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Béla Bartók

Real Name:
Béla Viktor János Bartók
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b. 25/03/1881 in Nagyszentmiklós, today Sânnicolau Mare, Romania
d. 25/09/1945 in New York, U.S.A.

He was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music.
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Suite Nr. 2 (LP)   Qualiton 1955
Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 (LP)   Vox Productions, Vox Productions 1959
Piano Music, Volume I: Mikrokosmos (Box + 3xLP)   Vox Productions, Vox Productions 1962
Piano Music, Volume II (Box + 3xLP)   Vox Productions, Vox Productions 1962
Concerto No. 1 / Concerto No. 4 (For The Left Hand) (LP, Mono)   CBS 1963
Koncert Pro Orchestr (LP, Mono)   Supraphon 1963
Piano Music, Volume III (Box + 3xLP)   Vox Productions 1963
Sonate / Mikrokosmos (LP)   WERGO 1963
The Miraculous Mandarin Suite / Music For Strings, Percussion, & Celesta (LP, Album)   Decca 1964
Concerto For Orchestra / Dance Suite (LP)   Decca 1965
44 Violin Duos (LP)   Supraphon, Supraphon 1966
Bernstein Conducts Bartok (LP)   Columbia Masterworks 1967
Mikrokosmos Vol. 6 / Out Of Doors / Sonatina (LP)   Philips 1969
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra / Kodály: Dances Of Galánta (LP, Gat)   Angel Records 1970
Concerto For Orchestra / Divertimento (LP)   Hungaroton 1970
Violinkonzert Nr.2/Rhapsodie Nr.1 (LP)   Philips 1970
Divertimento Für Streichorchester / Concerto In D / Fünf Sätze Op. 5 (LP, Album)   Deutsche Grammophon 1971
Boulez Conducts Stravinsky: Firebird Suite [1910], Bartok: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta (LP, Album)   Columbia Masterworks 1973
Concerto For Orchestra (Album) (3 versions)   CBS 1973
Kreutzer-Sonate / Sonate Für Violine Solo (LP)   Deutsche Grammophon 1973
Konzert Für Orchester (LP)   Deutsche Grammophon 1974
Musique Pour Cordes, Percussion Et Célesta / Suite De Danses (LP, Album)   Philips 1975
Bluebeard's Castle / Le Chateau De Barbe-Bleue / Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Box + LP)   CBS Masterworks 1976
Béroff Spielt Bartók (Album) (2 versions)   His Master's Voice ... 1976
Die 3 Sonaten Für Violine Und Klavier / Sonate Für Violine Solo (2xLP, Gat)   Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, EMI Electrola 1976
Konzert Für Orchester (LP)   CBS Schallplatten GmbH 1976
Rhapsodies Nos. 1.-2. / Rhapsody No. 1. / Contrasts / Hungarian Folk Songs (LP)   Hungaroton 1976
Concerto For 2 Pianos, Percussion And Orchestra / Concerto For 2 Pianos And Orchestra (LP)   Supraphon 1977
Musique Pour Cordes, Percussion Et Célesta - Le Mandarin Merveilleux (LP)   Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor International GmbH 1977
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (LP, Album)   Deutsche Grammophon 1977
Allegro Barbaro / Suite, Op. 14 / Szonáta (LP)   Hungaroton 1978
Klavir (LP)   RTV Ljubljana 1980
44 Duos (LP, Album)   La Voix De Son Maître, La Voix De Son Maître 1981
Allegro Barbaro / 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs / Improvisations, Op. 20 (LP)   Philips 1981
For Children (2xVinyl, Gat)   Hungaroton 1981
Sonatas And Rhapsodies For Violin And Piano / Andante / Hungarian Folk Songs (2xLP)   Hungaroton 1981
Leonard Bernstein In Budapest (LP)   Hungaroton 1983
Sinfonia / Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (LP)   CBS Masterworks 1983
Sonate Pour Violon Solo / Sonate Pour Deux Pianos Et Percussion (CD)   Accord 1983
String Quartets Nos. 5 And 6 (LP, RP)   Supraphon, Supraphon 1983
Association Robert Casadeus, Robert Casadeus Society, Vol. 10 (2xLP, Album, Gat)   CBS 1984
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta; Divertimento (LP)   Hungaroton 1984
Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion / Piano Concerto No. 1 (LP)   Decca 1984
Streichquartette Nr. 2 & 3 (LP)   Teldec 1984
The String Quartets - Complete (3xCD, Album + Box)   Hungaroton Classic 1984
Klavierwerke Aus Der Zeit Von 1903-1911 (CD, Album)   Saphir 1985
Konzert Für Orchester / Musik Für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug Und Celesta (CD, Album)   Deutsche Grammophon 1985
Les Quatuors - Tome I: Quatuor N° 1 Opus 7 / Quatuor N° 2 Opus 17 (CD)   Astrée Auvidis 1986
Les Quatuors - Tome II: Quatuor N° 3 (1927) / Quatuor N° 4 (1928) (CD)   Astrée Auvidis 1986
Les Quatuors - Tome III: Quatuor N° 5 (1935) / Quatuor N° 6 (1939) (CD)   Astrée Auvidis 1986
Divertimento For Strings / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta (CD)   Nimbus Records 1987
Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion · Concerto For Two Pianos, Percussion And Orchestra (CD)   EMI Records Ltd. 1987
String Quartets Nos. 1-6 (3xCD, Comp)   EMI Records Ltd. 1987
6 String Quartets (2xCD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1988
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (CD)   Supraphon 1988
Concertos No.2 And No.3 (CD)   Tuxedo Music 1989
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (LP)   Decca 1989
String Quartets Nos. 3 And 4 (LP, RP)   Supraphon, Supraphon 1989
Concerto For Orchestra / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta (CD)   Naxos 1990
Sonata For Unaccompanied Violin / Two Rhapsodies / Rumanian Folk Dances / Contrasts (CD)   Hyperion 1990
Twenty-Seven Choruses (CD, Album)   Hungaroton Classic 1990
Concerto F. Orchester / Orchestra Sz 116 / Concerto F. Klavier & Orchester / Piano & Orchestra No. 2, Sz 95 (CD)   Classical Masterworks Digital Edition 1991
Concerto For Orchestra, Dance Suite, Two Portraits Op.5, Two Excerpts From "Mikrokosmos" (CD, Comp)   Mercury 1991
The Miraculous Mandarin / Four Orchestral Pieces / Three Village Scenes (CD, Album)   Sony Classical 1991
The Six String Quartets (3xCD)   Tuxedo Music 1991
Bluebeard's Castle / Wozzeck, Three Excerpts (CD, Comp)   Mercury 1992
Cantata Profana Sz 94 / The Wooden Prince Sz 60 (Op. 13) (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1992
Concerto For Orchestra / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta (CD, Album)   Sony Classical 1992
Grosse Komponisten Und Ihre Musik 46: Bartók - Konzert Für Orchester / Tanz-Suite (CD)   Marshall Cavendish Ltd 1992
Gyorgy Sandor Plays Bartok (2xCD)   Vox Productions 1992
Mikrokosmos / For Children (3xCD)   Teldec Classics 1992
Sonata For 2 Pianos & Percussion · Concerto For 2 Solo Pianos · Sonata For 2 Pianos (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1992
The Wooden Prince / The Miraculous Mandarin (CD)   Chandos 1992
Concerto For Orchestra - Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta - Hungarian Sketches (CD, Album)   RCA Victor 1993
Four Orchestral Pieces Op. 12 / Concerto For Orchestra (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1993
Musik Für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug Und Celesta · Divertimento · 2 Portraits (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1993
Piano Concertos • Klavierkonzerte • Concertos Pour Piano 1-2-3 (CD, Album)   EMI Classics 1993
Concerto For Orchestra • The Miraculous Mandarin (CD, Comp)   Point Classics 1994
Herzog Blaubarts Burg - Cantata Profana (CD, Album)   Deutsche Grammophon 1994
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 (CD, Album)   EMI Classics 1994
Duo Piano Extravaganza (2xCD, Comp)   Philips Classics 1995
Klavierkonzerte 1 - 3 / The Piano Concertos / Les Concertos Pour Piano (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1995
