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Divertimento, BB 118

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Divertimento, BB 118
Foreign language / English title
Divertimento, BB 118
Subtitle
For string orchestra
Dedication
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Year of composition
1939
Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
strings
Duration
26 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Molto adagio
3. Allegro assai
Commissioned by
Paul Sacher
Premiere information
11 June 1940, Basel, Switzerland; Basel Chamber Orchestra, Paul Sacher (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey and Hawkes 8716, 8326 (1940)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-11437, 1995 - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti (cond.)
Chandos 9816, 2000 - Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown (cond.)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Conductors, 1951-2001 Hungaroton
Hungaroton
Stravinsky, Igor: Basel Concerto<br>Shostakovich, Dmitri: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a<br>Bartók Béla: Divertimento BB 118<br>Ligeti: Ramifications Cypres
Bridge
ICA Classics
Vox Box
Capriccio
Oehm Classics
Budapest Strings 40 Budapesti Vonósok Alapítványa
Decca