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Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion, BB 115

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Szonáta két zongorára és ütőhangszerekre, BB 115
Foreign language / English title
Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion, BB 115
Year of composition
1937
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
2 pf. - 3 timp., perc. (xil., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., ptti., ptti.sosp., gr.c., trg., tam-tam)
Duration
25 min
Movements, parts
1. Assai lento - Allegro molto
2. Lento ma non troppo - Un poco piu andante
3. Allegro non troppo
Premiere information
16 January 1938, Basel, Switzerland; Béla Bartók, Ditta Pásztory (pf.), Fritz Schiesser, Philipp Rühlig (perc.)

31 Oct 1938, Budapest; Béla Bartók, Ditta Pásztory (pf.), József Jegesi, Sándor Vigdorovits (perc.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey and Hawkes © 1942, B&H 8675
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-12331, 1991 - Béla Bartók, Ditta Pásztory (pf.), Henry J. Baker, Edward J. Rubsan (perc.) [Recorded 1940, New York]
Remarks, other info
See also BB 121
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Ondine
Vox Legends
Delos
Naxos
Hungaroton
Béla Bartók: Sonata für zwei Klavier und Schlaginstrumente Qualiton