VA - Bela Bartok: Complete Edition (2000) [29CD Box Set]
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BAND/ARTIST: VA
- Title: Bela Bartok: Complete Edition
- Year Of Release: 2000
- Label: Hungaroton Classic [HCD 41002]
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: APE (*image + .cue)
- Total Time: 34:28:51
- Total Size: 7,9 GB (+3%rec.)
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If you thought you had all the Bartók worth having – the monumental string quartets, the spooky Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, the warhorse Concerto for Orchestra, perhaps even the three thrilling piano concertos – consider this 29-disc set. It is the only available edition of his complete works. Hungaroton issued most of these pieces in a boxed LP set almost thirty years ago. Expect some tape hiss. However some pieces, like the 1903 Violin Sonata, were recorded as late as 1993. Treasures abound. Sample the songs Bartók wrote in 1915, based on the poems of his young student and lover, Klára Gombossy. Read the dry, awkwardly translated, and informative program notes. (There are enough of these to fill a small book.) Learn that the baroque practice of "parody," recycling parts of older pieces for new pieces, did not die out with Bach. Bartók used the second movement in his Violin Concerto #1 as the first of Two Portraits. Not only did he orchestrate several chamber works, like his two violin and piano rhapsodies, he rescored. This set includes his Rhapsody #1 scored for cello and it is most tasty.
This collection features all Hungarian performers, but that is not its only unique aspect. It is also quite democratic. Unlike DGG's Complete Webern, which spotlighted Pierre Boulez, the Bartók Complete Edition includes about four dozen singers, musicians, orchestras, and choirs, giving no one the spotlight. You may not love them all, but they are the best Hungary has to offer. So if you don't care for Eszter Kovács singing Végit mentem a tárkányi, wait a few minutes. You will soon hear Terézia Csajbók singing Kis Kece lányom.
Where to begin? Space limitations don't permit the discussion of all the pieces in this set, but I will mention some. The Vocal Works sub-volume includes three discs of nothing but folk songs. Many date from Bartók early years traipsing the Hungarian countryside, but some were composed as late as 1935, like From Olden Times. These 27 a cappella songs sung by a 2- and 3-part male choir are both melancholic and stirring. Erzébet Török sings the lovely There are waters at Debrecen. Four Songs from Mikrokosmos reveals more of Bartók the parodist, recycling melodies from his famed children's book of piano songs. Erika Sziklay's voice may not be spectacular but it is suited for these deceptively simple songs. The Vocal Orchestral Works sub-volume has an unsettling version of the Cantata profana fable, as well as several orchestrations of the works on Vocal Works.
There are two sub-volumes of chamber music. Play the modernist Violin Sonatas #1 and 2 and they will creep up on you, nuzzling for your attention like a cat. Thank Gidon Kremer and Iury Smirnov for their splendid timing and prickly performance. You may never have heard of Dénes Kovács, but his rendition of the Sonata for Solo Violin may render you speechless. Unlike those performers who treat it like an extended cadenza, he treats it like a symphony for one instrument.
On Orchestral Works II, Dénes Kovács returns to play an antic Violin Concerto #2, without the showmanship of Yehudi Menuhin, but with deep enough expression. Geza Nemeth plays the Viola Concerto competently, but not as luminously as Kim Kashkashian (ECM 465420-2). Only on a set like this can you listen to the Sonata for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra and decide whether it was necessary to orchestrate it into Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra. (It was, but just barely.) As a bonus disc, the collection contains Rarities, First Recorded (mostly songs and piano works). Buy this set so that, when asked how many Bartók pieces you own, you can reply "everything."
Copyright © 2001, Peter Bates.
Tracks:
CD 01 - Vocal Orchestral Works
Cantata Profana
Three village scenes
Seven choruses for Orchestral Acc.
