Decca presents a 32 CD set comprising the complete works of Bartok one of the most important composers of the 20th Century. This set brings together Bartoks monumental orchestral and stage works, folk music arrangements, extensive piano works as well as chamber and solo instrumental works. The set is accompanied by two extensive booklets featuring a new note by Kenneth Chalmers, track lists and sung texts in original language and English translations. Also featured are 3 bonus CDs with additional interpretations.
New booklet note by Kenneth Chalmers Second booklet with sung texts in original language and English 32 CD box with lift off lid
CD1 Scherzo in C major; Kossuth; Two Pictures; Romanian Dance; Four Pieces CD2 Suite #1; Suite #2 CD3 Romanian Folk Dances; Dance Suite; The Miraculous Mandarin (Suite); Transylvanian Dances; Hungarian Sketches; Hungarian Peasant Songs CD4 Divertimento; Concerto for Orchestra CD5 Violin Concerto no. 1; Two Portraits for Violin & Orchestra; Violin Concerto no. 2 CD6 Rhapsody Folk Dances for Violin & Orchestra no. 1; Rhapsody Folk Dances for Violin & Orchestra no. 2; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Viola Concerto CD7 Scherzo Burlesque for Piano & Orchestra; Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra; Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra CD8 Piano Concerto no. 1; Piano Concerto no. 2; Piano Concerto no. 3 CD9 Bluebeards Castle CD10 The Wooden Prince; The Miraculous Mandarin CD11 String Quartet no. 1; String Quartet no. 3; String Quartet no. 5 CD12 String Quartet no. 2; String Quartet no. 4; String Quartet no. 6 CD13 Piano Quintet; Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion CD14 Albumblatt; Sonata in E minor for Violin & Piano; From Gyergyo; Rhapsody for Cello & Piano; Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano CD15 Sonata no. 1 for Violin & Piano; Sonata no. 2 for Violin & Piano; Rhapsody no. 1 for Violin & Piano; Rhapsody no. 2 for Violin & Piano CD16 44 Duos for Two Violins; Sonata for Solo Violin CD17 Four Old Hungarian Folksongs; Szekely Songs; From Olden Times; 27 Two-part & Three-part Choruses CD18 Evening; Two Romanian Folksongs; Four Slovak Folksongs; Five Slovak Folksongs; Three Village Scenes; Hungarian Folksongs; Cantata Profana The Nine Enchanted Stags; Five Hungarian Folksongs; Seven Choruses with Orchestral Accompaniment CD19 Hungarian Folksongs; Hungarian Folksongs; Eight Hungarian Folksongs; Twenty Hungarian Folksongs CD20 Liebeslieder; Four Songs; Evening; Piros Alma; Hungarian Folksongs; Two Hungarian Folksongs; Four Slovakian Folksongs; Five Songs on poems by Klára Gombossy and Wanda Gleiman; Five Songs on Poems by Endre Ady; Slovak Folksong; Village Scenes; Five Hungarian Folksongs; Hungarian Folksong; Goat Song CD21 Fourteen Bagatelles; Two Elegies; Romanian Folk Dances; Sonatina; Three Hungarian Folk Tunes CD22 Two Romanian Folk Dances; Three Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik; Allegro Barbaro; Four Dirges; Suite; Romanian Christmas Carols; Three Studies; Three Rondos on Slovak Folktunes; The First Term at the Piano CD23 For Children CD24 Sonata; Out of Doors; Nine Little Pieces; Petite Suite CD25-26 Mikrokosmos BB104; Mikrokosmos CD27 Three Burlesques BB55; Seven Sketches; Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs; Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; Ten Easy Pieces CD28 Dance Suite; Rhapsody (long version); Four Pieces; Marche Funebre; Rhapsody CD29 Valtozó darab BB0 op.2; Gabi Polka BB0 op.12; Ländler BB0 op.18; Lajos Walczer BB0 op.28; Drei Klavierstücke op.13 (no. 1); Scherzo oder Fantasie zongorara; Drei Klavierstucke op.21 (nos.1&2); Variations for Piano; Petits Morceaux; Piano Method (Reschofsky); Slovakian Dance; Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (for two pianos) CD30 Piano Concerto no.1; Piano Concerto no.2; Piano Concerto no.3 CD31 Two Elegies; Suite; Sonata; 8 Pieces from Mikrokosmos Book CD32 Violin Concerto