Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartok - Cofanetto - 8 CD
Track List :
CD 1: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Orchestral Pieces, Op.12
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Four Orchestral Pieces op.12 (Sz 51)
1. 1. Preludio 6:32
2. 2. Scherzo: allegro 6:13
3. 3. Intermezzo: Moderato 5:03
4. 4. Marcia funebre: Maestoso 4:57
Concerto For Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116
5. 1. Introduzione (Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace) 9:30
6. 2. Giuoco della coppie (Allegretto scherzando) 6:26
7. 3. Elegia (Andante, non troppo) 7:43
8. 4. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto) 4:02
9. 5. Finale (Pesante - Presto) 9:24
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 59:50
CD 2: Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite; Hungarian Sketches; Two Pictures
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Dance Suite, BB 86 (Sz. 77)
1. 1. Moderato 3:41
2. 2. Allegro molto 2:16
3. 3. Allegro vivace 2:57
4. 4. Molto tranquillo 2:36
5. 5. Comodo 1:01
6. 6. Finale (Allegro) 4:05
2 Pictures, (Op.10) Sz. 46
7. In voller Blüte 8:42
8. Dorftanz 9:46
Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97
9. 1. An Evening in the Village 2:48
10. 2. Bear Melody 1:29
11. 3. Melody 2:21
12. 4. Slightly Tipsy 2:11
13. 5. Swineherd's Dance 2:02
Divertimento for Strings, BB 118 (Sz.113)
14. 1. Allegro non troppo 9:02
15. 2. Molto adagio 9:35
16. 3. Allegro assai 7:35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 1:12:07
CD 3: Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos.1 - 3
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91, Sz. 83
1. 1. Allegro moderato - Allegro 8:45
2. 2. Andante 7:52
3. Allegro - 3. Allegro molto 6:38
Krystian Zimerman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95
4. 1. Allegro 9:25
5. 2. Adagio - Più adagio - Presto 11:26
6. 3. Allegro molto 6:13
Leif Ove Andsnes, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119
7. 1. Allegretto 7:33
8. 2. Adagio religioso 11:13
9. 3. Allegro vivace 7:03
Hélène Grimaud, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 1:16:08
CD 4: Bartók: Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra; Violin Concerto No.1; Viola Concerto
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra, BB 121 (Sz.115)
1. 1. Assai lento - Allegro molto 12:48
2. 2. Lento ma non troppo 6:29
3. 3. Allegro ma non troppo 6:18
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, Neil Percy, Nigel Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Violin Concerto No.1, BB 48a (Op.posth), Sz36
4. 1. Andante sostenuto 9:33
5. 2. Allegro giocoso 11:47
Gidon Kremer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, op.post.
Version: Tibor Serly
6. 1. Moderato - Lento parlando 14:31
7. 2. Adagio religioso - Allegretto 4:37
8. 3. Allegro vivace 4:16
Yuri Bashmet, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 1:10:19
CD 5: Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2; Rhapsodies Nos.1 & 2
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117 (Sz. 112)
1. 1. Allegro non troppo 16:39
2. 2. Andante tranquillo 10:50
3. 3. Allegro molto 12:59
Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 87
4. 1. Moderato 5:15
5. 2. Allegretto moderato 5:57
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no.2 Sz 90
6. 1. Lassú: Moderato 5:15
7. 2. Friss: Allegro moderato 6:22
Gil Shaham, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 1:03:17
CD 6: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Bluebeard's Castle, BB 62, Op.11 (Sz48)
1. Prologue - Opening Scene. "Megérkeztünk" 5:06
2. "Ez a Kékszakállú véra?" 5:16
3. "Nagy csukott ajtókat" 5:23
4. Door 1. "Jaj!" "Mit látsz? Mit látsz?" "Láncok, kések" 4:25
5. Door 2. "Mit látsz?" "Százkegyetlen szörnyü fegyver" 3:55
6. Door 3. "Oh, be sok kincs! Oh, be sok kincs!" 2:25
7. Door 4. "Oh! virágok! Oh! ilatoskert!" 4:18
8. Fifth Door. Kékszakállú: "Nézd hogy derül már a váram" 6:35
9. Door 6. "Csendes fehér tavat látok" 4:32
10. "Az utolsót nem nyitom ki" 4:09
11. "Tudom, tudom, Kékszakállú" 3:24
12. Door 7. "Lásd a régi aszszonyokat" 8:31
Jessye Norman, László Polgár, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 57:59
CD 7: Bartók: Cantata profana, Sz94; The Wooden Prince, Op.13
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Cantata Profana, BB.100, Sz.94 - The Nine Splendid Stags
1. 1. Molto moderato 7:00
2. 2. Andante 8:00
3. 3. Moderato 3:07
John Aler, John Tomlinson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus
The Wooden Prince, BB 74, Op.13 (Sz. 60)
4. Introduction 5:14
5. 1st Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest 5:05
6. 2nd Dance: Dance of the Trees 5:27
7. 3rd Dance: Dance of the Waves 11:36
8. 4th Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Doll 15:21
9. 5th Dance: The Princess pulls and tugs at the Wooden Prince and tries to make him dance 1:55
10. 6th Dance: She tries to attract the real Prince with her seductive dancing 1:38
11. 7th Dance: Dismayed, the Princess attempts to hurry after the Prince, but the Forest bars her way 8:43
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 1:13:06
CD 8: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19; Music for Strings, Precussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Op.19 (Sz.73)
1. Allegro: Introduction 3:03
2. Moderato: First decoy game 3:44
3. Second decoy game 3:13
4. Sostenuto: Third decoy game 1:41
5. Maestoso: The Mandarin enters 6:52
6. Allegro: The girl sinks down to embrace him 2:29
7. Sempre vivo: The tramps leap out 2:06
8. Adagio: Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears 3:01
9. Agitato: Again, the frightened tramps discuss how to eliminate the Mandarin 1:25
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
10. Molto moderato: The body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue light 1:47
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe
11. Più mosso - Vivo - She resists no longer, - they embrace. 2:21
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114 (Sz.106)
12. 1. Andante tranquillo 7:55
13. 2. Allegro 7:35
14. 3. Adagio 7:27
15. 4. Allegro molto 7:27
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Total Playing Time 1:02:06
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