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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114 (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Naoto Otomo Alexander Rahbari Michael Gielen
Jean-Marie Zeitouni,
Recording date: June 1990


1.   Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114: III. Adagio - 7:35


Szabadban (Out of Doors), BB 89 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Geoffrey Tozer, piano
Andreas Bach, piano
Recording date: 14-17 January 2000


2.   Out of Doors, BB 89: No. 3. Musettes - 2:40


15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 79 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Geoffrey Tozer, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
William Corbett-Jones, piano
Recording date: August and November 1998


3.   No. 1. Rubato - 0:52
4.   No. 2. Andante - 1:27
5.   No. 3. Poco rubato - 0:32
6.   No. 4. Andante: Scherzo - 0:29
7.   No. 5. Allegro - 0:48
8.   No. 6. Andante - 2:34
9.   No. 7. Allegro - 0:46
10.   No. 8. Allegretto - 0:31
11.   No. 9. Allegretto - 0:14
12.   No. 10. L'istesso tempo - 0:31
13.   No. 11. Assai moderato - 0:40
14.   No. 12. Allegretto - 0:31
15.   No. 13. Poco piu vivo - 0:29
16.   No. 14. Allegro - 0:31
17.   No. 15. Allegro - 1:23


Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano, BB 94a (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Barnabas Kelemen, violin
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Jeno Jando, piano
Brent McMunn, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Gyorgy Pauk, violin
Tim Vogler, violin
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
Georges Pludermacher, piano
Marco Grisanti, piano
Sinn Yang, violin
Mischa Lefkowitz, violin
David Grimal, violin
Recording date: 4-7 July 2005


18.   I. Lassu: Moderato - 4:38
19.   II. Friss: Allegretto moderato - 5:40


String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, BB 75 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok


20.   String Quartet No. 2, BB 75: II. Allegro molto capriccioso - 7:39


Dance Suite, BB 86a (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Marin Alsop


21.   I. Moderato - 3:48
22.   II. Allegro molto - 2:23


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 6 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Maro Ajemian,
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: 29 April 1940


23.   Mikrokosmos, Book 6, BB 105: No. 142. From the Diary of a Fly - 1:29
24.   Mikrokosmos, Book 6, BB 105: No. 149. 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm II - 1:11


String Quartet No. 5, BB 110 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok


25.   String Quartet No. 5, BB 110: III. Scherzo - 5:18


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 1 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Recording date: 7-10 February, 2005


26.   No. 35. Chorale - 1:22
27.   No. 32. In Dorian Mode - 1:01
28.   No. 34. In Phrygian Mode - 0:52


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 30 May - 4 June 1989


29.   Mikrokosmos, Book 2, BB 105: No. 37. In Lydian Mode - 0:40


Mikrokosmos, BB 105, Vol. 4 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: 07 May 1940


30.   Mikrokosmos, Book 4, BB 105: No. 105. Game (with two five-tone scales) - 0:58


Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117 (more info)
Performed by: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Swiss Romande Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Erich Bergel Sakari Oramo Pinchas Steinberg Antoni Wit Wilhelm Furtwangler Marek Janowski
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Laurent Korcia, violin
Regis Pasquier, violin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Gyorgy Pauk, violin
Yossif Ivanov, violin


31.   Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117: I. Allegro non troppo - 17:14

Contrasts, BB 116 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Benny Goodman, clarinet
Jeno Jando, piano
Landon Bilyeu, piano
Laura Roelofs, violin
Charles West, clarinet
Laurent Korcia, violin
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Kalman Berkes, clarinet
Gyorgy Pauk, violin
David Shifrin, clarinet
William Doppmann, piano
Warren Lash, cello
Ik-Hwan Bae, violin
Christian Ihle Hadland, piano
Michel Portal, soprano saxophone
Annar Folleso, violin
Bjorn Nyman, clarinet
Recording date: 13 May 1940


1.   Contrasts, BB 116: II. Piheno (Relaxation): Lento - 4:45


Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101 (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Gyorgy Lehel Andras Ligeti
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Recording date: 14-18 February 1994


2.   Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101: II. Adagio - Piu adagio - Presto - 12:28


Szabadban (Out of Doors), BB 89 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Geoffrey Tozer, piano
Andreas Bach, piano
Recording date: 14-17 January 2000


3.   Out of Doors, BB 89: No. 4. The Night's Music - 5:14


Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127 (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Naoto Otomo Mario Bernardi Andras Ligeti
Huseyin Sermet, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 14-18 February 1994


4.   Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127: II. Adagio religioso - 9:32
5.   Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127: III. Allegro vivace - 6:27


String Quartet No. 4, BB 95 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok


6.   String Quartet No. 4, BB 95: III. Non troppo lento - 5:16


A csodalatos mandarin (The Miraculous Mandarin), Op. 19, BB 82 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Marin Alsop Gerard Schwarz


7.   The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Final scene: She resists no longer - They embrace - 2:08


Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a (more info)
Performed by: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Swiss Romande Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Michael Gielen Antoni Wit Marek Janowski
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Gyorgy Pauk, violin
Christian Ostertag, violin


8.   Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a: I. Andante sostenuto - 10:09


Allegro barbaro, BB 63 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Jeno Jando, piano
Andreas Bach, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: 30 May - 4 June 1989


9.   Allegro barbaro, BB 63 - 2:49


Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Basel Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari Neeme Jarvi Michael Gielen Walter Weller Christoph Eschenbach


10.   Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123: IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto - 4:28


String Quartet No. 6, BB 119 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok


11.   String Quartet No. 6, BB 119: IV. Mesto - 6:30


String Quartet No. 5, BB 110 (more info)
Composed by: Bela Bartok


12.   String Quartet No. 5, BB 110: I. Allegro - 7:25

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