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Title of the work

Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12, BB 64

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Négy zenekari darab, Op. 12, BB 64
Foreign language / English title
Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12, BB 64
Subtitle
For symphony orchestra
Year of composition
1912
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
4 fl. (III, IV anche picc.), 3 ob. (3. anche .ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.picc., cl.b.), 4 fg. (IV anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 4 tr. (anche crnt.), 4 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (trg., ptti., gr.c., tmb.picc., tam-tam, camp.) 2 arpa, cel., pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
24 min
Movements, parts
1. Preludio
2. Scherzo
3. Intermezzo
4. Marcia funebre
Premiere information
9 January 1922, Budapest; Philharmonic Society Orchestra [Filharmóniai Társaság Zenekara], Ernő Dohnányi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1923, UE7270

Boosey and Hawkes © 1952, B&H20745
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Recordings
IMP 1021; Deutsche Grammophon 437826; Hungaroton HCD-12400; Hungaroton HCD-31050; Arlecchino 8; Sony 45837; Gramophone 01; Telarc 80564; Harmonia Mundi 901777; Hungaroton HCD-41002
Remarks, other info
Orchestrated in 1921
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Bartók, Béla: Two Portraits for Violin and Orchestra; Four Pieces for Orchestra; Two Pictures for Orchestra Warner
Gramophone
SWR Classic
SWR Classic
Decca