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Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)

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Bartók wrote of the concerto: "My first concerto ... I consider it a successful work, although its style is up to a point difficult, perhaps even very difficult for the orchestra and the public."
249: 355:, LP recording, 1 sound disc: 33⅓ rpm, stereo, 12 in. Westminster WST 17003, New York: Westminster Records, . Reissued on 12-in. LP, Music Guild MS 197, : Music Guild, 1970. 298:, LP recording, 1 sound disc: 33⅓ rpm, stereo, 12 in. Vox STPL 511.350. Paris: Vox, 1960. Reissued on 12-inch LP, Turnabout TV 340655, New York: Turnabout Records, . 1276: 379:, LP recording, 1 sound disc: 33⅓ rpm, stereo, 12 in. Hungaroton SLPX 11516, Béla Bartók Complete Edition: Orchestral Music 7, Budapest: Hengaroton, 1970. 288:(conductor), Zimbler Sinfonietta. LP recording, 1 sound disc: 33⅓ rpm, monaural, 12 in. Bartók Records 313, recorded 1958. New York: Bartók Records, 1959. 250: 975: 842: 1319: 52: 903: 611: 702: 862: 295: 722: 330:, LP recording, 1 sound disc: 33⅓ rpm, stereo, 12 in. Columbia Masterworks MS 6405. New York: Columbia Masterworks, 1963. 40: 43:. He broke that silence with several piano works, one of which was the Piano Concerto, composed between August and November 1926. 674: 82:
was substituted into the program. The Concerto eventually premiered in the USA on February 13, 1928 in the same venue, with
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LPM 18708. : Deutsche Grammophon, 1961. Reissued on CD, DG 447 399-2, Hamburg: Deutsche Grammophon, , recorded 1960.
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The percussion (including timpani) must be placed directly next to the piano (behind the piano).
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on the part of Bartók, which is demonstrated by such devices as the increased use of
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conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra). Translated into English by Gwyn Morris.
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This note is omitted in a number of printed scores, restored in recent printings.
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was composed in 1926. Average playing time is between 23 and 24 minutes.
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The work was premiered at the fifth International Festival of the
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Bartók, unknown article published in 1939, as quoted in Petazzi
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The concerto is scored for an orchestra consisting of a solo
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Béla Bartók: Composition, Concepts, and Autograph Sources
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International Society for Contemporary Music
Frankfurt
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Willem Mengelberg
Rhapsody
Fritz Reiner
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Baroque music
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oboes
cor anglais
clarinets
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bassoons
horns
trumpets
trombones
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snare drums
bass drum
cymbals
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