Five Hungarian Folksongs for Voice and Orchestra
Five songs Op. 15
CD 02 - Stage Works I
Bluebeard's Castle
CD 03 - Stage Works II
The Wooden Prince
The Miraculous Mandarin
CD 04 - Chamber Works I
Andante in A Major for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No. 1 for Cello and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs for violin and piano
Sonata in E Minor for violin and piano
CD 05 - Chamber Works II
Sonata No 1 for Violin and Piano
Sonata No 2 for Violin and Piano
Sonata for Solo Violin
CD 06 - Chamber Works III
Duos for Two Violins, Volumes 1-4
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
CD 07 - Chamber Works IV
Piano Quintet
String Quartet No 1
CD 08 - Chamber Works V
String Quartet No 2
String Quartet No 3
String Quartet No 4
CD 09 - Chamber Works VI
String Quartet No 5
String Quartet No 6
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
CD 10 - Symphonic Works I
Kossuth
Two Portraits
Two Pictures
Four Orchestral Pieces
CD 11 - Symphonic Works II
Suite No. 1 for Orchestra
Suite No. 2 for Orchestra
CD 12 - Symphonic Works III
The Miraculous Mandarin Suite for Orchestra
The Wooden Prince Suite for Orchestra
Romanian Dance Suite
Romanian Folkdances for Small Orchestra
Transylvanian Dances
Hungarian Sketches
Hungarian Peasant Songs
CD 13 - Symphonic Works IV
Concerto for Orchestra
Divertimento for Strings
Scherzo from the Symphony in E Flat Major
CD 14 - Symphonic Works V
Dance Suite
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra
CD 15 - Symphonic Works VI
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 3
CD 16 - Symphonic Works VII
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Op.1
Scherzo (Burlesque) for Piano and Orchestra Op.2
Rhapsody No 1 for Violin and Orchestra
Rhapsody No 2 for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No 2 for Violin and Orchestra
CD 17 - Symphonic Works VIII
Violin Concerto No 1
Violin Concerto No 2
Viola Concerto
CD 18 - Piano Works I
Four Piano Pieces
Rhapsody
Hungarian Folksongs from The Csak District
14 Bagatelles
CD 19 - Piano Works II
Ten Easy Piano Pieces
Two Elegies, Op.8b
For Children, Volumes 2 & 3
CD 20 - Piano Works III
For Children, Vol.3
Two Romanian Dances, Op.8a
7 Sketches, Op.9b
Four dirges, Op.9a
CD 21 - Piano Works IV
Three Burlesques, Op.8c
Allegro barbaro
The First Term at the Piano
Sonatina
Romanian Folkdances
Romanian Christmas Carols
Suite, Op.14
Three Hungarian Folktunes
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
Studies, Op.18
CD 22 - Piano Works V
Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op.20
Dance Suite
Sonata
Out of Doors Volume 1
Out of Doors Volume 2
Nine Little Pieces, Book I
Nine Little Pieces, Book II
Nine Little Pieces, Book III
CD 23 - Piano Works VI
Three rondos on Slovak folk tunes
Petite suite
Mikrokosmos Volume I
Mikrokosmos Volume II
CD 24 - Piano Works VII
Mikrokosmos Volume III
Mikrokosmos Volume IV
Mikrokosmos Volume V
CD 25 - Piano Works VIII
Mikrokosmos Volume VI
7 Pieces from Mikrokosmos for Two Pianos, Four Hands
Suite for Two Pianos, Op.4.b
CD 26 - Vocal Works I
Hungarian folksongs Vol.1
Hungarian folksongs Vol.2
8 Hungarian folksongs
20 Hungarian folksongs
CD 27 - Vocal Works II
Hungarian Folksong
5 Songs
5 Songs Op.16
Four songs from Mikrokosmos
Village scenes
Slovak Folksongs
4 Slovak Folksongs
Hungarian Folksongs for mixed choir
CD 28 - Vocal Works III
Four Old Hungarian Folksongs
Szekely Songs, For 6-Part Male Choir
From Olden Times, For 3-Part Male Choir
17 Two- And Three Part Choruses, For Children's And Female Voices
CD 29 - Rarities
From Gyergyo Three folksongs from the Csik district
Two Hungarian folksongs For Voice And Piano
Szekely Folksong (The red apple) for voice and piano
Four Slovak folksongs For Voice And Piano
Petits morceaux For Piano
Four songs For Voice And Piano
Scherzo oder Fantasie, for piano
Evening, for voice and piano
Marche funebre arr. for piano
Evening, for male choir
This collection features all Hungarian performers, but that is not its only unique aspect. It is also quite democratic. Unlike DGG's Complete Webern, which spotlighted Pierre Boulez, the Bartók Complete Edition includes about four dozen singers, musicians, orchestras, and choirs, giving no one the spotlight. You may not love them all, but they are the best Hungary has to offer. So if you don't care for Eszter Kovács singing Végit mentem a tárkányi, wait a few minutes. You will soon hear Terézia Csajbók singing Kis Kece lányom.
Where to begin? Space limitations don't permit the discussion of all the pieces in this set, but I will mention some. The Vocal Works sub-volume includes three discs of nothing but folk songs. Many date from Bartók early years traipsing the Hungarian countryside, but some were composed as late as 1935, like From Olden Times. These 27 a cappella songs sung by a 2- and 3-part male choir are both melancholic and stirring. Erzébet Török sings the lovely There are waters at Debrecen. Four Songs from Mikrokosmos reveals more of Bartók the parodist, recycling melodies from his famed children's book of piano songs. Erika Sziklay's voice may not be spectacular but it is suited for these deceptively simple songs. The Vocal Orchestral Works sub-volume has an unsettling version of the Cantata profana fable, as well as several orchestrations of the works on Vocal Works.
There are two sub-volumes of chamber music. Play the modernist Violin Sonatas #1 and 2 and they will creep up on you, nuzzling for your attention like a cat. Thank Gidon Kremer and Iury Smirnov for their splendid timing and prickly performance. You may never have heard of Dénes Kovács, but his rendition of the Sonata for Solo Violin may render you speechless. Unlike those performers who treat it like an extended cadenza, he treats it like a symphony for one instrument.
