These six dances originally written for the violin are repertoire favourites; much-loved and acclaimed by performers and audiences alike. Arranged for viola by Alan Arnold. Ed. Peter Bartok.

Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition Volume 29. Par BARTOK BELA. / Date parution : 2022-10-12/ Recueil / Quatuor à Cordes

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had, according to his friend and colleague Zoltán Kodály, written himself ?back into life?. In this First Quartet, Bartók combines late-Romantic sounds with elements of the folk music that had since 1905 been a source of increasing interest to him. This definitive edition, supervised by Bartók scholar László Somfai, is the first-ever Urtext edition of this work. It takes into account both manuscript and printed sources, as well as letters and notes by the composer in which he recorded matters such as modifications to tempo markings. The Henle edition thus offers a musical text edited to the highest scholarly standards, with fascinating information on the work?s compositional history and performance practice. Sensible page turns and cue notes help to make this edition a real ?must have?. / Date parution : 2023-05-06/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

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.

The piece, commissioned by Eszter Lázár and the Hungarian Radio, was composed in 1995 on occasion of the 50th anniversary of Béla Bartók's death. Its world premiere was held on 1 October in the Hungarian Radio, performed by János Fejérvári.The fantasy-like one-movement composition resembles the structure of classical sonatina. Study is an important piece of contemporary viola music and deserves to be a significant part of not only international concert repertoire, but also of academic level music education.This edition has been supported by the Board of Music Publishing of the Hungarian Composers' Union. / Alto