Solo piano music, chamber music & songs / Bartok. Variations on a nursery song : Op.25 : (1913) / Dohnányi.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.

Contributor:

Medgyaszay, Vilma, 1885-1972, performer.

Basilides, Mária, 1886-1946, performer.

Székelyhidi, Ferenc, 1885-1954, performer.

Szigeti, Joseph, 1892-1973, arranger, performer.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945, performer.

Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960, performer.

Collingwood, Lawrance, conductor.

London Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Series:

Composers in person

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

French

German

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Piano music.

Songs (High voice) with piano.

Songs (Low voice) with piano.

Folk songs, Hungarian.

Folk dance music--Romania.

Folk dance music.

Romania.

Violin and piano music, Arranged.

Variations (Piano with orchestra).

Genre:

Piano music.

Violin and piano music, Arranged.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Variations on a nursery song.

Place of Publication:

[England] : EMI Classics, [1994]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Contents:

14 bagatelles, op.6/ Sz. 38/ BB50 : (1908). No. 2 (:48)

10 easy pieces : Sz. 39/ BB51 : (1908). Nos. 5 & 10 (4:22)

2 Romanian dances : op. 8a/ Sz. 43/ BB56 : (1910). No. 1 (4:12)

3 burlesques : op. 8c/ Sz. 47/ BB55 : (1911). No. 2 (2:03)

Allegro barbaro : Sz. 49/ BB63 (2:26)

Suite, op.14/ Sz. 62/ BB70 : (1916) (8:10)

Mikrokosmos : Sz. 107/ BB105 : (1926-1939). Staccato, vol. V, no. 124 (1:14) ; Ostinato, vol. VI, no. 146 (2:14)

5 Hungarian folksongs : from Sz. 33/ BB97 : (1906, rev. 1928). No. 1, Elindultam szép hazámbul ; No. 2, Által mennék én a Tiszán ladikon ; No. 3, A gji;ao lert a;att ' No. 4, Nem messze van ide kis Margitta ; No. 5, Végigmentem a tárkányi (8:57)

8 Hungarian folksongs : Sz. 64/ BB47 : (1907-17). No. 1, Fekete főd ; No. 2, Istenem, istenem ; No. 3, Aszszonyok, aszszonyok ; No. 5, Ha kimegyek arr á magos tetőre ; No. 6, Tőltik a nagy erdőútját ; No. 7, Eddig való dolgom ; No. 8, Olvad a hó (8:55)

7 Hungarian folk tunes : [from excerpts] from For children : for piano : Sz. 42 /BB53 : (1909) / transcribed [for violin and piano] by Joseph Szigeti [with Bartók's advice. Cf. Grove Music Online] (7:33)

6 Romanian folk dances : from [the piano work] Sz. 56 /BB68 / transcribed [for violin and piano] by Zoltán Székely [Cf. notes, p. 3. Container incorrectly ascribes arrangement to Szigeti.] (5:23) / Bartok.

Variations on a nursery song : op.25 (1913) / Dohnanyi.

Participant:

Vilma Medgyaszay, soprano (in Sz. 33) ; Maria Basilides, contralto (in Sz. 64, nos. 1, 2-5) ; Ferenc Szekelyhidy, tenor (in Sz. 64, nos. 6-8) ; Joseph Szigeti, violin (in the Hungarian folk tunes and the Romanian folk dances ; Béla Bartók, piano. Ernő Dohnányi, piano, London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Collingwood, conductor (in the last work).

Notes:

EMI Classics: 5 55031 2 (including digits not in bold print: 7243 5 55031 2 1)

Number on container back: CDC 5 55031 2.

Recorded and originally released between 1928 and 1939.

Compact disc.

Analog recordings, digitally remastered.

Program notes by Zoltán Kocsis in English, French, and German, and texts of the vocally performed folk songs in Hungarian with English, French, and German translations (35 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Bagatelles, piano, op. 6. No. 2. Allegro giocoso.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Könnyű zongoradarab. Este a székelyeknél.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Könnyű zongoradarab. Medvetánc.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Román táncok. No. 1.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Burlesques, piano, op. 8c. Kicsit ázottan

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Allegro barbaro.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Suites, piano, op. 14

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Mikrokosmos. Selections

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Magyar népdalok, medium voice, piano (1906). Selections.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Magyar népdalok, medium voice, piano (1917). Selections.

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Gyermekeknek. Selections; arranged

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Román népi táncok; arranged

Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960. Variationen über ein Kinderlied.

OCLC:

141382611

Publisher Number:

5 55031 2 EMI Classics

74243 5 55031 2 1 EMI Classics

CDC 5 55031 2 EMI Classics