Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 3 James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Michael Collins & Andrew Armstrong

• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Contrasts, BB 116:
• 1Contrasts, BB 116: I. Verbunkos. Moderato, ben ritmato (Recruiting Dance)05:06
• 2Contrasts, BB 116: II. Pihenő. Lento (Relaxation)04:26
• 3Contrasts, BB 116: III. Sebes. Allegro vivace (Fast Dance)06:41
• André Gertler (1907 - 1998), Béla Bartók: Violin Sonatina, BB 102a:
• 4Violin Sonatina, BB 102a: I. Dudasok. Allegretto (Bagpipers) [Version by A. Gertier]01:30
• 5Violin Sonatina, BB 102a: II. Medvetanc. Moderato (Bear Dance) [Version by A. Gertier]00:40
• 6Violin Sonatina, BB 102a: III. Finale. Allegro vivace (Version by A. Gertier)02:07
• Béla Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1:
• 744 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 1, Parosito (Teasing Song)00:59
• 844 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 2, Kalamajko (Dance)00:40
• 944 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 3, Menuetto01:00
• 1044 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 4, Szentivánéji (Midsummer Night Song)00:53
• 1144 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 5, Tót nóta I (Slovakian Song)00:58
• 1244 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 6, Magyar nóta I (Hungarian Song)00:56
• 1344 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 7, Oláh nóta (Walachian Song)00:46
• 1444 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 8, Tót nóta II (Slovakian Song)00:57
• 1544 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 9, Játék (Play Song)00:44
• 1644 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 10, Rutén nóta (Ruthenian Song)01:04
• 1744 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 11, Gyermekrengetéskor (Cradle Song)01:16
• 1844 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 12, Szénagyüjtéskor (Hay Song)00:55
• 1944 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 13, Lakodalmas (Wedding song)01:30
• 2044 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 1: No. 14, Párnás tánc (Pillow Dance)00:56
• 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2:
• 2144 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 15, Katonanóta (Soldiers' Song)01:03
• 2244 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 16, Burleszk (Burlesque)00:59
• 2344 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 17, Menetelő nóta I (Hungarian March)00:46
• 2444 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 18, Menetelő nóta II (Hungarian March)00:45
• 2544 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 19, Mese (Fairy Tale)01:07
• 2644 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 20, Dal (A Rhythm Song)01:27
• 2744 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 21, Újévköszöntő I (New Year's Greeting)02:07
• 2844 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 22, Szunyogtánc (Mosquito Dance)00:41
• 2944 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 23, Mennyasszonybúcsútató (Bride's Farewell)01:20
• 3044 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 24, Tréfás nóta (Comic Song)00:45
• 3144 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 2: No. 25, Magyar nóta II (Hungarian Song)00:57
• 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3:
• 3244 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 26, "Ugyan édes komámasszony..." (Teasing Song)00:30
• 3344 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 27, Sánta-tanc (Limping Dance)00:33
• 3444 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 28, Bánkódás (Sorrow)02:18
• 3544 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 29, Újévköszöntő II (New Year's Greeting)00:43
• 3644 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 30, Újévköszöntő III (New Year's Greeting)00:51
• 3744 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 31, Újévköszöntő IV (New Year's Greeting)00:41
• 3844 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 32, Máramarosi tánc (Dance from Máramaros)00:43
• 3944 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 33, Aratáskor (Harvest Song)01:31
• 4044 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 34, Számláló nóta (Enumerating Song)00:57
• 4144 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 35, Rutén kolomejka (Ruthenian Kolomejka)01:03
• 4244 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 36, Szól a duda (Bagpipes)00:55
• 4344 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 3: No. 36, Szol a duda, változata (Bagpipes, Variation)01:05
• 44 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4:
• 4444 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 37, Preludium és kanon (Prelude and Canon)02:40
• 4544 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 38, Forgatós (Romanian Whirling Dance)00:42
• 4644 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 39, Szerb tánc (Serbian Dance)00:49
• 4744 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 40, Oláh tánc (Walachian Dance)00:49
• 4844 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 41, Scherzo00:51
• 4944 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 42, Arab dal (Arabian Song)01:16
• 5044 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 43, Pizzicato01:13
• 5144 Duos for 2 Violins, BB 104, Vol. 4: No. 44, Erdélyi tánc (Transylvanian Dance)01:51
• Total Runtime01:08:02

Info zu Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 3

James Ehnes has previously explored Béla Bartók’s concertos for violin and for viola, to great acclaim. This disc is the second in his equally successful survey of Bartók’s chamber music for the violin. His accompanist, once more, is Andrew Armstrong, a pianist praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique.

The folk-inspired Sonata for Solo Violin was the last work that Bartók wrote for the instrument, not to mention the most challenging. In a departure from his usual practice, this work was written not for a fellow Hungarian, but rather for an artist born in New York where Bartók was now living: Yehudi Menuhin. Suitably impressed by a recital performance by Menuhin of his first Violin Sonata as well as Bach’s Sonata in C, he had no hesitation in accepting the violinist’s commission for a sonata that, like Bach’s, would be unaccompanied.

Almost half a century earlier, Bartók had written his Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor. It was included in a concert given by graduating students of the Liszt Academy in June 1903, when a critic, most likely not realising just how right he would prove, hailed Bartók as ‘a phenomenal young genius, whose name today is known only to a few, but who is destined to play a great and brilliant role in the history of Hungarian music’.

Additionally on this disc we have three groups of Bartók’s Romanian and Hungarian folk dances, folksongs, and folk tunes, arranged for violin variously by Zoltán Székely, Tivadar Országh, and Joseph Szigeti, often with direct involvement by the composer himself who helped fine-tune the new arrangements. James Ehnes also highlights the Romanian influences in Bartók’s Sonatina for piano, transcribed for violin by André Gertler, a student of Bartók’s.

"Needless to say, the score [of the Solo Sonata] holds no terrors for Ehnes who delivers a magisterial performance...Ehnes and his excellent pianist, Andrew Armstrong, make the best possible case for reappraising the early Violin Sonata of 1903, dismissed by the composer as a mere apprentice work." (BBC Music Magazine)

"Ehnes gives a stunning account of the Solo Sonata. The impression is that he's simply following all Bartok's meticulous direction...and adding nothing extra. If this seems boring, the effect is anything but: clarity of articulation, beauty of sound, the ease with which he surmounts the technical challenges, and deep understanding of the work's structure and character; all these combine to make a performance that's exciting and enthralling." (Gramophone Magazine)

James Ehnes, violin
Andrew Armstrong, piano

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