Musique Pour Cordes, Percussions & Célesta (CD)   Harmonia Mundi 1995
Solo Piano Works (4xCD)   Sony Classical 1995
Violin Concerto No.2, Second Suite (CD, RE, Comp, RM)   Mercury 1995
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 (CD)   Teldec Classics 1996
The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz 73 / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta Sz 106 (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1996
44 Duets For Two Violins (CD, Album)   Rachot Behémót 1997
Die Sechs Streichquartette (2xCD, RE)   Sony Classical 1997
The Orchestral Works Vol. 1 Including The Miraculous Mandarin (CD, Album)   Philips Classics 1997
Bluebeard's Castle (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 1998
Music From Saratoga (CD)   EMI Classics 2000
String Quartets 1-6 (2xCD, Album)   Simax Classics 2001
Piano Music, Vol. 2 (CD, Album)   Naxos 2002
Tiszta Forrás / Pure Springs, Hungarian Folk Tunes And Their Arrangements In Works By Bartók & Kodály Művek És Magyar Népzenei Gyökereik (CD, Mono)   Hungaroton Classic 2002
Microcosmos (CD, Album, Dig)   Harmonia Mundi 2004
The Piano Concertos (CD)   Deutsche Grammophon 2005
Zoltán Kocsis Plays Bartók (8xCD, Comp, RM)   Philips 2005
String Quartets 1 - 6 (2xCD, Album)   EMI Classics 2006
Concertos For Orchestra (CD, Album)   BBC Music Magazine 2007
Hungarian Classics (CD, Comp, RM)   Berlin Classics, Edel Classics 2007
44 Duos Für 2 Violinen (LP)   Supraphon  
Adagio For Strings Op. 11 / Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto - Suite III / Simple Symphony Op. 4 / Roumanian Folk Dances (LP)   Philips  
Bartok Plays Bartok (LP, Mono)   Turnabout  
Bluebeard's Castle (A Kékszakállú Herceg Vára) (Vinyl)   Qualiton  
Cantata Profana - Jesu, Meine Freude (LP)   Qualiton  
Chamber Music (LP)   Argo  
Der Wunderbare Mandarin / Musik Für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug Und Celesta (LP, Album, RE)   Decca  
Excerpts From "Mikrokosmos" (LP)   Columbia Masterworks  
Klavierkonzerte Nr.1 Und Nr.3 (LP)   His Master's Voice, EMI Electrola  
Konzert Für Orchester (2 versions)   Deutsche Grammophon  
Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester (1937/38) (LP, Mono)   ETERNA  
Konzert Nr. 1 Für Klavier Und Orchester (LP, Album)   Deutsche Grammophon  
Le Mandarin Merveilleux (Ballet Intégral) / Divertimento Pour Cordes (LP, Album)   Philips  
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta / Concerto For Orchestra (CD, Album)   Deutsche Grammophon  
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta / The Miraculous Mandarin Concert Suite (LP)   Hungaroton, Hungaroton  
Appears On:
Listening In Depth: An Introduction To Columbia Stereophonic Sound (LP, Comp + Box) Concerto For Violin (E... Columbia Masterworks 1958
Exploring Music 1: Record 10 (LP) For Children, Volume 1... Holt, Rinehart And Winston, Inc. 1967
Klavierstücke - Bekannt Und Beliebt (LP, Mono) Allegro Barbaro (Tempo... ETERNA 1968
Spleen (LP, Album) Mixolydian Mode Limelight 1968
Europäische Chormusik Aus Fünf Jahrhunderten (Box + 4xLP) I. Der Gefangene, II. ... His Master's Voice 1971
The Most Beautiful Melodies (LP, Album) Rumanian Folk Dances Denon 1975
The Rape Of El Morro (Album) (2 versions) Footprints Of The Giant CTI Records 1975
Joseph Kerman Presents: Listen, 2nd Edition (8xLP)   Worth Records 1976
Marián Varga & Collegium Musicum (LP, Album, RP) Mikrokozmos Opus 1977
Survival Of The Fittest / Marriage On The Rocks (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Excerpt From Bartok: 2... Polydor 1977
Corea Hancock - An Evening With Chick Corea And Herbie Hancock (Album) (2 versions) Ostinato Polydor ... 1979
Rampal's Greatest Hits (LP) "Old Dances" From Hung... Columbia Masterworks 1979