On Orchestral Works II, Dénes Kovács returns to play an antic Violin Concerto #2, without the showmanship of Yehudi Menuhin, but with deep enough expression. Geza Nemeth plays the Viola Concerto competently, but not as luminously as Kim Kashkashian (ECM 465420-2). Only on a set like this can you listen to the Sonata for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra and decide whether it was necessary to orchestrate it into Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra. (It was, but just barely.) As a bonus disc, the collection contains Rarities, First Recorded (mostly songs and piano works). Buy this set so that, when asked how many Bartók pieces you own, you can reply "everything."
Copyright © 2001, Peter Bates.
Tracks:
CD 01 - Vocal Orchestral Works
Cantata Profana
Three village scenes
Seven choruses for Orchestral Acc.
Five Hungarian Folksongs for Voice and Orchestra
Five songs Op. 15
CD 02 - Stage Works I
Bluebeard's Castle
CD 03 - Stage Works II
The Wooden Prince
The Miraculous Mandarin
CD 04 - Chamber Works I
Andante in A Major for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No. 1 for Cello and Piano
Hungarian Folksongs for violin and piano
Sonata in E Minor for violin and piano
CD 05 - Chamber Works II
Sonata No 1 for Violin and Piano
Sonata No 2 for Violin and Piano
Sonata for Solo Violin
CD 06 - Chamber Works III
Duos for Two Violins, Volumes 1-4
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
CD 07 - Chamber Works IV
Piano Quintet
String Quartet No 1
CD 08 - Chamber Works V
String Quartet No 2
String Quartet No 3
String Quartet No 4
CD 09 - Chamber Works VI
String Quartet No 5
String Quartet No 6
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
CD 10 - Symphonic Works I
Kossuth
Two Portraits
Two Pictures
Four Orchestral Pieces
CD 11 - Symphonic Works II
Suite No. 1 for Orchestra
Suite No. 2 for Orchestra
CD 12 - Symphonic Works III
The Miraculous Mandarin Suite for Orchestra
The Wooden Prince Suite for Orchestra
Romanian Dance Suite
Romanian Folkdances for Small Orchestra
Transylvanian Dances
Hungarian Sketches
Hungarian Peasant Songs
CD 13 - Symphonic Works IV
Concerto for Orchestra
Divertimento for Strings
Scherzo from the Symphony in E Flat Major
CD 14 - Symphonic Works V
Dance Suite
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra
CD 15 - Symphonic Works VI
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 3
CD 16 - Symphonic Works VII
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Op.1
Scherzo (Burlesque) for Piano and Orchestra Op.2
Rhapsody No 1 for Violin and Orchestra
Rhapsody No 2 for Violin and Piano
Rhapsody No 2 for Violin and Orchestra
CD 17 - Symphonic Works VIII
Violin Concerto No 1
Violin Concerto No 2
Viola Concerto
CD 18 - Piano Works I
Four Piano Pieces
Rhapsody
Hungarian Folksongs from The Csak District
14 Bagatelles
CD 19 - Piano Works II
Ten Easy Piano Pieces
Two Elegies, Op.8b
For Children, Volumes 2 & 3
CD 20 - Piano Works III
For Children, Vol.3
Two Romanian Dances, Op.8a
7 Sketches, Op.9b
Four dirges, Op.9a
CD 21 - Piano Works IV
Three Burlesques, Op.8c
Allegro barbaro
The First Term at the Piano
Sonatina
Romanian Folkdances
Romanian Christmas Carols
Suite, Op.14
Three Hungarian Folktunes
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
Studies, Op.18
CD 22 - Piano Works V
Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op.20
Dance Suite
Sonata
Out of Doors Volume 1
Out of Doors Volume 2
Nine Little Pieces, Book I
Nine Little Pieces, Book II
Nine Little Pieces, Book III
CD 23 - Piano Works VI
Three rondos on Slovak folk tunes
Petite suite
Mikrokosmos Volume I
Mikrokosmos Volume II
CD 24 - Piano Works VII
Mikrokosmos Volume III
Mikrokosmos Volume IV
Mikrokosmos Volume V
CD 25 - Piano Works VIII
Mikrokosmos Volume VI
7 Pieces from Mikrokosmos for Two Pianos, Four Hands
Suite for Two Pianos, Op.4.b
CD 26 - Vocal Works I
Hungarian folksongs Vol.1
Hungarian folksongs Vol.2
8 Hungarian folksongs
20 Hungarian folksongs
CD 27 - Vocal Works II
Hungarian Folksong
5 Songs
5 Songs Op.16
Four songs from Mikrokosmos
Village scenes
Slovak Folksongs
4 Slovak Folksongs
Hungarian Folksongs for mixed choir
CD 28 - Vocal Works III
Four Old Hungarian Folksongs
Szekely Songs, For 6-Part Male Choir
From Olden Times, For 3-Part Male Choir
17 Two- And Three Part Choruses, For Children's And Female Voices
CD 29 - Rarities
From Gyergyo Three folksongs from the Csik district
Two Hungarian folksongs For Voice And Piano
Szekely Folksong (The red apple) for voice and piano
Four Slovak folksongs For Voice And Piano
Petits morceaux For Piano
Four songs For Voice And Piano
Scherzo oder Fantasie, for piano
Evening, for voice and piano
Marche funebre arr. for piano
Evening, for male choir
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