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Scherzo ("Burlesque" ), Op. 2, BB 35

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Scherzo ("Burlesque" ), Op. 2, BB 35
Foreign language / English title
Scherzo ("Burlesque" ), Op. 2, BB 35
Subtitle
For piano and orchestra
Year of composition
1904
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - picc., 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), cl. in lab, cl. in mib, 2 cl. in sib, 4 fg. (IV anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 4 timp., perc. (ptti., gr.c., trg., camp., tmb.picc., tam-tam) - 2 arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
28 September 1961, Budapest; Erzsébet Tusa (pf.), Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio and Television, György Lehel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1961, Z. 3556 and B-17 (Edited by Dille Denijs)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-41002, 2000
HSACD 32504, 2007 - Zoltán Kocsis (pf.), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (cond.)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Bartók, Béla: Piano Concertos; Scherzo; Rhapsody Hungaroton
Vox Legends
Decca