Iva Bittová - 44 Duets for Two Violins (1997)

Album: Iva Bittová & Dorothea Kellerová — "Béla Bartók. 44 Duets for Two Violins"
Year: 1997
Style: avantgarde
Country: Czech Republic
Format: MP3
Quality: CBR, 320 kbps
Size: 128 MB (5% recovery information + artwork included)
Website: www.bittova.com

Violin pieces by Béla Bartók: "Minor key, impressionistic, and stark, like the soundtrack to a Truffaut film."

Iva Bittová & Dorothea Kellerová
"Béla Bartók — 44 Duets for Two Violins"
1997
Rachot/Behémót, R-0011

Gorgeous Bartók violin duets played and sung by the wonderful Iva Bittová and Dorothea Kellerová, two sprightly Czech women who roll their own cigarettes. (And there are enclosed photo cards to prove it, along with a red feather to complement the fancy red velvet packaging.) Minor key, impressionistic, and stark, like the soundtrack to a Truffaut film. Looks great, sounds great. Really lovely.

Aquarius Records

Tracklist
1. Škádlivá (Teasing song) 2. Kalamajka (Maypole dance) 3. Transylvánská (Transylvanian dance) 4. Slovenská (Slovakian song) 5. Slovenská II (Slovakian song II) 6. Valašská (Wallachian song) 7. Maďarská (Hungarian song) 8. Řikadlo (Play song) 9. Svatojánská noc (Midsummer night song) 10. Senoceč (Hay song) 11. Dožínková (Harvest song) 12. Svatební (Wedding song) 13. Menuet (Menuetto) 14. Burleska (Burlesque) 15. Rozpočitadlo (Enumerating song) 16. Marmarošská (Dance from Máramaros) 17. Improvizace I (Improvisation I) 18. Loučení s nevĕstou (Bride's farewell) 19. Pohádka (A fairy tale) 20. Rusínská (Ruthenian song) 21. Ukolébavka (Cradle song) 22. Rusinska kalamajka (Ruthenian kolomeika) 23. Dudácká (Bagpipes) 24. Vojenská (Soldier's song) 25. Maďarský mars (Hungarian march) 26. Maďarský mars II (Hungarian march II) 27. Valašska II (Wallachian dance) 28. Písnička (A rhythm song) 29. Novoroční (New Year's song) 30. Maďarská II (Hungarian song II) 31. Improvizace II (Improvisation II) 32. Trápení (Sorrow) 33. Kmotřička (Teasing song) 34. Kulhavý tanec (Limping dance) 35. Komáři (Mosquito dance) 36. Rumunská točená (Rumanian whirling dance) 37. Srbská proplétaná (Serbian dance) 38. Preludium a kánon (Prelude and Canon) 39. Improvizace III (Improvisation III) 40. Novoroční II (New Year's song II) 41. Novoroční III (New Year's song III) 42. Novoroční IV (New Year's song IV) 43. Arabská (Arabian song) 44. Scherzo (Scherzo) 45. Pizzicato (Pizzicato) 46. Žertovná (Comic song) 47. Polštářový tanec (Pillow dance) 48. Epilog (Epilogue)

Total time: 50:45 min

Iva Bittová — violin, voice
Dorothea Kellerová — violin, voice

Recorded at Santini's Zelena hora, Summer 1996, and Studio Viktorin, Spring and Autumn 1996

Other Iva Bittová albums on Worldmusic:
http://worldmusic.nnm.ru/iva_bittova_vladimir_vaclavek_bile_inferno
http://worldmusic.nnm.ru/iva_bittova_divna_slecinka_strange_young_lady
http://worldmusic.nnm.ru/iva_bittov225_2_albums
http://worldmusic.nnm.ru/pustit_mus237s_pustit_mus237s_1996

"Step Across The Border" (movie with Fred Frith, Iva Bittová, Pavel Fajt a.o.) on Avant-Prog:
http://avant-prog.nnm.ru/fred_frith_step_across_the_border_2003_dvdvhs_rip

Iva Bittová on YouTube:
http://nl.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=666D8C09BAC52C57