Éneklő Ifjúság 6 * Singing Youth 6 (LP) Enchanting Song, Loafe... Hungaroton 1979
Computer Music (2xLP) Change Of Time Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche 1980
Computer Music: Bach / Grossi (2xLP) Change Of Time Aldo Bruzzichelli 1980
On Two Pianos (LP, Album) 1. Bulgarian Rhythm (N... Deutsche Grammophon 1983
Un Hommage A Marguerite Dumas "Simplicity, Splendour ; Simply Splendid" (LP, Album) Lament, Days In The Tr... Crépuscule Au Japon, Shinseido Sirius Collection 1985
Miniatures: A Sequence Of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces (LP, Album, Comp) A Miniaturisation Of B... Supporti Fonografici 1986
Habanera (LP, Album) Three Folksongs (From ... Hannibal Records 1987
White Man Sleeps (Album) (2 versions) String Quartet No. 3 Nonesuch 1987
Hammer Dolce (CD) Der Tanz Mit Dem Stabe... Trikont, Trikont 1988
Volks Und Kunstmusik Aus Europa (LP, Album) Rumänische Volkstänze Fratello 1988
Fin De Siècle (LP) Quator À Cordes #4, S... Ambiances Magnétiques 1989
Ravel's Bolero And 21 More Spectacular Classics, Synthesized By Star Inc. (CD, Album) Allegro Barbaro Star Inc. Music (Holland) 1989
279 (CD, Album) Leeward Cuneiform Records, Cuneiform Records 1990
Computer Music (CD) Change Of Time (From M... Edipan 1990
Country Music (Album) (2 versions)   Factory 1990
Make A Jazz Noise Here (Album) (2 versions) Theme From The Bartok ... Zappa Records ... 1991
The Collection (6xCD, Box) String Quartet No. 3 Nonesuch 1991
The Return Of The Manticore (Comp) (2 versions) The Barbarian Rhino (UK) ... 1993
Bartok Concerto For Orchestra (CD, Comp)   BMG Music Canada 1994
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion Etc. (CD)   Hungaroton Classic 1994
The Firebird (CD, Album)   EMI Classics 1997
Violin Concerto No. 2 »Metamorphosen« (CD, Album, Sli) 1. Molto Moderato, 2. ... Deutsche Grammophon 1997
A Scientific Dream And A French Kiss (CD, Album) Bologna: Dear You Resurgence 1998
Bartók Album (CD, Album) Elindultam A Hazámbó... Muzsikás 1998
Centenary Edition 1897-1997: 100 Years Of Great Music (11xCD) Mikrokosmos, Volume VI... EMI Classics 1998
For The End Of Time (CD)   Philips Classics 1998
Heyday (CD, Album)   Soul Note 1998
Piano Grade 3 1999-2000 The Complete Associated Board Syllabus (CD, Album) Peasant's Flute Warehouse Records (5) 1998
Record Of Convictions (Album) (2 versions)   Moon Ska ... 1998
Being John Malkovich / Soundtrack (Album) (3 versions) "Allegro" From Music F... EMI Music (Netherlands) ... 1999
Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik Im 20. Jahrhundert (8xCD, Sli)   Col Legno 1999
Hommage (Box + 2xCD)   Tahra 2000
Piano Dance • A 20th Century Portrait (CD, Album) Rumanian Dance Op. 8a,... Telarc 2000
Recipe Ferrum! (CD, Album, Dig) Intro - Recipe Ferrum Avantgarde Music 2000
The Legendary Busoni Recordings (2xCD)   Arbiter 2000
Artist’s Choice™ Yo-Yo Ma (Music That Matters To Him) (CD, Comp, Dig) String Quartet No. 4, ... Sony Music Entertainment Inc. 2001
Eisoptrophobia (CD, Album) Notturno, Rhythme Bulg... Ritornell 2001
Fake Life (CD, Album) Romanian Dances Goga 2001
Klezmer Mishpokhe (CD) Béla Bartók, Drei Li... Not On Label (KaleidoPhon! Self-released) 2001
Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (CD, RE) The Barbarian Castle Music, Sanctuary Records 2002
Looking for Mies (CD, Album)   POO Records 2002
Piano Examination Pieces Grade 3 Complete Syllabus 2003 - 2004 (CD) The Highway Robber ABRSM Publishing 2002
Piano XX Vol. 2 (CD, Album) Sonatine Arts Music 2003
The Art Of Pan - Concert For Pan Flute & Organ (CD)   K&K Verlagsanstalt, Maulbronn Monastery Edition 2003
1900-tallet (CD, Album) See The Roses Not On Label 2004
Twentieth-Century Piano Music (CD)   Not On Label 2004
