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Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Concerto zenekarra, BB 123
Foreign language / English title
Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123
Dedication
To the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in memory of Mrs. Natalie Koussevitzky
Year of composition
1943
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - timp., perc. (tmb.picc., gr.c., tam-tam, ptti., trg.) - 2 arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
37 min
Movements, parts
1. Introduzione
2. Giuoco delle coppie
3. Elegia
4. Intermezzo interrotto
5. Finale
Commissioned by
Serge Koussevitzky, Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Premiere information
1 December 1944, Carnegie Hall, New York; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Serge Koussevitzky (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey and Hawkes 1946, B&H 9009
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 058, 2001 - Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Introduzione
2 2. Giuoco delle coppie
3 3. Elegia
4 4. Intermezzo interrotto
5 5. Finale
Remarks, other info
Piano version: 1944
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Bartók, Béla: Concerto; Dance Suite Hungaroton
Recordings From Private Collections Hungaroton
Bartók, Béla: The Miraculous Mandarin; Concerto BMC Records
Hungaroton
Hungaroton
Naxos
Bartók, Béla: Concerto for Orchestra/ Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Naxos
Liszt, Ferenc: Les Preludes; Bartók, Béla: Concerto; Chopin, Fryderik: Mazurkas EMI
Bartók, Béla: Concerto for Orchestra; Nono, Luigi: Caminantes...Ayacucho Musicom
Naxos
Ondine
Naxos
Naxos
Turnabout
Naxos
Naxos
ORFEO Music Foundation
Vox Box
SWR Classic
SWR Classic
SWR Classic
Arthaus Musik
Oehm Classics
Decca