Bela Bartok

This is a fantastic work in the concert repertoire for Solo Viola with its lyrical integrity and virtuosic passages this truly is an exciting Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. This version is for Viola with Piano reduction.The solo viola part is also included on a separate insert and has been edited by William Primrose.

This corrected edition was prepared after examining the first edition and comparing it with two manuscript sources.Instrumentation; violin clarinet piano.

The 'Romanian Folk Dances' undoubtedly rank amongst Bartók's most popular compositions. The earliest version is scored for piano (1915) and was published by Universal Edition in 1918. The composer himself orchestrated this version in 1917. Several other chamber music arrangements (for example Zoltán Székely's version for violin and piano) were not by Bartók although he authorised them. The musical material derives from Bartók's collections of folk music which date right back to 1904 when he wrote down a melody sung by a Hungarian peasant girl. In the course of extensive travels throughout Eastern Europe Bartókcompiled an enormous collection of folk tunes (by 1918 his collection comprised no fewer than 2700 Hungarian 3500 Romanian and 3000 Slovak dances and songs) which would in all probability have been lost had Bartók not written them down. As it was some of them found their way into his compositions. In 1908 Bartók jotted down dance tunes in Transsylvania. They are the source of the 'Romanian Folk Dances'.

Corrected edition of Bartok's Rhapsody No.1 for Violin. Includes a Piano reduction of the orchestral part.

The set of parts for Bartok's Sixth String Quartet from 1939 arranged for 2 Violin's Viola and Cello.

From 44 Duos For 2 Violins-Bela Bartók's 44 Violin Duos or selections therefrom have been the source of arrangements for a variety of instruments such as for piano (one set by the composer the Petite Suite) band as well as duos for every member of the string family even contrabass. These all followed the original concept: a pair of identical instruments. This set for viola and violoncello is intended to fill a gap where two instruments an octave apart can produce the broader tonal range. (P. Bartók)