTRAL WORKS Suite No. 2*. Two Pictures • Two Portraits • Four Pieces • The Wooden Prince ballet suite • Romanian Folk Dances• The Miraculous Mandarin• Dance Suite • Music for strings, percussion and celesta • Divertimento for strings • Concerto for Orchestra
CD 5-7 CONCERTANTE MUSIC Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 • Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra • Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 • Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 • Viola Concerto
CD 7 CHORAL WORKS Four Slovak Folk songs Sz. 70 • Four Hungarian Folk songs Sz. 93
CD 8 OPERA Bluebeard's Castle
CD 9-12 CHAMBER MUSIC Sonata for two pianos, percussion*. Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos for two pianos*
44 Duos for two violins Sz. 98 • Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 • Contrasts • String Quartets Nos. 1-6
CD 13-17 PIANO WORKS For Children • Study for the left hand Sz. 22 • Ten Easy Pieces • Two Elegies • Sonatinc Sz. 55 • Three Burlesques* • Romanian Folk Dances* • Romanian Christmas Carols*. Piano Suite* Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs • Dance Suite • Piano Sonata • Out of doors • Mikrokosmos VIOLIN WORKS Solo Violin Sonata
CD 18 TRANSCRIPTIONS & ARRANGEMENTS Hungarian folk melodies for violin & cello • Folk songs from the County of Czik for clarinet & piano*. Romanian Folk Dances (for clarinet & piano* | flute & guitar violin & piano | saxophone quartet) • Hungarian Peasant Suite for flute & piano • Suite No. 2 for two pianos Sz. 115a
CD 19-20 HISTORICAL RECORDINGS Bartók plays Bartók, 1928-1937 Gramophone recordings| Recordings by Dinu Lipatti & Paul Sacher • André Gertler* • Lili Kraus • Yehudi Menuhin & Wilhelm Furtwängler

* First release on CD. Newly remastered from original tapes in 192 kHz/24-bit by Art & Son Studio, Annecy

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-11 21:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Bartók: Suite no. 2 / Two Pictures
2CD: Bartók: Four Pieces / The Wooden Prince / Romanian Folk Dances
3CD: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Dance Suite / Music for strings, percussion and celesta
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1The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: I. Beginning
1:18
2The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: II. The curtain rises
1:32
3The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: III. First seduction game
3:42
4The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: IV. Second seduction game
3:01
5The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: V. Third seduction game
1:29
6The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: VI. The Mandarin enters
2:09
7The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: VII. Dance of the young girl
4:21
8The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: VIII. The chase
1:50
9The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: IX. The tramps leap out
1:51
10The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: X. Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears
3:07
11The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: XI. They drag the Mandarin to the centre of the room
2:44
12The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73, BB 82: XII. The Mandarin falls to the floor
2:01
13Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86: I. Moderato
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)
recording of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a: I. Moderato (for orchestra)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a (for orchestra)
3:39
14Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86: II. Allegro molto
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)
recording of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a: II. Allegro molto (for orchestra)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a (for orchestra)
2:22
15Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86: III. Allegro vivace
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)
recording of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a: III. Allegro vivace (for orchestra)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a (for orchestra)
3:00
16Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86: IV. Molto tranquillo
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)
recording of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a: IV. Molto tranquillo (for orchestra)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a (for orchestra)
2:43
17Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86: V. Comodo -
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)
recording of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a: V. Comodo (for orchestra)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a (for orchestra)
0:55
18Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86: VI. Finale: Allegro
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)
recording of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a: VI. Finale. Allegro (for orchestra)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Dance Suite, Sz. 77, BB 86a (for orchestra)
4:07
19Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: I. Andante tranquillo
orchestra:
Oslo‐Filharmonien (Oslo Philharmonic) (in 1990-01)
conductor:
Mariss Jansons (Latvian conductor) (in 1990-01)
recorded at:
Oslo Konserthus (The Oslo Concert Hall) in Oslo, Norway (in 1990-01)
recording of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: I. Andante tranquillo (in 1990-01)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1936)
part of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
7:02
20Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: II. Allegro
orchestra:
Oslo‐Filharmonien (Oslo Philharmonic) (in 1990-01)
conductor:
Mariss Jansons (Latvian conductor) (in 1990-01)
recorded at:
Oslo Konserthus (The Oslo Concert Hall) in Oslo, Norway (in 1990-01)
recording of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: II. Allegro (in 1990-01)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1936)
part of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
7:35
21Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: III. Adagio
orchestra:
Oslo‐Filharmonien (Oslo Philharmonic) (in 1990-01)
conductor:
Mariss Jansons (Latvian conductor) (in 1990-01)
recorded at:
Oslo Konserthus (The Oslo Concert Hall) in Oslo, Norway (in 1990-01)
recording of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: III. Adagio (in 1990-01)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1936)
part of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
7:30
22Music for strings, percussion and celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: IV. Allegro molto
orchestra:
Oslo‐Filharmonien (Oslo Philharmonic) (in 1990-01)
conductor:
Mariss Jansons (Latvian conductor) (in 1990-01)
recorded at:
Oslo Konserthus (The Oslo Concert Hall) in Oslo, Norway (in 1990-01)
recording of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: IV. Allegro molto (in 1990-01)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1936)
part of:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
7:09
4CD: Bartók: Divertimento for strings / Concerto for Orchestra,
5CD: Bartók: Piano Concertos nos. 1-3
6CD: Bartók: Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra / Violin Concerto no. 1 / Rhapsody nos. 1 & 2
7CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Viola Concerto, Op. posth. / Four Slovak Folk songs / Four Hungarian Folk songs
8CD: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
9CD: Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion / Seven Pieces from 'Mikrokosmos' / 44 Duos for two violins /
10CD: Bartók: Violin Sonatas nos. 1 & 2 / Contrasts
11CD: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 1, 2 & 4
12CD: Bartók: String Quartets nos. 3, 5 & 6
13CD: Bartók: For Children
14CD: Bartók: Four Piano Pieces / Ten Easy Pieces / Two Elegies / Sonatina / Three Burleques / Romanian Folk Dances / Romanian Christmas Carols / Piano Suite
15CD: Bartók: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs / Dance Suite / Piano Sonata / Out of doors
16CD: Bartók: Mikrokosmos (1)
17CD: Bartók: Mikrokosmos (2) / Solo Violin Sonata
18CD: Bartók: Hungarian folk melodies / Folk songs from the County of Czik / Romanian Folk Dances / Hungarian Peasant Suite / Suite no. 2 for two pianos
19CD: Historical Recordings (1)
20CD: Historical Recordings (2)