G. Henle Verlag Allegro barbaro - Bartok/Somfai - Piano - Sheet Music

Composer: Bela Bartok
Editor: Laszlo Somfai
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Piano

Composed in 1910/11, Bartok's Allegro barbaro is one of his best-known and most popular works for piano. The composer himself enjoyed performing it in concerts, and recorded it several times. The recording from 1929, which he referred to as the "authentic recording", contains very interesting divergences from the printed version as far as articulation, tempo and even the number of ostinato measures are concerned. For the first time, these have been included in the musical text of this Urtext edition, and also annotated. With this first Bartok Urtext edition, Laszlo Somfai gives an insight into the many and varied musical impulses awaiting us in the Bela Bartok Complete Critical Edition, being jointly published by Editio Musica Budapest and G. Henle Publishers since 2016.