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Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
I. zongoraverseny, BB 91
Foreign language / English title
Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91
Subtitle
For piano and orchestra
Year of composition
1926
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 tr., trb.b. - timp., perc. (3 esec. - trg., 4 ptti., tam-tam, tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., gr.c.) - strings: 10 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
23 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
Premiere information
1 July 1927, Frankfurt am Main; Béla Bartók (pf.) Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler (cond.)

18 March 1928, Budapest; Béla Bartók (pf.), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernő Dohnányi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1927, UE34307

Universal Edition © 1928, UE12675

Boosey & Hakes Inc. © 1954
Available here!
Recordings
Teldec Classics ‎CD 0630-13158-2, 1996 - András Schiff (pf.) Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (cond.)
 

Recordings

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