Discover Music Of The 20th Century (2xCD, Comp) Concerto For Orchestra... Naxos 2005
Melinda Et Melinda (Bande Originale Du Film) (CD) String Quartet No. 4 Milan Records 2005
My Favourite Percussions (CD, Album, RM)   Centurion Classics, Weton-Wesgram, Flex Media Entertainment 2005
Rafael Kubelík Conducts Dvořák • Smetana • Mussorgsky • Bartók Etc. (4xCD, Comp, Mono)   Mercury 2005
Troubadour Of The Piano (5xCD, Comp + Box)   Deutsche Grammophon 2005
Anadolu Ninnileri (CD) Deveyi Deveye Çattım... Kalan Müzik 2006
Decca Recordings 1949-1968 (8xCD, Comp + Box)   Decca 2006
Today Is A Special Day (CD) Mélodie Pentatonique,... Ambiances Magnétiques 2006
Maškaradă (CD, Album, Dig) Ostinato & Romanian Da... Crammed Discs 2007
Sampler 2007 - The Nordic Sound (CD, Comp) Sonata For Solo Violin... 2L 2007
20th Century Masterpieces (3xCD, Comp)   EMI Classics 2008
13 Pianos Live In Concert (LP) Bulgarische Tänze (Nr... Telefunken  
Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3 / Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 (LP)   Ace Of Clubs  
Einführung In Die Neue Musik Mit Ausgewählten Tonbeispielen (2xLP, Gat)   WERGO  
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Album) (3 versions) The Barbarian Manticore Records ...  
Experience Eastman (CD, Comp) String Quartet No. 6: ... Not On Label  
Recital De Vioară (LP, Mono) Dansuri RomîneÅŸti Electrecord  
Virtuoso Recital (7") Allegro Barbaro Philips  
Tracks Appear On:
Holland Festival 1962 (4x10", Box) Nyar (Summer) Radio Nederland 1962
Music Players 70 (LP) Sonata For Two Pianos ... Kiwi Pacific Records 1971
Ear - Bending: Twelve On And Off-Beat Guides To Classical Listening (LP) Concerto For Orchestra... CBS Special Products 1977
Holland Festival Highlights (1978) (2xLP) Sonatina For Piano - A... Radio Nederland 1978
The Shining (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (3 versions) Music For Strings, Per... Warner Bros. Records 1980
Hammer Dolce (CD) Der Tanz Mit Dem Stabe... Trikont, Trikont 1988
Country Music (Album) (2 versions) Barcarolla, Musettes, ... Factory 1990
The Art Of Ivry Gitlis (2xCD, Comp) Violin Concerto No. 2 ... Vox Productions 1992
Klavierspektakel / Piano Spectacular (CD) Rumänische Volkstänz... Classica D'Oro 1994
Piano Grade 3 1999-2000 The Complete Associated Board Syllabus (CD, Album) Peasant's Flute Warehouse Records (5) 1998
Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik Im 20. Jahrhundert (8xCD, Sli) Der Wunderbare Mandari... Col Legno 1999
Music Of Surrealism: Desire Unbound (CD) Concerto For Orchestra... Museum Music 2001
Piano Examination Pieces Grade 3 Complete Syllabus 2003 - 2004 (CD) The Highway Robber ABRSM Publishing 2002
A Program of New Music (CD) 3 Romanian Folk Dances TRI Associates 2003
The Art Of Pan - Concert For Pan Flute & Organ (CD) Three Dances From Gyer... K&K Verlagsanstalt, Maulbronn Monastery Edition 2003
Listen, Brief Fifth Edition (3xCD, Comp) Music For Strings, Per... Sony Music Entertainment 2004
Favorite Recorded Scream (12", Ltd) Scream Small World 2009
13 Pianos Live In Concert (LP) Bulgarische Tänze (Nr... Telefunken  
A Magyar Hanglemezgyártó Vállalat - Ez Sztereo! (Beállító Lemez) (LP) (Commentary) / Zene HÃ... Qualiton  
Einführung In Die Neue Musik Mit Ausgewählten Tonbeispielen (2xLP, Gat) Tonbeispiel 8. 3. Satz... WERGO  
Moderne Klassieken (LP) Muziek Voor Snaarinstr... Deutsche Grammophon, Philips  
Recital De Vioară (LP, Mono) Dansuri RomîneÅŸti Electrecord  
Stereo Demonstration Record (LP, Dem) Sonata For Two Pianos ... Stereo Review  
Unofficial Releases:
The Shining (The Unofficial Soundtrack) (Album) (2 versions) Music For Strings, Per... Not On Label ... 2005
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