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Bela Bartok – String Quartet No. 4
Bela Bartok’s String Quartet No.4 performed by Ken Hamao, Erin Schreiber, Katie Hagen, and Tony Rymer. Recorded in July 2006 at Encore School for Strings, Ohio. Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg0mMMEDNno…
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Taraf de Haidouks Performs Romanian Dances by Bela Bartok
Taraf de Haidouks at Flagey.
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Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin, Performed by Tedi Papavrami
Tedi Papavrami playing Béla Bartok’s solo violin sonata, live in Geneva 2010….
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Bartók’s Viola Concert
Béla Bartók’s Viola Concerto performed by Tabea Zimmermann, Semyon Bychkov, and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie in June 2010. Watch the full-length concert here: [link]. For more…
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From Village to Concert Hall: The Journey of Folk Melodies
…the Compositions of Bartók Béla Bartók, a Hungarian composer, heavily incorporated Hungarian folk music into his works. His compositions, such as the Romanian Folk Dances and Sonata for Solo Violin,…
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Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 on Classical Guitar
…to four minutes. The most famous one is No. 5 in F♯ minor, although it was actually based on a csárdás by Béla Kéler. Brahms wrote the dances for various…
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10 of the Craziest Musical Instruments Used in Classical Music
…the pitch. It creates a droning, bagpipe-like sound that was popular in medieval and Renaissance music. Classical composers Joseph Haydn and Béla Bartók wrote specifically for the hurdy gurdy in…
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Bartok Op. 18 Etudes for Piano
Bartok Op 18 Etudes – Bela Bartok’s 3 piano etudes were written in Rákoskeresztúr, Hungary in 1918. No 1 features disjunct chromaticism, tiring to play. No 2 has extended arpeggios…
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Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 – Performed by Carion Ensemble
The Carion Ensemble perform a delightful version of Bela Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances….
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Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg, Performed by Zurich Ballet
[BelAir Classiques BAC050] Peer Gynt – Choreographer Heinz Spoerli combines Grieg’s score with modern sounds for a dance translation of Ibsen’s protagonist, exploring his emotional abyss. To enhance the ballet,…
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Andor Földes Plays Brahms Intermezzo – Op. 117, No. 1
Andor Foldes, a Hungarian-born American pianist known for his interpretations of Bela Bartok and the Viennese Classical composers, passed away at the age of 78. He died after a fall…
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Domenico Scarlatti
…keyboard in these sonatas earned him the admiration of many esteemed musicians, including Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Bela Bartok, and Heinrich Schenker. The Public Reception and Influence Scarlatti’s sonatas were…
