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Two Portraits, Op. 5, BB 48b

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Két portré, Op. 5, BB 48b
Foreign language / English title
Two Portraits, Op. 5, BB 48b
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra (and violin solo)
Year of composition
1911
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
vl. solo (Mov. I) - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (trg., gr.c., tmb.picc., tam-tam, ptti.) - 2 arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Egy ideális / One Ideal. Andante sostenuto
2. Egy torz / One Grotesque. Presto
Premiere information
12 February 1911, Budapest; Imre Waldbauer (vl.), National Symphony Orchestra (Országos Szimfóniai Zenekar), László Kun (cond.) (Mov. I)

20 April 1916, Budapest; Emil Barré (vl.), Philharmonic Orchestra, Iván Strasser (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Rozsnyai 767

Zeneműkiadó © 1953, Z. 1003 (© 1954, Z. 1673)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31049; Mercury 432017; Nimbus 5362; Deutsche Grammophon 445501; Arte Nova 27760; Nimbus 1771; Mercury 4756255; Hungaroton HCD-41002
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1907 - 1911

Movement I. (with solo violin) is identical with the 1st movement of BB 48a
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Bartók, Béla: Two Portraits for Violin and Orchestra; Four Pieces for Orchestra; Two Pictures for Orchestra Warner
Naxos
Cedille
Naxos
Art Nova Classics
Decca