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Dance Suite, BB 86a

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Táncszvit, BB 86a
Foreign language / English title
Dance Suite, BB 86a
Subtitle
For orchestra
Year of composition
1923
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (trg., camp., gr.c., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc., ptti., tam-tam) - cel., arpa, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
18 min
Movements, parts
1. Moderato
2. Allegro molto
3. Allegro vivace
4. Molto tranquillo
5. Comodo
6. Finale - Allegro
Premiere information
19 November 1923, Budapest; Philharmonic Society orchestra [Filharmóniai Társaság Zenekara], Ernő Dohnányi (cond.)

19 May 1925, Prague; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1924, UE7545 [© Renewed 1951 by Boosey & Hawkes]

Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag © 1924, W.Ph.V.200

Edition Balassi 1998 (Facsimile edition)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31860, 2001
Philips 454429-2 - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (cond.)
Naxos 5.110088 DVD, 2005 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (cond.)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Bartók, Béla: Concerto; Dance Suite Hungaroton
Béla Bartók: The Wooden Prince; Dance Suite Philips
Hungaroton
Bartók, Béla: Mireculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet) Sz. 73, Op. 19; Dance Suite Sz.77; Hungarian Pictures Sz. 97 Naxos
Bartók, Béla: Suite No. 2 / Rumanian Dance / Rumanian Folk Dances / Dance Suite Hungaroton
Vox Box
Capriccio
SWR Classic
Naxos
Naxos
Hungaroton
Hungaroton
Decca