[78-L] Bartok Sampler

[Malcolm Smith]

I have two sets of LPs of Ditta Pastory and a ten inch lp of Bartok  
accompanying two singers  in addition to the Library of Congress set  
of LPs with Szigeti and a few other items. A friend who worked on  
ships and used to bring home very obscure material had a lot of  
Bartok records. It would be wonderful if someone could put out a full  
collection of all this material. In addition to being a composer, he  
gave a considerable number of piano recitals. There must be  
recordings in the archives at Columbia University and perhaps  
recordings of radio broadcasts..

Interesting your mention of Koussevitsky. I had thought it was Bouzy  
and Hawks (sorry for the spelling) who had commissioned the Concerto  
for Orchestra.

Malcolm Smith.

On May 10, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:

> Bartok Sampler