44 Duets for Two Violas
Bela Bartok/trans. Donald Maurice & Claudine Bigelow
Bela Bartok composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931 at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are based on original folk music themes, most of which the composer himself collected in the …
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Bela Bartok composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931 at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are based on original folk music themes, most of which the composer himself collected in the course of his numerous collecting trips to the Carpathian Basin and in Algeria. Although conceived as parts of a pedagogically motivated set, these little pieces are highly effective in concert performance as well. The viola transcriptions follow Bartok's original faithfully.
Prelude and Canon Bagpipes Dance from Maramaros Rumanian Whirling Dance Harvest Song Ruthenian Kolomeika Enumerating Song Walachian Dance Menuetto Wedding Song Cradle Song Hay-gathering Song Limping Dance Teasing Song New Year's Greeting No. 2 Scherzo Pillow Dance Slovak Song No. 1 Ruthenian Song Soldiers' Song Midsummer Night Song New Year's Greeting No. 4 Burlesque Hungarian March No. 2 Arabian Song A Fairy Tale Play Song Hungarian March No. 1 Pizzicato Alternating Song Matchmaking song Transylvanian Dance New Year's Greeting No. 1 Jeering Song Farewell to the Bride Mosquito Dance Maypole Dance Hungarian Song No. 2 Hungarian Song No. 1 Sorrow New Year's Greeting No. 3 Slovak Song No. 2 Walachian Song Hungarian March No. 1