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Viola Concerto, BB 128

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Brácsaverseny, BB 128
Foreign language / English title
Viola Concerto, BB 128
Subtitle
For viola and orchestra
Year of composition
1945
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
vla. solo - 2 fl., picc., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 3 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (ptti., gr.c., tmb.picc.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. [Moderato] (attacca)
2. [Adagio religioso] - Allegretto (attacca)
3. [Allegro vivace]
Commissioned by
William Primrose
Premiere information
2 December 1949, Minneapolis, USA; William Primrose (vla.), Minneapolis Symphony, Antal Dorati (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Boosey and Hawkes © 1950, B&H 16953

Boosey and Hawkes © 1949, B&H 16854 (Piano reduction by Tibor Serly)
Available here!
Recordings
Naxos 8.554183 - Hong-Mei Xiao (vla.), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, János Kovács (cond.)
Nimbus Records CD NI5919, 2015 - Raphael Wallfisch (vlc.), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Gábor Takács-Nagy (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Unfinished. Elaborated and arranged by Tibor Serly from 1945 to 1949
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
ECM Records
Naxos
Naxos
Bartók, Béla: Viola Concerto (1995 version edited by P. Bartok and P. Neubauer); Two Pictures, Sz. 46; Viola Concerto (completed by Tibor Serly, 1949), Sz. 120 / Serly, Tibor - Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra Naxos
Delos